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Toyota Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

89+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage fund investing in frontier tech including robotics, autonomy, and AI with strong real-world applications.

Meet the Team

NL

Natalie Licciardi

Managing Partner

Managing partner at Toyota Ventures overseeing day-to-day operations including finance, portfolio support, diversity and inclusion initiatives, marketing/communications, and business management; member of the executive team helping define firm strategy. Previously consulted with Toyota Research Institute; founder/CEO of SageScape.

KL

Katie L

Executive Assistant

CP

Caitlin Ploch

Director of Portfolio Engagement

EC

Evan Cohen

Senior Director of Portfolio Engagement

JL

Joan Lee

Senior Marketing Director

DS

David Sokolic

Partner

Frontier Fund

Partner at Toyota Ventures leading investments for the Frontier Fund. Previously investment partner at OurCrowd; VP on the investment team at Battery Ventures; CEO of CyKick Labs; held roles at Microsoft and other technology companies.

JA

Jim Adler

Founder

CA

Chris Abshire

Principal

Frontier Fund

Principal at Toyota Ventures responsible for originating and driving investments, diligence, and leading deal negotiations/closings for the Frontier Fund. Previously on the investment team at Fenox Venture Capital.

LC

Lisa Coca

Climate Fund Partner

ES

Ethan Sohn

Principal, Climate Fund

Climate Fund

Principal on the Toyota Ventures Climate Fund investment team; responsible for sourcing startups, evaluating opportunities, and negotiating/closing investments. Previously in energy/power & utilities investment banking at TD Securities and at Siemens Financial Services.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Climate / Energy

Portfolio Companies (89)

Other

MO

Moodify

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

RE

Realtime Robotics

Robotics software
AX

Axiom

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

TE

Tereform

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

AR

Arbon

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

EL

Elementary Robotics

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

BL

Blackmore

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

ME

Metawave

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

EM

Embodied

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

AU

AutoBrains

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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