Seed, Series A
$500K – $3.0M
89+ companies
10 partners
Investment Thesis
Early-stage fund investing in frontier tech including robotics, autonomy, and AI with strong real-world applications.
Meet the Team
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.
Lisa Coca
Climate Fund Partner
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
Portfolio Companies (89)
Other
Moodify
Realtime Robotics
Axiom
Tereform
Arbon
Elementary Robotics
Blackmore
Metawave
Embodied
AutoBrains
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Natalie Licciardi, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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