Toyota Ventures

Toyota Ventures is a San Francisco Bay Area-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups from around the world. Founded in July 2017, its mission is to discover what’s next for Toyota by helping startups bring disruptive technologies and business models to market quickly. With more than $500 million in assets under management, the firm’s funds include the Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund focused on artificial intelligence, cloud computing, autonomy, mobility, robotics, smart cities, digital health, financial technologies, materials, and energy; and the Toyota Ventures Climate Fund focused on innovative solutions for carbon neutrality.

Abshire, Chris

Senior Associate

Jim Adler

Founding Managing Director

Coca, Lisa

Partner, Climate. Fund

Erin Keller

Senior Associate

73 past transactions

Living Carbon

Series A in 2023
The goal of the public benefit corporation Living Carbon is to restore equilibrium to the planet's metabolic process. We address this urgency by fusing cutting-edge biotechnology with plants' natural ability to capture and store carbon. Living Carbon is a public benefit corporation with the goal of rebalancing the planet's metabolic system. In order to fulfill this need, tey combine cutting-edge biotechnology with plants' natural ability to capture and store carbon. The company was established in 2019 by Maddie Hall and Patrick Mellor in San Francisco, California.

Agtonomy

Seed Round in 2022
Agtonomy is a hybrid autonomous and tele-assist platform that specializes in advanced autonomous and AI solutions for agriculture. It focuses on addressing the pressing challenges of labor scarcity, sustainability, and shrinking profit margins faced by farmers. It partners with established equipment developers to transform tractors and agriculture machines into autonomous and remote-controlled equipment that is accessible to local farmers.

River

Series A in 2022
River is an electric vehicle manufacturer whose goal is to generate and improve livelihoods. The company specializes in the manufacture of high-quality mobility motor vehicles in the form of utility electric mopeds, allowing clients to purchase economical vehicles that can be used for work, recreation, and any other duty in between.

Agorus

Seed Round in 2022
We’re developing the software and automation required to streamline and optimize residential construction. By eliminating many of the risks and inefficiencies associated with traditional homebuilding, we are improving how the world builds homes. We believe homes should be built as efficiently as cars while still providing the customization for your dream home.

Kolors

Series A in 2022
Kolors is a technological platform that focuses on providing intelligent intercity mobility of bus transportation in the region.

Slamcore

Series A in 2022
Slamcore Limited specializes in developing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) solutions for applications in augmented and virtual reality, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2016 and based in London, the company focuses on making commercial-grade spatial intelligence accessible. Its advanced SLAM software enables robots and drones to effectively navigate and comprehend their environment, utilizing methods such as Visual SLAM, sensor fusion, and Event Camera SLAM. These technologies allow for real-time processing and integration of data from various sensors, enhancing capabilities in areas like motion estimation and panorama reconstruction. Slamcore collaborates with partners to optimize the interplay between software and hardware, ensuring a balanced approach to performance and cost-effectiveness. By providing robust SLAM algorithms, the company aims to transform spatial AI into practical solutions for various industries, ultimately facilitating the integration of robots into everyday life.

Air Company

Series A in 2022
Air Company is a carbon utilization company creating consumer and industrial products from carbon dioxide (CO2). The company’s patented and proprietary Carbon Conversion Reactor mimics photosynthesis, using only air (CO2), water, and sun (renewable energy) to create carbon-negative alcohols and fuels from CO2. With three consumer products (AIR Vodka, AIR Hand Sanitizer, and AIR Eau de Parfum) brought to market thus far, Air Company is moving towards world-scale impact with its latest innovation – CO2-derived sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The company’s AIRMADE™ SAF will be certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) and the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC). Air Company has received $40MM in venture capital funding to date and won an incredible amount of highly acclaimed awards: TIME Best Inventions, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, the NASA CO2 Conversion Challenge, R&D World’s R&D 100, and most recently, the Keeling Curve Prize, among others. Air Company is the future of carbon technologies. It is redefining what a regenerative future that works with nature, rather than against it, could look like.

e-Zinc

Series A in 2022
e-Zinc is a corporation that has developed a breakthrough electrochemical technology for storing energy in zinc metal. This low-cost, flexible, and long-duration energy storage solution will provide the platform for the world’s energy markets to be fully powered by renewable energy, enabling a zero-carbon energy future.

Brilliant Planet

Series A in 2022
Brilliant Planet is unlocking the power of algae as an affordable method of permanently and quantifiably sequestering carbon at the gigaton scale. The company's innovative process enables vast quantities of microalgae to grow in open-air pond-based systems on coastal desert land.

Ecolectro

Seed Round in 2022
Ecolectro is bringing scalable, low-cost, clean green hydrogen energy to the very near future. Our electrolyzers integrate patented polymers into durable, high performance stacks. Our scientists and engineers design and build units with our exceptional membranes and electrodes, delivering high production rates and efficiency of pure hydrogen without the need for platinum, iridium and titanium. We continue to push the limits of electrolysis technology with an emphasis on research and willingness to challenge assumptions.

Nori

Series A in 2022
Nori is a carbon dioxide removal marketplace. It is building a transparent and secure platform that will allow anyone in the world to pay to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Their voluntary marketplace will enable carbon removal suppliers to connect directly with buyers, improving efficiency, and reducing costs.

Teller Finance

Venture Round in 2022
Teller Finance is a blockchain project for decentralized lending. Teller connects to your bank account to offer risk-assessed loans, without the need for collateral.

Revel

Series B in 2022
Revel accelerates electric vehicle (EV) adoption in urban areas by offering an all-electric rideshare service and a network of fast-charging stations. Revel provides a cleaner and safer rideshare experience with its fleet of easily recognizable blue, all-electric vehicles. The service emphasizes affordability, safety, and cleanliness, with vetted drivers and regularly detailed cars. Users can request rides through the Revel app, available on iOS and Android platforms.

May Mobility

Series C in 2022
May Mobility specializes in autonomous vehicle technology development and deployment. The company's technology studies the city's traffic and commuter flow, identifying bottlenecks and gaps in the current public transit schema to design the optimal routes for communities. The company also offers a fleet operation service and provides daily transit by deploying autonomous shuttles to reduce human error in driving, reduce pollution, and create greater economic benefit for communities and riders, enabling public transportation systems to create a safer, greener, more efficient environment.

Agtonomy

Seed Round in 2022
Agtonomy is a hybrid autonomous and tele-assist platform that specializes in advanced autonomous and AI solutions for agriculture. It focuses on addressing the pressing challenges of labor scarcity, sustainability, and shrinking profit margins faced by farmers. It partners with established equipment developers to transform tractors and agriculture machines into autonomous and remote-controlled equipment that is accessible to local farmers.

ION Storage Systems

Series A in 2022
Ion Storage Systems is focused on developing the most energy dense, safest batteries that can be deployed in any environment. Breakthroughs in solid state battery technology have led to a battery that meets the mission critical needs for the defense and aerospace industries; and safer more efficient for consumer electronics and electric vehicles.

Elementary Robotics

Series B in 2021
Elementary is a full-stack robotics startup that tackles Machine Learning for robotic hardware from the ground up with the goal to create assistive tools to improve the human output of repetitive tasks. Elementary provides easy-to-use software, deep learning AI, and camera systems are built to capture visual data, deliver fast and reliable real-time judgments, and provide lasting value to the business. Elementary builds a hardware and software platform for applying machine learning and computer vision for intelligent automation of quality and traceability workflows in manufacturing and logistics.

Stoke Space

Series A in 2021
Stoke Space focuses on creating a fully reusable medium-lift rocket, Nova, which provides cost-effective access to space. The company emphasizes sustainability by significantly reducing atmospheric impact and enabling dynamic space operations. With vertically integrated design and manufacturing capabilities, Stoke Space aims to accelerate the growth of the space economy while fostering environmental stewardship.

Universal Hydrogen

Series B in 2021
Universal Hydrogen is dedicated to making hydrogen aviation a near-term reality. The company is building a hydrogen ecosystem for aviation through strategic partnerships and new technologies for hydrogen distribution and propulsion. Universal Hydrogen was founded in 2020 and is based in Hawthorne, CA.

Burro

Series A in 2021
Burro is a mobile application for Android and iOS devices that offers delivery and on-demand moving services to its users. The application enables its users to request pickups by filling up their personal information and items required. The platform offers its services to individuals and businesses. Its delivery portfolio consists of household goods, carpets, wood, and retail store items. Burro was launched in 2014 by Jason Ervin and Ethan Hurtado and is based in Texas.

Burro

Series A in 2021
Burro is a developer of an autonomous farming platform for farm use and in other outdoor environments. It follows people and can autonomously run cargo around, relieving people of strenuous tasks which add little value, so that they can focus on more valuable work.

Xona Space Systems

Seed Round in 2021
Xona Space Systems creates space systems for the smart transportation and smart infrastructure industries. The company's space systems include a constellation of low-cost low-Earth orbiting satellites that provide clients with navigation for autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), mobile robotics, and other location-critical applications. The constellation they are developing is designed to provide secure navigation and timing services with the resilience and accuracy that modern intelligent systems, such as autonomous vehicles and drones, need to operate safely at scale.

Near Space Labs

Series A in 2021
Near Space Labs is an aerial imagery and earth observation company, Near Space Labs' imagery makes it easy to monitor assets and gain remote access over broad or specific areas. Near Space Labs offers cloud-based delivery of fully processed images through its API. The company provides frictionless, affordable imaging for insurance, utilities, infrastructure, conservation, smart cities, retail, energy, government, and disaster response.

Moodify

Series A in 2021
Moodify transforms the way scents are made to make better, more effective and sustainable consumer products, making the design and manufacturing faster, more scalable, accurate, cost effective and compliant. This, by harnessing 15 years of neuroscience research by the Weizmann Institute, together with cutting edge bioinformatics machine learning technologies.

Atomic Industries

Seed Round in 2021
Atomic Industries is a computational manufacturing company building an AI-powered tool and die maker.

Third Wave Automation

Series B in 2021
Third Wave Automation develops the Shared Autonomy Platform, integrating machine learning with autonomous reach trucks. This system allows human operators to oversee operations while intervening only when needed, enhancing safety and efficiency.

Realtime Robotics

Series A in 2021
Realtime Robotics is a developer of a specialized processor for generating safe robot motion plans in micro-seconds. They are transforming automation in its broadest sense by enabling machines to recognize, respond and decide how and where to move in milliseconds, even in variable environments. Their RapidPlan processor harnesses cutting-edge computer processing and software to end the trade-off between speed and safety that’s holding automation back today. Realtime Robotics is resolving these limitations with specialized hardware enabling fast, collision-free motion in unstructured environments, enabling vastly broader applications of robotics in industry, and autonomous vehicles that drive naturally, enabling more rapid adoption and proliferation.

Universal Hydrogen

Series A in 2021
Universal Hydrogen is dedicated to making hydrogen aviation a near-term reality. The company is building a hydrogen ecosystem for aviation through strategic partnerships and new technologies for hydrogen distribution and propulsion. Universal Hydrogen was founded in 2020 and is based in Hawthorne, CA.

Pickle Robot

Seed Round in 2021
Pickle Robot is a low cost, collaborative package handling robot that automates several key tasks along the e-commerce supply chain. Package handling is a physically demanding job with extremely high rates of turnover. The rising costs of shipping, comprised of 2/3rds labor, have become a major bottleneck to continued growth in e-commerce. Dill is the first robot from the Pickle Robot Company. It works multiple shifts, communicates with its human collaborators, and is rapidly developing new skills in handling e-commerce parcels: such as loading/unloading of feeder trucks, palletizing/depalletizing, and preloading of last mile delivery vans, trucks, and parcel cars.

Recogni

Series B in 2021
Recogni develops AI-based inference processing solutions for Generative AI and intelligent autonomous platforms. Recogni delivers solutions for high compute, low power, and scalability.

Parallel Domain

Series A in 2020
Parallel Domain is a synthetic data generation platform for computer vision and autonomy. It provides a smart way to prepare both machines and human operators for the real world while minimizing the time and miles spent. Users can connect to the Parallel Domain API and tap into the power of synthetic data to accelerate their autonomous system development. Parallel Domain generates synthetic labeled data sets, simulation worlds, and controllable sensor feeds so users can develop, train, and test their algorithms safely before putting these systems into the real world.

Carbice Corporation

Series A in 2020
Carbice is a maker of Carbice Carbon, a product that lowers device temperatures and dissipates heat away from product packaging. It sets the standard for performance, reliability, and low-cost assembly within the world’s most important electronic, energy, and industrial products. Carbice Corporation was founded in January 2017 by Georgia Tech Professor Baratunde Cola, who first worked on thermal applications of advanced carbon materials in 2001 and later spent time as a test and development engineer at Intel; and co-founded by a team of leading Georgia Tech researchers in electronic device power management and product innovation. The company also has an office in London and one coming soon to Toulouse, France.

Sea Machines Robotics

Series B in 2020
Sea Machines Robotics develops autonomous control systems for commercial vessels. The technology enables navigation in marine environments. The focus is on applications in sectors such as shipping, offshore energy, and maritime logistics.

Bipi

Series B in 2020
Bipi is a car subscription startup offering consumers a hassle-free alternative to car ownership with fully-flexible, all-inclusive monthly subscriptions to quality new and used cars for a single, all-inclusive monthly payment and a digital-first, 100% online transaction process. Its platform lets users book cars, subscribe, swap, and cancel it at any point in time that enables customers to revolutionize the way they access cars. Bipi was co-founded by Hans Christ and Alejandro Vigaray in 2017 and it is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Chef Jasper

Seed Round in 2020
YPC Technologies is a Montreal based startup in food robotics with the vision to make good food more accessible. They are doing this by bringing small scale robotic automation to the cooking processes. Their food kiosks can prepare gourmet food at low cost with great consistency.

Sea Machines Robotics

Series B in 2020
Sea Machines Robotics develops autonomous control systems for commercial vessels. The technology enables navigation in marine environments. The focus is on applications in sectors such as shipping, offshore energy, and maritime logistics.

Elementary Robotics

Series A in 2020
Elementary is a full-stack robotics startup that tackles Machine Learning for robotic hardware from the ground up with the goal to create assistive tools to improve the human output of repetitive tasks. Elementary provides easy-to-use software, deep learning AI, and camera systems are built to capture visual data, deliver fast and reliable real-time judgments, and provide lasting value to the business. Elementary builds a hardware and software platform for applying machine learning and computer vision for intelligent automation of quality and traceability workflows in manufacturing and logistics.

Third Wave Automation

Series A in 2020
Third Wave Automation develops the Shared Autonomy Platform, integrating machine learning with autonomous reach trucks. This system allows human operators to oversee operations while intervening only when needed, enhancing safety and efficiency.

Slamcore

Funding Round in 2020
Slamcore Limited specializes in developing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) solutions for applications in augmented and virtual reality, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2016 and based in London, the company focuses on making commercial-grade spatial intelligence accessible. Its advanced SLAM software enables robots and drones to effectively navigate and comprehend their environment, utilizing methods such as Visual SLAM, sensor fusion, and Event Camera SLAM. These technologies allow for real-time processing and integration of data from various sensors, enhancing capabilities in areas like motion estimation and panorama reconstruction. Slamcore collaborates with partners to optimize the interplay between software and hardware, ensuring a balanced approach to performance and cost-effectiveness. By providing robust SLAM algorithms, the company aims to transform spatial AI into practical solutions for various industries, ultimately facilitating the integration of robots into everyday life.

Drishti

Series B in 2020
Drishti provides AI-powered video analytics technology that gives visibility and insights for manual assembly line improvement, Its training function uses AI, video and best practices reinforcement to train new employees, cross-train existing employees and identify what it considers “brilliant outliers”: creative line associates who excel in certain roles or develop new ways to improve standardized work.

Common Sense Machines

Seed Round in 2020
Common Sense Machines is building artificial intelligence that learns to translate the world into a 3D simulation.

Ziva Dynamics

Seed Round in 2020
Ziva Dynamics is a software company that specializes in character creation and human simulation. It provides a technology platform that empowers virtual humans and characters for all digital media. Ziva’s proprietary technology simulates the laws of real-world physics and anatomy, enabling virtual characters to move, jiggle, and flex the way audiences expect. Paired with Ziva’s robust machine learning processes, the Ziva Character Platform automates character creation and enables high-fidelity characters to transfer from film and TV into interactive, real-time games, VR, AR, and MR experiences. Ziva Dynamics building the next wave of character simulation and animation tools for film, game, and retail. The company fundamentally changes the character creation process, while providing greater control, speed, and capabilities. ‍ It was founded in 2015 by Academy Award-winner James Jacobs, Dr. Jernej Barbic, and Chris Godsall.

Intuition Robotics

Series B in 2020
Intuition Robotics designs social companion technologies that positively impact the lives of older adults. Its technology utilizes artificial intelligence to develop robots, enabling older adults to connect seamlessly with family and friends, making technology accessible and intuitive, and proactively promoting an active lifestyle.

Joby Aviation

Series C in 2020
Joby Aviation is a transportation company developing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft which it intends to operate as part of a fast, quiet, and convenient air taxi service beginning in 2024. The aircraft, which has a range of 150 miles on a single charge, can transport a pilot and four passengers at speeds of up to 200 mph. It is designed to help reduce urban congestion and accelerate the shift to sustainable modes of transit.

Apex.AI

Venture Round in 2019
Apex.AI specializes in developing operating systems for autonomous vehicles. Its software products are based on open-source software such as ROS or Eclipse iceoryx.

Bumblebee Spaces

Series A in 2019
Bumblebee Spaces is creating a new way to live by thinking about space in cubic feet instead of square feet. The company multiplies usable space by using modular robotics systems to store and retrieve objects in the ceiling. Combining this with AI, sensor fusion and contextual awareness, Bumblebee Spaces safely and intelligently organizes your life, making space for what matters. Using smart robots and an AI stack, the company increases usable space and reduce footprint by storing, managing, and retrieving objects on-demand in your ceiling.

Realtime Robotics

Series A in 2019
Realtime Robotics is a developer of a specialized processor for generating safe robot motion plans in micro-seconds. They are transforming automation in its broadest sense by enabling machines to recognize, respond and decide how and where to move in milliseconds, even in variable environments. Their RapidPlan processor harnesses cutting-edge computer processing and software to end the trade-off between speed and safety that’s holding automation back today. Realtime Robotics is resolving these limitations with specialized hardware enabling fast, collision-free motion in unstructured environments, enabling vastly broader applications of robotics in industry, and autonomous vehicles that drive naturally, enabling more rapid adoption and proliferation.

Revel

Series A in 2019
Revel accelerates electric vehicle (EV) adoption in urban areas by offering an all-electric rideshare service and a network of fast-charging stations. Revel provides a cleaner and safer rideshare experience with its fleet of easily recognizable blue, all-electric vehicles. The service emphasizes affordability, safety, and cleanliness, with vetted drivers and regularly detailed cars. Users can request rides through the Revel app, available on iOS and Android platforms.

Skip Scooters

Series A in 2019
Skip Scooters operates shared electric scooters for reliable last-mile transportation. The company works with cities to ensure our fleets are operated with the support of the surrounding communities, and they stand behind their riders by providing vehicles, safety education, and training, and world-class support. The scooter rental company is based in San Francisco, California. It is formerly known by its Y Combinator codename, Waybots.

Moodify

Venture Round in 2019
Moodify transforms the way scents are made to make better, more effective and sustainable consumer products, making the design and manufacturing faster, more scalable, accurate, cost effective and compliant. This, by harnessing 15 years of neuroscience research by the Weizmann Institute, together with cutting edge bioinformatics machine learning technologies.

Autobrains

Series B in 2019
Autobrains revolutionary automotive visual intelligence platform is built on the foundation of a mature self-learning technology backed by more than 200 patents. Utilizing robust signature-based representation structures coupled with unsupervised learning methodologies, Cartica’s visual intelligence platform garners a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the vehicle’s environment.

Recogni

Series A in 2019
Recogni develops AI-based inference processing solutions for Generative AI and intelligent autonomous platforms. Recogni delivers solutions for high compute, low power, and scalability.

Freedom Robotics

Seed Round in 2019
Freedom Robotics is a software company that creates powerful control and monitoring software for modern robotics companies. It also creates mission-critical software infrastructure to enable the next generation of robotics companies to build, operate, support, and scale robots and robotic fleets. The company offers is designed for out-of-the-box operation, with businesses able to customize the offering using its API. Freedom Robotics enables operators to orchestrate fleets of machines from desktops, smartphones, or via an API. It also provides the building blocks for operating, prototyping, scaling, and building robot fleets. Freedom Robotics was founded in 2018 by Dimitri Onistsuk, Hans Lee, and Joshua Wilson and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

Connected Signals

Venture Round in 2019
Connected Signals, Inc. is an innovative startup in the connected car space that delivers real-time, predictive traffic signal data. Their engineers have developed sophisticated techniques to predict upcoming signal states. Knowing the current state of traffic lights and how they will change creates opportunities to increase driving safety, increase fuel efficiency, and improve the driving experience. Applications range from EnLighten, which tells drivers when the light they are stopped at will turn green, to vehicle powertrain optimization based on the state of upcoming lights. Safety is their number one priority. They alert drivers to possible dangers without distracting them. For example, EnLighten tells drivers stopped at red lights whether they have time to catch their breath for a few seconds, change the radio station, or pick up the papers that fell on the floor. EnLighten waits until the car stops, so the driver is not distracted, then announces how long the light will be red and gives a visual countdown. A few seconds before the light turns green, an alert sounds to tell the driver to focus on to the road. Another service They are developing warns drivers when they, or another connected vehicle, are about to run a red light. They partner with municipalities, handling the complexities of gathering real-time signal data and making it available in consistent formats for a variety of uses. Unlike other connected-vehicle technologies, their approach requires neither costly municipal infrastructure investments nor the addition of dedicated hardware to every vehicle. They communicate securely with existing traffic-signal infrastructure, and handle translation of different manufacturers' signal data to a common format.

May Mobility

Series A in 2019
May Mobility specializes in autonomous vehicle technology development and deployment. The company's technology studies the city's traffic and commuter flow, identifying bottlenecks and gaps in the current public transit schema to design the optimal routes for communities. The company also offers a fleet operation service and provides daily transit by deploying autonomous shuttles to reduce human error in driving, reduce pollution, and create greater economic benefit for communities and riders, enabling public transportation systems to create a safer, greener, more efficient environment.

Elementary Robotics

Seed Round in 2018
Elementary is a full-stack robotics startup that tackles Machine Learning for robotic hardware from the ground up with the goal to create assistive tools to improve the human output of repetitive tasks. Elementary provides easy-to-use software, deep learning AI, and camera systems are built to capture visual data, deliver fast and reliable real-time judgments, and provide lasting value to the business. Elementary builds a hardware and software platform for applying machine learning and computer vision for intelligent automation of quality and traceability workflows in manufacturing and logistics.

Apex.AI

Series A in 2018
Apex.AI specializes in developing operating systems for autonomous vehicles. Its software products are based on open-source software such as ROS or Eclipse iceoryx.

Perceptive Automata

Series A in 2018
Perceptive Automata is solving what is often described as the hardest of the hard problems for automated driving: human behavior prediction technology for the safe large-scale rollout of highly automated (L2/3) and autonomous (L4/5) vehicles, especially in urban areas. The company enables those vehicles to understand what people might do next so they can navigate safely and smoothly around humans, including pedestrians, cyclists, and other drivers. The level of understanding of our human-like AI goes well beyond what standard physics-based approaches can deliver, including information that can’t be gained any other way. Importantly, in addition to increased safety, we enable a much more natural and smooth human-like driving of L4/5 autonomous vehicles. This is essential for autonomous vehicles to be accepted into a human-dominated road environment and also by passengers of robotaxi services. Without this capability autonomous vehicles simply will not function well enough. Perceptive Automata is working with OEMs, suppliers, and tech companies that are building or integrating ADAS and autonomous driving systems. The team is comprised of Harvard, MIT, and Stanford neuroscientists and AI experts working out of offices in Boston and Silicon Valley.

Slamcore

Seed Round in 2018
Slamcore Limited specializes in developing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) solutions for applications in augmented and virtual reality, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2016 and based in London, the company focuses on making commercial-grade spatial intelligence accessible. Its advanced SLAM software enables robots and drones to effectively navigate and comprehend their environment, utilizing methods such as Visual SLAM, sensor fusion, and Event Camera SLAM. These technologies allow for real-time processing and integration of data from various sensors, enhancing capabilities in areas like motion estimation and panorama reconstruction. Slamcore collaborates with partners to optimize the interplay between software and hardware, ensuring a balanced approach to performance and cost-effectiveness. By providing robust SLAM algorithms, the company aims to transform spatial AI into practical solutions for various industries, ultimately facilitating the integration of robots into everyday life.

Embodied

Series A in 2018
Embodied is an AI company that develops companion robots that aim to revolutionize care and wellness, enhancing the quality of life for individuals and families. They are combining 14 years of research in socially assistive robotics from the University of Southern California with 15 years of experience with the commercialization of consumer robotics from iRobot, and decades of animation and storytelling to build life-like, interactive robots to serve as motivators, coaches, and companions that help and empower people to be better at helping themselves.

Boxbot

Seed Round in 2018
Boxbot’s proprietary software and hardware platform transforms package handling by making ordinary conveyors three-dimensional. Headquartered in Alameda, CA, Boxbot’s modular solution can store, sort, and sequence size-agnostic, high throughput payloads while requiring a minimal physical footprint. Boxbot is driving down the costs of last mile delivery by enabling faster, more intelligent, and denser routing of packages at the warehouse.

Metawave

Venture Round in 2018
Metawave is a technology company that seeks to revolutionize the future of wireless communications. Leveraging adaptive metamaterials and artificial intelligence, Metawave’s primary market focus is to build intelligent beamsteering radars for autonomous driving. Changing the way automakers think about radar, Metawave is building high-performance radars capable of 3D imaging and vehicle-to-vehicle communications, making autonomous cars safer, smarter, and more connected. In parallel, Metawave is also developing smart beamsteering antennas for 4G and 5G networks to provide faster networks and near-instant connectivity for billions of users. Metawave’s current flagship beamsteering technology platform was developed at Xerox PARC. Founded in 2017, Metawave is located in PARC’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Parallel Domain

Seed Round in 2018
Parallel Domain is a synthetic data generation platform for computer vision and autonomy. It provides a smart way to prepare both machines and human operators for the real world while minimizing the time and miles spent. Users can connect to the Parallel Domain API and tap into the power of synthetic data to accelerate their autonomous system development. Parallel Domain generates synthetic labeled data sets, simulation worlds, and controllable sensor feeds so users can develop, train, and test their algorithms safely before putting these systems into the real world.
Blackmore Sensors and Analytics develops frequency-modulated continuous wave lidar imaging and its supporting analytic tools software.

May Mobility

Seed Round in 2018
May Mobility specializes in autonomous vehicle technology development and deployment. The company's technology studies the city's traffic and commuter flow, identifying bottlenecks and gaps in the current public transit schema to design the optimal routes for communities. The company also offers a fleet operation service and provides daily transit by deploying autonomous shuttles to reduce human error in driving, reduce pollution, and create greater economic benefit for communities and riders, enabling public transportation systems to create a safer, greener, more efficient environment.

Joby Aviation

Series B in 2018
Joby Aviation is a transportation company developing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft which it intends to operate as part of a fast, quiet, and convenient air taxi service beginning in 2024. The aircraft, which has a range of 150 miles on a single charge, can transport a pilot and four passengers at speeds of up to 200 mph. It is designed to help reduce urban congestion and accelerate the shift to sustainable modes of transit.

Realtime Robotics

Seed Round in 2017
Realtime Robotics is a developer of a specialized processor for generating safe robot motion plans in micro-seconds. They are transforming automation in its broadest sense by enabling machines to recognize, respond and decide how and where to move in milliseconds, even in variable environments. Their RapidPlan processor harnesses cutting-edge computer processing and software to end the trade-off between speed and safety that’s holding automation back today. Realtime Robotics is resolving these limitations with specialized hardware enabling fast, collision-free motion in unstructured environments, enabling vastly broader applications of robotics in industry, and autonomous vehicles that drive naturally, enabling more rapid adoption and proliferation.

Nauto

Series B in 2017
Nauto is an AI technology company that’s improving the safety of commercial fleets today and the autonomous fleets of tomorrow. Nauto’s intelligent driver safety system assesses how drivers interact with the vehicle and the road ahead to reduce distracted driving and prevent collisions. Nauto’s intelligent driver safety system assesses how drivers interact with the vehicle and the road ahead to reduce distracted driving and prevent collisions. With this knowledge, Nauto is powering the development of self-driving technology that brings the best of human driving to autonomy.

Intuition Robotics

Series A in 2017
Intuition Robotics designs social companion technologies that positively impact the lives of older adults. Its technology utilizes artificial intelligence to develop robots, enabling older adults to connect seamlessly with family and friends, making technology accessible and intuitive, and proactively promoting an active lifestyle.

Slamcore

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Slamcore Limited specializes in developing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) solutions for applications in augmented and virtual reality, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2016 and based in London, the company focuses on making commercial-grade spatial intelligence accessible. Its advanced SLAM software enables robots and drones to effectively navigate and comprehend their environment, utilizing methods such as Visual SLAM, sensor fusion, and Event Camera SLAM. These technologies allow for real-time processing and integration of data from various sensors, enhancing capabilities in areas like motion estimation and panorama reconstruction. Slamcore collaborates with partners to optimize the interplay between software and hardware, ensuring a balanced approach to performance and cost-effectiveness. By providing robust SLAM algorithms, the company aims to transform spatial AI into practical solutions for various industries, ultimately facilitating the integration of robots into everyday life.

Nauto

Series A in 2016
Nauto is an AI technology company that’s improving the safety of commercial fleets today and the autonomous fleets of tomorrow. Nauto’s intelligent driver safety system assesses how drivers interact with the vehicle and the road ahead to reduce distracted driving and prevent collisions. Nauto’s intelligent driver safety system assesses how drivers interact with the vehicle and the road ahead to reduce distracted driving and prevent collisions. With this knowledge, Nauto is powering the development of self-driving technology that brings the best of human driving to autonomy.

Proterra

Series A in 2011
Proterra designs and manufactures zero-emission, heavy-duty electric vehicles, enabling bus fleet operators to significantly reduce operating costs while delivering clean, quiet transportation to local communities across North America. The company’s configurable Catalyst platform is designed to serve the daily mileage needs of a wide range of transit routes on a single charge. With industry-leading durability and energy efficiency based on rigorous U.S. independent testing, Proterra products are proudly designed, engineered, and manufactured in America, with offices in Silicon Valley, South Carolina, and Los Angeles. Proterra's revolutionary battery-electric transit vehicles help fleet operators abandon fossil fuels, improve environmental quality, and reduce operating costs. Together with their customers, they have prevented more than 55 million pounds of greenhouse gases from escaping into the atmosphere and avoided burning some 2 million gallons of fuel. The company was established in 2004 and is based in Burlingame, California, USA.
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