Yamaha Motor Ventures

Yamaha Motor Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Yamaha Motor Corporation, based in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2015 by Hiro Saijou, it makes early-stage investments in technologies that complement Yamaha’s mobility and automated systems heritage, with emphasis on robotics, food, and AgTech, and broader adjacent sectors. The firm targets US-based companies across B2B and B2C, energy, clean technology, micro-mobility, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, sustainable materials, mobility and ride-sharing technology, supply chain and infrastructure, and related fields, prioritizing ventures with validated products and customer traction. Through partnerships, Yamaha Motor Ventures seeks to support innovation that aligns with Yamaha’s strategic interests while helping portfolio companies scale in collaboration with Yamaha and its ecosystem.

Kei Onishi

CEO and Managing Director

Nolan Paul

Partner

43 past transactions

Shippeo

Venture Round in 2025
Shippeo provides a real-time transportation visibility platform for supply chains, enabling shippers, carriers, and fourth-party logistics providers to track deliveries in real time and communicate proactively with end customers. Founded in 2014, the company connects with more than 600 carriers and integrates with transportation management systems, telematics, and electronic logging devices to gather location data, monitor shipments, and calculate estimated times of arrival with a proprietary algorithm. Its platform supports multimodal visibility and aims to help businesses reduce transportation costs, improve customer satisfaction, and pursue more sustainable operations. In Europe, Shippeo tracks more than 40,000 deliveries per month for customers such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, illustrating its scale and reach across the logistics network.

Phoenix Tailings

Series B in 2024
Phoenix Tailings specializes in recycling mining tailings, specifically Bauxite Residue ('Red Mud'), to extract strategic materials for industries such as aerospace, automotive, electronics, and biotechnology. Founded in 2019 with a mission to revolutionize the mining industry sustainably and economically.

Path Robotics

Series D in 2024
Founded in 2018, Path Robotics specializes in manufacturing autonomous welding robots that incorporate AI and machine learning. These robots automate repetitive tasks, enhancing precision and adaptability while increasing productivity for manufacturers.

Gestalt

Seed Round in 2024
Gestalt is a data warehousing and organization platform tailored for financial institutions, focused on automating data management processes to facilitate the rapid activation of artificial intelligence. The company provides a robust AI-driven data infrastructure that allows financial institutions to retrieve and manage their data more efficiently and cost-effectively. Gestalt aims to enhance the operational capabilities of lenders by offering solutions that address compliance, bank reporting, and other critical areas, thereby serving as a reliable source of certified information for its clients.

Range Energy

Venture Round in 2024
Range Energy manufactures powered trailers designed for heavy-duty trucks. These trailers enable immediate reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by converting any tow vehicle to electric, thereby decreasing diesel consumption and tailpipe emissions in both city and highway driving.

Svexa

Seed Round in 2023
Svexa is an intelligence company focused on enhancing performance and health through a comprehensive approach that integrates sports training, recovery data, and biological and psychological profiles. The company specializes in consulting, algorithm development and licensing, as well as software development. Its innovative platform delivers real-time, individualized readiness metrics by consolidating extensive data from elite athletes, thereby enabling professional teams, athletes, and coaches to optimize training regimens and recovery strategies. Svexa's offerings include services such as a readiness advisor, player passport, and various metrics designed to provide personalized guidance for maximizing athletic output. With a strong scientific foundation and partnerships with institutions like Stanford University and Karolinska Institutet, Svexa operates as a distributed company with locations in Menlo Park, California, Stockholm, Sweden, and Gdansk, Poland.

Atomic Industries

Seed Round in 2023
Atomic Industries is a computational manufacturing company building an AI-powered tool and die maker.

Pathway Medical

Seed Round in 2023
Pathway is a health technology company focused on enhancing access to essential medical information for clinicians and patients during the care journey. The company develops a point-of-care reference tool that provides rapid access to evidence-based clinical guidelines. By organizing and condensing medical literature, Pathway aims to make critical information more accessible and easier to understand for healthcare professionals. This approach enables clinicians to work more efficiently, ultimately improving patient outcomes. Leveraging artificial intelligence and big data, Pathway creates a medical knowledge graph and software solutions that integrate evidence-based medicine into clinical practice.

Ridepanda

Seed Round in 2023
Ridepanda is an online marketplace specializing in the sale of light and eco-friendly electric vehicles, including e-bikes, e-mopeds, and e-scooters. The platform is designed to accommodate user preferences based on individual height, weight, and various other choices. Additionally, Ridepanda provides a comprehensive range of support services to enhance the customer experience, including flexible financing options, extended warranties, theft insurance, vehicle assembly, and maintenance plans. By offering a curated selection of expert-vetted sustainable rides, Ridepanda aims to simplify the process of purchasing and maintaining electric vehicles while promoting environmentally friendly transportation solutions.

Veo Robotics

Series B in 2023
Founded in 2016, Veo Robotics specializes in developing advanced robotics systems for manufacturing. Its flagship product enables industrial robots to collaborate safely with humans, enhancing flexibility, productivity, and efficiency in workcells.

Andes

Series A in 2023
Andes Ag, Inc., founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing microbe-based seed technologies aimed at promoting sustainable agriculture. The company leverages beneficial microbes that have naturally co-evolved with plants over millennia. Through scientific research and advanced predictive software powered by artificial intelligence, Andes creates customized microbe-based formulations designed to enhance crop yields, accelerate growth, and enable cultivation in traditionally unsuitable lands. These solutions also aim to reduce the reliance on fertilizers and pesticides, helping farmers address the challenges posed by global climate change. Andes is positioned to contribute significantly to a new green revolution, fostering responsible and environmentally friendly agricultural practices.

Machina Labs

Venture Round in 2023
Machina Labs is a manufacturing firm specializing in automated metal forming and fabrication processes. It leverages AI and machine learning, along with advanced robotics, to efficiently produce composite and metal products for aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, and defense industries.

Range Energy

Seed Round in 2022
Range Energy manufactures powered trailers designed for heavy-duty trucks. These trailers enable immediate reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by converting any tow vehicle to electric, thereby decreasing diesel consumption and tailpipe emissions in both city and highway driving.

Shippeo

Series C in 2022
Shippeo provides a real-time transportation visibility platform for supply chains, enabling shippers, carriers, and fourth-party logistics providers to track deliveries in real time and communicate proactively with end customers. Founded in 2014, the company connects with more than 600 carriers and integrates with transportation management systems, telematics, and electronic logging devices to gather location data, monitor shipments, and calculate estimated times of arrival with a proprietary algorithm. Its platform supports multimodal visibility and aims to help businesses reduce transportation costs, improve customer satisfaction, and pursue more sustainable operations. In Europe, Shippeo tracks more than 40,000 deliveries per month for customers such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, illustrating its scale and reach across the logistics network.

Momnt

Series B in 2022
Momnt is a provider of modern lending solutions that enables businesses to offer affordable and low-friction finance at the point of need. The company operates an embedded financial services platform designed to streamline digital lending and payments. Utilizing alternative data sources along with machine learning and artificial intelligence, Momnt's API-based platform generates real-time loan offers tailored to individual borrowers. This approach ensures compliance with current financial regulations while delivering a transparent borrowing experience for consumers. By facilitating these innovative loans, Momnt not only supports the growth of merchants but also helps maintain the vital role of financial institutions in the lending process.

Canvass AI

Series A in 2022
Canvass AI offers an AI-driven platform tailored for Industrial Operations. It empowers operators to enhance product quality, optimize processes, and reduce energy consumption in their daily tasks.

Strella Biotechnology

Series A in 2022
Strella Biotechnology, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, focuses on enhancing the freshness of produce throughout the supply chain. The company specializes in designing and manufacturing sensors that detect ethylene gas, a key indicator of ripeness in fruits. By measuring ethylene production, Strella's technology helps optimize freshness and minimize spoilage. The company leverages its proprietary sensing technology to provide valuable data for improving supply chain management in the food industry.

Verge

Series A in 2022
Verge Ag, established in 2016 and headquartered in Lethbridge, Canada, specializes in precision agriculture technology. The company's primary mission is to simplify farming operations by connecting growers more effectively with their land. Verge offers two key software solutions: First Pass, which optimizes path planning for producers, and Launch Pad, a comprehensive platform integrating farm operations management. These products aim to address labor shortages, enhance machinery productivity, and mitigate soil degradation. Sold globally through resellers, Verge's technology empowers farmers to increase the efficiency of their existing equipment using artificial intelligence and digital simulation, ultimately boosting profitability across entire farms.

Svexa

Seed Round in 2022
Svexa is an intelligence company focused on enhancing performance and health through a comprehensive approach that integrates sports training, recovery data, and biological and psychological profiles. The company specializes in consulting, algorithm development and licensing, as well as software development. Its innovative platform delivers real-time, individualized readiness metrics by consolidating extensive data from elite athletes, thereby enabling professional teams, athletes, and coaches to optimize training regimens and recovery strategies. Svexa's offerings include services such as a readiness advisor, player passport, and various metrics designed to provide personalized guidance for maximizing athletic output. With a strong scientific foundation and partnerships with institutions like Stanford University and Karolinska Institutet, Svexa operates as a distributed company with locations in Menlo Park, California, Stockholm, Sweden, and Gdansk, Poland.

RIOS

Series A in 2022
RIOS, founded in 2018, is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of dexterous AI-powered robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has a pilot facility in San Carlos, CA. More information is available at www.rios.ai.

Advanced Farm Technologies

Series B in 2021
Advanced Farm Technologies Inc. is a robotics company specializing in automated strawberry harvesting services in the Oxnard, Santa Maria, and Salinas-Watsonville regions of California. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Davis, the company focuses on developing advanced robotic solutions that efficiently and delicately handle strawberries, minimizing bruising and damage to the fruit. This innovative approach aims to enhance the efficiency of agricultural operations and support the growing demand for high-quality produce.

Ridepanda

Seed Round in 2021
Ridepanda is an online marketplace specializing in the sale of light and eco-friendly electric vehicles, including e-bikes, e-mopeds, and e-scooters. The platform is designed to accommodate user preferences based on individual height, weight, and various other choices. Additionally, Ridepanda provides a comprehensive range of support services to enhance the customer experience, including flexible financing options, extended warranties, theft insurance, vehicle assembly, and maintenance plans. By offering a curated selection of expert-vetted sustainable rides, Ridepanda aims to simplify the process of purchasing and maintaining electric vehicles while promoting environmentally friendly transportation solutions.

CredR

Venture Round in 2021
CredR is an Indian online platform specializing in the trade of verified and certified pre-owned two-wheeler vehicles. It employs dynamic pricing algorithms and offers after-sales services, aiming to streamline the buying and selling process for users.

Goodpath

Seed Round in 2021
Goodpath is a virtual clinic specializing in personalized self-care programs for managing chronic conditions such as behavioral health, musculoskeletal issues, diabetes, digestive disorders, and sleep problems. The company's approach combines nutrition, fitness, mindfulness, supplements, and doctor-approved guidance to improve employee health outcomes.

C. Light Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
C. Light Technologies is a neurotech company developing a retinal eye-tracking platform and integrated hardware and software that monitor neurological health. The system uses machine learning to analyze retinal imaging captured by a scanning laser ophthalmoscope, enabling objective assessment of neurological activity and disease progression. The initial focus is on multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative conditions, aiming to improve monitoring and diagnosis. The company combines advanced imaging with algorithms to provide precise tracking of retinal function, supporting clinicians in evaluating neurological health over time. Founded in 2014 and based in Berkeley, California.

RIOS

Funding Round in 2021
RIOS, founded in 2018, is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of dexterous AI-powered robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has a pilot facility in San Carlos, CA. More information is available at www.rios.ai.

Ejenta

Seed Round in 2020
Ejenta develops an intelligent personal assistant platform that uses AI to understand users' daily activities, monitor adherence to mission plans, and offer personalized advice. Initially applied in space missions like NASA's International Space Station, Ejenta now serves various industries including healthcare.

Canvass AI

Series A in 2020
Canvass AI offers an AI-driven platform tailored for Industrial Operations. It empowers operators to enhance product quality, optimize processes, and reduce energy consumption in their daily tasks.

InOrbit

Seed Round in 2020
InOrbit, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in a cloud-based robot management platform designed to facilitate the development, deployment, and operation of autonomous robots across various industries. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, InOrbit provides a comprehensive suite of services including real-time analytics, incident management, adaptive diagnostics, and predictive analytics. The platform supports secure cloud-robot communications and enables effective monitoring and management of robot performance. InOrbit's technology is particularly valuable in the rapidly growing commercial service robot market, which is projected to reach $50 billion by 2024. The company serves a diverse clientele spanning agriculture, hospitality, logistics, and retail, and collaborates with prominent partners such as Google and Qualcomm. The founding team comprises experts with extensive backgrounds in robotics and technology, collectively holding over 50 patents in relevant fields. Through its innovative approach, InOrbit aims to bridge the autonomy gap and enhance the operational capabilities of robotics companies and operators globally.

The Yield

Venture Round in 2020
The Yield Technology Solutions Pty Ltd is an agriculture technology company based in Sydney, Australia, focused on enhancing farm decision-making and improving crop yields. Established in 2014, the company offers a comprehensive platform that assists growers in making informed decisions, supported by its Sensing+ microclimate sensing system which accurately reflects the natural ecosystem on farms. Additionally, The Yield provides a growers' app that delivers critical information regarding growing conditions. The company's mission is to promote sustainable agricultural practices that increase food production while minimizing environmental impact, addressing the challenges of climate change and the need to produce significantly more food by 2050. By leveraging digital technology, The Yield aims to unlock new levels of productivity across the food value chain, inspiring a new generation to engage in agriculture.

Strella Biotechnology

Seed Round in 2020
Strella Biotechnology, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, focuses on enhancing the freshness of produce throughout the supply chain. The company specializes in designing and manufacturing sensors that detect ethylene gas, a key indicator of ripeness in fruits. By measuring ethylene production, Strella's technology helps optimize freshness and minimize spoilage. The company leverages its proprietary sensing technology to provide valuable data for improving supply chain management in the food industry.

loop+

Seed Round in 2020
loop+ is a remote rehabilitation platform using sensor technology to translate care plans from clinics into patients' homes. Its first product, an activity tracker for wheelchair users, enables early detection of pressure wounds, respiratory issues, and scoliosis by visualizing health risks in everyday life.

Oxipital AI

Series B in 2020
Oxipital AI is an AI-enabled machine vision company focused on manufacturing and automation. It provides visual AI solutions that enable real-time insights, improve product quality, and increase throughput by simplifying the deployment of machine vision in robotic process automation and product inspection. The platform supports industries such as food processing, agriculture, and consumer goods production, helping manufacturers leverage data to optimize production workflows and move toward Industry 5.0 with greater resiliency and sustainability. The company originated as Soft Robotics and rebranded to Oxipital AI.

Advanced Farm Technologies

Series A in 2019
Advanced Farm Technologies Inc. is a robotics company specializing in automated strawberry harvesting services in the Oxnard, Santa Maria, and Salinas-Watsonville regions of California. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Davis, the company focuses on developing advanced robotic solutions that efficiently and delicately handle strawberries, minimizing bruising and damage to the fruit. This innovative approach aims to enhance the efficiency of agricultural operations and support the growing demand for high-quality produce.

Exyn

Series A in 2019
Exyn Technologies, Inc. is a Philadelphia-based company that specializes in the development of autonomous aerial robots designed for complex commercial environments. Founded in 2014 as a spin-off from the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, Exyn leverages over a decade of research to create drone platforms capable of pilot-less operation without reliance on GPS. Its flagship software, exynAI, manages the control and communication of these multi-sensory rotorcraft, enabling them to perform tasks such as underground inspections, inventory management, and construction documentation. The company's innovative approach combines multiple redundant sensors with advanced mapping and obstacle avoidance technologies, resulting in highly robust and differentiated aerial robots that facilitate data acquisition in challenging settings.

Invert Robotics

Series A in 2019
Invert Robotics Limited specializes in providing remote robotic inspection services primarily for the food and beverage industry, as well as the pharmaceutical and oil and gas sectors. Founded in 2010 and based in Christchurch, New Zealand, the company has developed a modular, multi-technology inspection platform capable of performing non-destructive testing on various industrial equipment. Its robotic solutions are designed for visual inspections of storage tanks, spray dryers, and other vessels, allowing for the detection of cracks and defects. The proprietary robots can navigate smoothly on all surfaces, including non-magnetic materials, ensuring safe and accurate asset management. Invert Robotics aims to enhance maintenance efficiency and safety for its clients through innovative inspection technologies.

ROAM

Series A in 2018
ROAM is a San Francisco-based robotics company. Their goal is to reinvent the way they make powered orthotics - otherwise known as exoskeletons - making them inexpensive, comfortable, and safe for home use. They are also developing a new class of exoskeleton that uses high strength fabrics and a pneumatic powertrain, resulting in power to weight ratios that are unmatched by existing exoskeleton systems at a significantly lower cost.

Oxipital AI

Series A in 2018
Oxipital AI is an AI-enabled machine vision company focused on manufacturing and automation. It provides visual AI solutions that enable real-time insights, improve product quality, and increase throughput by simplifying the deployment of machine vision in robotic process automation and product inspection. The platform supports industries such as food processing, agriculture, and consumer goods production, helping manufacturers leverage data to optimize production workflows and move toward Industry 5.0 with greater resiliency and sustainability. The company originated as Soft Robotics and rebranded to Oxipital AI.

Abundant Robotics

Series A in 2017
Abundant Robotics, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in automating orchard harvests using advanced robotics. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Hayward, California, the company provides Harvest-as-a-Service solutions specifically for commercial apple harvesting. Its innovative approach includes vacuum-based picking systems that ensure apples are harvested without damage, significantly benefiting farmers. The company employs nimble robotic manipulation, computer vision, and machine learning to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of the harvesting process. Abundant Robotics aims to transform agricultural practices through its cutting-edge technology.

PrecisionHawk

Series C in 2016
PrecisionHawk Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing drones, sensors, and software solutions tailored for various industries, including agriculture, construction, energy, insurance, and government. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, the company has established additional locations in Texas, Indiana, Canada, Virginia, and Colorado. PrecisionHawk combines unmanned aerial systems with remote sensing technologies and advanced data analytics to enhance business operations and decision-making processes. Its platform offers an end-to-end solution for aerial data collection, processing, and analysis, delivering actionable insights through its proprietary software tools. The company also owns DataMapper, a software for aerial data management, Terraserver, a satellite imagery provider, and LATAS, a platform focused on low-altitude traffic and airspace safety for drones.

Veniam

Series B in 2016
Veniam is a technology company focused on enhancing future mobility and urban connectivity through intelligent networking software. It specializes in developing vehicular mesh networks that transform vehicles into Wi-Fi hotspots, thereby expanding wireless coverage in urban environments. The company supports various applications, including delivery fleets, dash-cams, telematics, connected cars, and autonomous vehicles, enabling new in-vehicle experiences and efficient data management. Veniam holds an extensive IP portfolio with over 140 issued patents, optimizing the use of various networks such as 4G/5G and Wi-Fi to facilitate the transfer of substantial data between vehicles and the cloud. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Veniam operates an Engineering Center in Porto, Portugal, and has sales offices in Detroit, Munich, and Tokyo. Its mission is to improve lives by securely managing data flows within the emerging mobility ecosystem, often referred to as the Internet of Moving Things. Recognized as one of the most disruptive companies globally, Veniam collaborates with major fleets, automotive OEMs, and Tier 1 suppliers to drive innovation in connected mobility solutions.

InfinitForm

InfinitForm is a technology company that develops software to automate and optimize the design-to-manufacturing process. Its AI-powered platform integrates with various manufacturing methods, reducing design cycle time, enhancing efficiency, and lowering costs. This enables mechanical engineers and manufacturers across diverse industries to streamline product development.

Foundation Alloy

Foundation Alloy specializes in designing novel alloys optimized for additive manufacturing using advanced materials technology. The company aims to make metal part manufacturing more environmentally sustainable and cost-effective, enabling engineers to enhance performance and production efficiency.
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