Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley

Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley is a corporate venture capital arm of Yamaha Motor, established in 2015 and located in Palo Alto, California. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage companies across a diverse range of sectors, including transportation, robotics, digital health, fintech, artificial intelligence, agriculture, and energy. It targets startups that demonstrate product and customer validation, aiming to support innovative solutions in various industries such as food, AgTech, and carbon management. By leveraging Yamaha Motor’s expertise and resources, the firm seeks to foster advancements that align with its strategic interests.

Kei Onishi

CEO and Managing Director

43 past transactions

Shippeo

Venture Round in 2025
Shippeo is a company that specializes in providing real-time visibility for supply chain transportation. Established in 2014, it offers a platform that allows shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers to track deliveries in real time, enhancing communication with end customers. By integrating with various transportation management systems and data sources, Shippeo delivers accurate location data and estimated times of arrival, which helps businesses reduce transportation costs and improve customer satisfaction. The platform serves a wide range of clients across Europe, tracking over 40,000 deliveries monthly and connecting with more than 600 carriers. Notable clients include leading companies like Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia.

Phoenix Tailings

Series B in 2024
Phoenix Tailings, is building technology to enable the recycling and re-mining of Bauxite Residue (“Red Mud”) - a hazardous by-product in the aluminum industry - to extract strategic materials which are critical to the Defense, Automotive, Electronics and Biotech industries. The company was founded with the mission to revolutionize the mining industry by enabling new sources of strategic materials, sustainably and economically.

Path Robotics

Series D in 2024
Path Robotics, Inc., based in Cleveland, Ohio, specializes in the manufacture of autonomous welding robots. Founded in 2018, the company focuses on designing robotic welding systems that utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance precision and adaptability in manufacturing processes. These advanced systems automate repetitive welding tasks, helping manufacturers boost productivity while reducing initial costs. By addressing workforce challenges in the manufacturing sector, Path Robotics offers effective automation solutions that streamline operations. Their robots are engineered to autonomously locate and weld seams, significantly reducing production time and improving quality by minimizing errors and inconsistencies. This technology enables industries to simplify their production processes and enhance overall efficiency.

Gestalt

Seed Round in 2024
Gestalt is a data warehousing and organization platform tailored for financial institutions, focusing on automating data management to facilitate rapid activation of artificial intelligence. By leveraging an AI-driven data infrastructure, Gestalt enables financial organizations to access and retrieve data more efficiently and cost-effectively. The platform serves as a reliable source of truth, assisting lenders in various critical areas, including compliance and bank reporting, where third-party certification of information can be beneficial.

Range Energy

Venture Round in 2024
Range accelerates the electrification of commercial transportation with powered trailers for the heavy-duty truck market.

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 tech company working on helping clinicians and patients access important medical information more effectively throughout the care journey. We leverage AI and big data to create a medical knowledge graph and software solutions that drive evidence-based medicine into clinical practice.

Ridepanda

Seed Round in 2023
Ridepanda is an online marketplace specializing in the sale of eco-friendly electric vehicles, including e-bikes, e-mopeds, and e-scooters. The platform is designed to cater to individual needs by allowing users to select vehicles based on their height, weight, and personal preferences. In addition to offering a curated selection of sustainable rides, Ridepanda provides essential services to enhance customer experience, such as flexible financing options, extended warranties, theft insurance, vehicle assembly, and maintenance plans. This comprehensive approach enables customers to purchase electric vehicles with added confidence and convenience.

Veo Robotics

Series B in 2023
Veo Robotics is transforming manufacturing with products that incorporate advanced computer vision, 3D sensing, and AI. Their first product lets high-performance industrial robots work collaboratively with people to enable much more flexible, productive, and efficient manufacturing workcells.

Andes

Series A in 2023
Andes develops an integrated microbial technology to help accelerate crop growth. Its technology is combined with artificial intelligence to develop its seeds while reducing input costs and environmental footprints and helps farmers to boost their agricultural output and income. Andes was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Alameda, California.

Machina Labs

Venture Round in 2023
Machina Labs is a mechanical and industrial engineering firm focused on automating metal forming and fabrication processes through the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company has developed a manufacturing platform that integrates advanced robotics and AI technologies, enabling the rapid and cost-effective realization of innovative ideas. By creating new methods that simplify machinery requirements, Machina Labs serves a diverse range of sectors, including aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, and defense. This approach allows industries to reduce reliance on costly tooling and setup, streamlining production and enhancing efficiency.

Range Energy

Seed Round in 2022
Range accelerates the electrification of commercial transportation with powered trailers for the heavy-duty truck market.

Shippeo

Series C in 2022
Shippeo is a company that specializes in providing real-time visibility for supply chain transportation. Established in 2014, it offers a platform that allows shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers to track deliveries in real time, enhancing communication with end customers. By integrating with various transportation management systems and data sources, Shippeo delivers accurate location data and estimated times of arrival, which helps businesses reduce transportation costs and improve customer satisfaction. The platform serves a wide range of clients across Europe, tracking over 40,000 deliveries monthly and connecting with more than 600 carriers. Notable clients include leading companies like Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia.

Momnt

Series B in 2022
Momnt is a provider of embedded financial services that specializes in modern lending solutions, enabling businesses to offer affordable financing at the point of need. Utilizing an API-based platform, Momnt leverages alternative data and advanced technologies like machine learning and artificial intelligence to deliver real-time, customized loan offers to borrowers. This approach ensures compliance with existing financial regulations while creating a transparent borrowing experience for consumers. By streamlining digital lending and payment processes, Momnt not only supports individual borrowers but also provides merchants with opportunities for business growth, all while maintaining the essential role of financial institutions in the lending landscape.

Canvass AI

Series A in 2022
Canvass AI is an AI-based platform focused on enhancing industrial operations. The company offers scalable AI solutions that empower industrial engineers and operators to improve quality, optimize processes, and reduce energy consumption in their daily activities. By providing actionable insights and real-time guidance, Canvass AI enables production teams to adopt AI technologies without needing extensive data science expertise. Its platform complements existing industrial systems, helping companies in sectors such as oil, gas, chemicals, and manufacturing to enhance operational performance, gain a competitive edge, and achieve new sustainability standards.

Strella Biotechnology

Series A in 2022
Strella Biotechnology, Inc. is a Philadelphia-based company that designs and manufactures sensor-based devices aimed at maximizing the freshness of produce throughout the supply chain. Founded in 2018 by Jacob Jordan and Katherine Sizov, the company specializes in ethylene detection technology, which assesses the ripeness of fruit by measuring the ethylene gas emitted during ripening. This innovation helps to optimize the produce supply chain by providing critical data that reduces spoilage and enhances the management of fresh produce. Strella Biotechnology leverages its patented technology to support efficiency and maintain quality in food distribution.

Verge

Series A in 2022
Verge develops precision agriculture technology aimed at enhancing the productivity and efficiency of farming operations. Founded in 2016 and based in Lethbridge, Canada, the company connects growers with their land while simplifying farming complexities. Its key offerings include First Pass Software, which optimizes path planning for producers, and Launch Pad, an application that integrates and manages various farm operations. Verge's solutions address challenges such as labor shortages, machinery productivity, and soil degradation. By leveraging artificial intelligence and digital simulations, the company's software empowers farmers to improve decision-making and operational efficiency. Verge's products are distributed through a network of resellers worldwide, with a focus on increasing profitability for progressive grain farmers by maximizing the potential of their existing equipment.

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 strawberry harvesting services in the Oxnard, Santa Maria, and Salinas-Watsonville regions of California. Founded in 2017 and based in Davis, the company focuses on utilizing advanced robotics to improve the efficiency and quality of strawberry harvesting. Its robotic systems are designed to handle berries delicately, minimizing bruising and damage during the picking process. By integrating technology into agriculture, Advanced Farm Technologies aims to enhance farm productivity while maintaining the quality of the harvested fruit.

Ridepanda

Seed Round in 2021
Ridepanda is an online marketplace specializing in the sale of eco-friendly electric vehicles, including e-bikes, e-mopeds, and e-scooters. The platform is designed to cater to individual needs by allowing users to select vehicles based on their height, weight, and personal preferences. In addition to offering a curated selection of sustainable rides, Ridepanda provides essential services to enhance customer experience, such as flexible financing options, extended warranties, theft insurance, vehicle assembly, and maintenance plans. This comprehensive approach enables customers to purchase electric vehicles with added confidence and convenience.

CredR

Venture Round in 2021
CredR operates as an online marketplace dedicated to the buying and selling of pre-owned two-wheeler vehicles in India. The company aims to bring structure to the unorganized second-hand vehicle market, which often suffers from inconsistent pricing and unsatisfactory user experiences. By utilizing a dynamic pricing algorithm, CredR evaluates various factors such as vehicle condition, seasonality, and demand to set competitive prices. Additionally, the platform offers after-sales services and a bike rental option, making it easier for users to access two-wheelers as needed. Through its verified and certified marketplace, CredR simplifies the transaction process, providing a more transparent and convenient experience for both buyers and sellers.

Goodpath

Seed Round in 2021
Goodpath is a virtual clinic focused on addressing chronic conditions such as behavioral health, musculoskeletal issues, diabetes, digestive problems, and sleep disorders. The company offers personalized self-care programs designed to enhance the well-being of individuals managing these conditions. These programs are tailored to each person's lifestyle and health history, incorporating elements such as nutrition, supplements, fitness, and mindfulness. By providing easy access to doctor-approved treatments, Goodpath aims to facilitate better health outcomes for its clients, supporting them in their journey toward improved health and quality of life.

C. Light Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
C. Light Technologies, Inc. is a neurotechnology company based in Berkeley, California, specializing in eye tracking technology for neurological health assessment. Founded in 2014, the company has developed a retinal eye-tracking platform that utilizes advanced machine learning algorithms and a highly accurate eye tracker. This technology is particularly focused on monitoring multiple sclerosis by measuring neurological activity through imaging the retina. C. Light's clinical devices combine sophisticated hardware and software to enhance the diagnosis and monitoring of neurodegenerative diseases, enabling healthcare professionals to assess neurological health with greater precision.

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 Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops an intelligent personal assistant platform utilizing artificial intelligence to enhance user engagement across various sectors, including healthcare, government, and space. Founded in 2012, Ejenta leverages exclusively licensed NASA technology and two decades of research in human activity modeling and multi-agent systems. The platform enables real-time monitoring of users' daily activities and adherence to mission plans, providing personalized advice, coaching, and support. Ejenta's technology integrates wearable and ambient sensors, allowing health providers to care for patients remotely and predict health outcomes based on diverse data sources. Users can interact with their personal agents through mobile devices, Smart TVs, and natural language interfaces, facilitating a seamless user experience. The platform is notably operational in NASA's Mission Control for the International Space Station, demonstrating its capabilities in high-stakes environments.

Canvass AI

Series A in 2020
Canvass AI is an AI-based platform focused on enhancing industrial operations. The company offers scalable AI solutions that empower industrial engineers and operators to improve quality, optimize processes, and reduce energy consumption in their daily activities. By providing actionable insights and real-time guidance, Canvass AI enables production teams to adopt AI technologies without needing extensive data science expertise. Its platform complements existing industrial systems, helping companies in sectors such as oil, gas, chemicals, and manufacturing to enhance operational performance, gain a competitive edge, and achieve new sustainability standards.

InOrbit

Seed Round in 2020
InOrbit, Inc. is a technology company based in Mountain View, California, that specializes in a cloud-based robot management platform designed to support robotics companies in developing, deploying, and managing autonomous robots. The platform offers features such as cloud-robot communications, real-time dashboards, incident management, localization, adaptive diagnostics, and predictive analytics, providing comprehensive tools for robot performance monitoring and incident resolution. InOrbit serves various industries, including agriculture, hospitality, logistics, and retail, and is contributing to the rapidly growing commercial service robot market, which is projected to reach $50 billion by 2024. The company employs proprietary technology to analyze vast amounts of data, enabling customers to gain insights that enhance operational efficiency. InOrbit's founding team comprises experts with extensive experience in robotics, cloud technology, and product development, holding numerous patents in related fields. The company collaborates with notable partners and customers, including major tech firms and robot manufacturers, positioning itself as a leader in the emerging domain of RobOps, akin to DevOps for robotics.

The Yield

Venture Round in 2020
The Yield Technology Solutions Pty Ltd is an agriculture technology company based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 2014. It focuses on developing decision-making tools and customer yield solutions for farmers. The company's platform assists growers in making informed decisions through its innovative offerings, including Sensing+, a microclimate sensing system that replicates natural farming ecosystems, and a growers' app that provides real-time information on growing conditions. The Yield aims to address the challenges of increasing food production sustainably, as global demand is expected to rise significantly by 2050 amid the pressures of climate change. By leveraging digital technology, The Yield strives to enhance productivity across the food value chain, ensuring that agriculture remains profitable, safe, and environmentally friendly.

Strella Biotechnology

Seed Round in 2020
Strella Biotechnology, Inc. is a Philadelphia-based company that designs and manufactures sensor-based devices aimed at maximizing the freshness of produce throughout the supply chain. Founded in 2018 by Jacob Jordan and Katherine Sizov, the company specializes in ethylene detection technology, which assesses the ripeness of fruit by measuring the ethylene gas emitted during ripening. This innovation helps to optimize the produce supply chain by providing critical data that reduces spoilage and enhances the management of fresh produce. Strella Biotechnology leverages its patented technology to support efficiency and maintain quality in food distribution.

Loop+

Seed Round in 2020
loop+ is a remote rehabilitation platform that accesses sensor technology to translate care plans from the clinic into the home, creating a feedback loop with clinicians in patient's everyday lives. Our first product is loop+ an activity tracker for wheelchair users that creates a positive feedback look with clinicians and carers to monitor health risks in everyday life. For the first time, wheelchair users who either can’t feel their lower limbs or are non-verbal and unable to communicate their discomfort, have a way to visualise what’s going on with their body. Remote monitoring supports early detection and intervention of pressure wounds, respiratory issues and scoliosis.

Oxipital AI

Series B in 2020
Oxipital AI specializes in visual AI solutions that enhance efficiency and sustainability in manufacturing. The platform addresses operational challenges by enabling real-time insights, improving product quality, and increasing throughput. By simplifying implementation, Oxipital AI empowers manufacturers to leverage their data effectively and optimize production workflows. Oxpital AI was previously known as Soft Robotics.

Advanced Farm Technologies

Series A in 2019
Advanced Farm Technologies Inc. is a robotics company specializing in strawberry harvesting services in the Oxnard, Santa Maria, and Salinas-Watsonville regions of California. Founded in 2017 and based in Davis, the company focuses on utilizing advanced robotics to improve the efficiency and quality of strawberry harvesting. Its robotic systems are designed to handle berries delicately, minimizing bruising and damage during the picking process. By integrating technology into agriculture, Advanced Farm Technologies aims to enhance farm productivity while maintaining the quality of the harvested fruit.

Exyn

Series A in 2019
Exyn Technologies, Inc. is a company focused on developing autonomous aerial robots designed for complex commercial environments. Established in 2014 as a spin-off from the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, Exyn leverages over a decade of research in autonomous flight and aerial robotics. The company's flagship product, exynAI, is a modular software system that enables pilot-less flights and facilitates communication between multiple flying vehicles. Exyn's drones utilize a unique technology that integrates multiple redundant sensors, advanced mapping for obstacle avoidance, and autonomous flight planning, making them suitable for applications such as underground inspections, inventory management, and construction documentation. With their robust and highly differentiated capabilities, Exyn's aerial robots provide clients with the ability to automate dangerous tasks and address various complex operational challenges. The company is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Invert Robotics

Series A in 2019
Invert Robotics Limited is a company based in Christchurch, New Zealand, that specializes in remote robotic inspection services primarily for the food and beverage industry, as well as the pharmaceutical and oil and gas sectors. Founded in 2010, Invert Robotics has developed a modular, non-destructive inspection platform that can perform visual inspections on various industrial equipment, such as storage tanks, spray dryers, and fluid beds. Their robots are designed to navigate smoothly on various surfaces, including non-magnetic materials, ensuring safe and accurate asset management. In addition to inspection services, the company also provides repair services, leveraging advanced technology to enhance maintenance capabilities across multiple industries.

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 specializes in visual AI solutions that enhance efficiency and sustainability in manufacturing. The platform addresses operational challenges by enabling real-time insights, improving product quality, and increasing throughput. By simplifying implementation, Oxipital AI empowers manufacturers to leverage their data effectively and optimize production workflows. Oxpital AI was previously known as Soft Robotics.

Abundant Robotics

Series A in 2017
Abundant Robotics, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in automating orchard harvests, focusing primarily on apple harvesting. Founded in 2015 and based in Hayward, California, the company provides Harvest-as-a-Service solutions that enhance efficiency and reduce damage during the picking process. Abundant Robotics utilizes advanced robotic manipulation, sensing technology, and a computer vision and machine learning platform to ensure precise and careful harvesting. Their innovative vacuum-based picking system offers significant value to farmers by improving productivity while minimizing the risk of fruit damage.

PrecisionHawk

Series C in 2016
PrecisionHawk is an information delivery company that combines unmanned aerial systems, remote sensing technologies, and advanced data analytics to improve business operations and day-to-day decision making. PrecisionHawk brings value to an emerging market by offering an end-to-end solution for aerial data gathering, processing, and analysis to provide actionable information across a wide range of data-intensive civilian industries. Founded in 2010, the company provides a holistic platform using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for data collection and analysis software tools to deliver better business intelligence to clients across a wide range of civilian industries. PrecisionHawk also owns aerial data software, DataMapper, satellite imagery provider, Terraserver, and the Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform for drones, LATAS. PrecisionHawk is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Veniam

Series B in 2016
Veniam is a technology company focused on enhancing future mobility and creating more human-centric environments through intelligent networking software. The company develops vehicular mesh networks that transform vehicles into Wi-Fi hotspots, expanding wireless coverage in urban areas. Veniam's solutions cater to various sectors, including delivery fleets, dash-cams, telematics, connected cars, and autonomous vehicles. With a robust portfolio of over 140 issued patents, the company optimizes data transmission across diverse networks, such as 4G, 5G, and V2X, ensuring efficient and secure communication between vehicles and the cloud. By enabling the Internet of Moving Things, Veniam aims to improve the lives of millions by facilitating smarter mobility, enhancing internet access, and collecting valuable data for smart city initiatives. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Veniam also has an engineering center in Porto, Portugal, and sales offices in Detroit, Munich, and Tokyo.

Foundation Alloy

Foundation Alloy specializes in the development of advanced materials, focusing on the design of innovative alloys tailored for additive manufacturing. The company aims to create metal parts that promote environmentally sustainable manufacturing practices while reducing overall acquisition costs. By integrating proprietary alloy design technology with advanced manufacturing techniques and automation, Foundation Alloy enhances the performance and production efficiency of industrial applications. This approach allows front-line engineers to optimize the manufacturing process compared to traditional materials and methods.

infinitform

InfinitForm is at the forefront of creating GenAI software. This business specializes in transformative software that automates the design-to-manufacturing process, integrating seamlessly with multiple manufacturing methods to improve cost, speed, efficiency, and performance.
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