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| Jul 25, 2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in 2024**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Farm robotics is at the forefront of this transformation. In 2024, the sector is grappling with funding challenges but is also witnessing a surge in innovation. As labor costs ris... |
| Jul 25, 2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: Navigating a New Era in Agriculture**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is changing. Like a field being tilled for the first time, the farm robotics sector is breaking new ground. In 2024, despite a challenging fundraising environment, this sector is showing resilience and innovati... |
| Jul 24, 2024 | The 7 biggest farm robotics deals of 2024 so far | The farm robotics sector has shown some resilience in 2024 and continues to bring innovative products to market, despite the challenging year for fundraising.
In the first half of 2024, the AgFunder-defined Farm Robotics, Mechanization, and... |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Botmaker Burro banks $11m Series A funding in Toyota, S2G-led round | US ag robotics startup Burro has raised $10.9 million in Series A funding, it announced today. The round was led by US agrifoodtech VC S2G Ventures and Toyota Ventures, a San Francisco-based VC arm of Japanese conglomerate Toyota.
F-Prime C... |
| Aug 4, 2021 | Rebranded Toyota Ventures invests $300 million in emerging tech and carbon neutrality | |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Toyota AI Ventures announces rebrand as Toyota Ventures and an additional $300M to invest in emerging technologies and carbon neutrality | |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Toyota Ventures gets $300 million infusion for more investments | |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Bill Ackman’s twisty not-exactly-a-SPAC deal | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Bill Ackman’s mega-special purpose acquisition company has found a much-anticipated potential tar... |
| Mar 9, 2021 | Toyota’s first-ever VC firm is investing in AI startups | Toyota Motor Corp’s first venture capital fund is investing in startups that help the Japanese automaker refine everyday processes by bringing sharper supply-chain management and robotics to the factory floor, a fund executive said.
The Si... |
| Jan 5, 2021 | Startup Spotlight: YPC targets office & care home canteens with kitchen robotics | Canada’s YPC Technologies is just one of a fistful of startups building robotic cooks and automated ovens for the foodservice industry.
It’s about to launch a pilot program with an undisclosed multinational; it’s also planning to set up a t... |
| Oct 28, 2020 | Bipi cierra una ronda de €10,5M liderada por Adevinta Ventures, acuden también Toyota AI Ventures y Atresmedia | 28/10/2020
BIPI CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €10,5 MILLONES LIDERADA POR ADEVINTA VENTURES, ACUDEN TAMBIÉN TOYOTA AI VENTURES Y ATRESMEDIA.
Bipi ha cerrado una ronda de €10,5 millones liderada por la firma de capital riesgo (venture capital) Adevi... |
| Sep 30, 2020 | The Next Web’s 2020 Conference is Here | The Next Web likely needs no introduction, but here’s a refresher – founded in 2006, the company has been providing Europe’s largest and most influential tech and business conferences to date, empowering not only startups with their multipl... |
| May 17, 2020 | The Sunday Briefing | #102 | The Vancouver Tech Journal brings you news, insight, opinions, and the lesser-known stories from Vancouver's innovation ecosystem. This is The Sunday Briefing. Enjoy.
After nine years at the helm, Richard Smith steps down as director of Van... |
| May 13, 2020 | Ziva Dynamics raises $9.8 million CAD for character creation technology | Vancouver-based Ziva Dynamics, a startup that develops character simulation software for the film and entertainment industry, has raised a $9.8 million CAD ($7 million USD) seed round. This is the first round of venture financing for the c... |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Intuition Robotics raises $36M for its empathetic digital companion | Intuition Robotics, the company best known for its ElliQ robot, a digital home companion for the elderly, today announced that it has raised a $36 million Series B round co-led by SPARX Group and OurCrowd. Toyota AI Ventures, Sompo Holdings... |
| Feb 10, 2020 | 5 things to know in #MiamiTech: Flourish Media Conference coming soon; plus moves, expansions and opportunities! | Facebook
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Founded by women for women, the upcoming 4th annual Flourish Media Conference offers a line-up of speakers and panelists who are blazing a trail in... |
| Dec 5, 2019 | Ann Arbor-Based May Mobility Raises $50 Million Led By Toyota | Ann Arbor, Michigan-based autonomous Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) provider May Mobility announced it raised $50 million in Series B
May Mobility ― an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based autonomous Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) provider ― a... |
| Dec 4, 2019 | Toyota leads $50 million investment in autonomous shuttle startup May Mobility | May Mobility, a Michigan-based startup that is operating autonomous shuttle services in three U.S. cities, has raised $50 million in a Series B round led by Toyota Motor Corp.
The funding, which comes less than a year after May Mobility rai... |
| Dec 4, 2019 | Toyota Leads $50M Investment in Autonomous Shuttle Startup May Mobility | |
| Dec 4, 2019 | Toyota Leads $50 Million Investment in Autonomous Shuttle Startup May Mobility | |
| Nov 27, 2019 | Top mobility VCs discuss their current investment strategies | The mobility industry is rapidly shifting to readjust for an electric and autonomous future.
Automotive companies are increasingly looking outside the manufacturing sector to fuel growth, and companies that used to bank on selling vehicles ... |
| Nov 26, 2019 | Leading robotics VCs talk about where they’re investing | The Valley’s affinity for robotics shows no signs of cooling. Technical enhancements through innovations like AI/ML, compute power and big data utilization continue to drive new performance milestones, efficiencies and use cases.
Despite th... |
| Jun 19, 2019 | Perceptive Automata Uses Neuroscience to Help AVs Predict Intent | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Those of us who like to ride our bikes on city streets know the importance of The Staredown. Say a biker is trundling past an intersection and a car is inching forward to make... |
| May 8, 2019 | Mobility News: Cruise’s New Cash, Tesla’s Pivot to Robotaxis & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
As the mobility industry waits with baited breath to see how Uber’s IPO will play out on Friday, there is plenty of news being made elsewhere in the sector. Cruise scored anot... |
| May 2, 2019 | Toyota AI Ventures Launches $100M Venture Capital Fund | Toyota AI Ventures, a Los Altos, CA-based venture capital firm subsidiary of Toyota Research Institute, launched new $100m fund.
Fund II, which brings the firm’s total assets under management to more than $200M, is dedicated to investing in... |
| Feb 12, 2019 | May Mobility Snags $22M Investment, Will Expand to New Cities in ’19 | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
May Mobility, an Ann Arbor, MI-based startup developing self-driving shuttles, today announced that it has raised a $22 million Series A funding round. The company has raised ... |
| Dec 17, 2018 | Sea Machines Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding | Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics announced today that it has closed a $10 million Series A investment led by Accomplice and Eniac Ventures, with participation from Toyota AI Ventures; Brunswick Corp., through investment partner TechNexus ... |
| May 15, 2018 | Smart radar startup MetaWave raises $10 million from Hyundai, Toyota, and others | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Wireless technology company Metawave announced to... |
| May 15, 2018 | Smart radar startup MetaWave raises $10 million from Hyundai, Toyota, and others | Wireless technology company Metawave announced today a $10 million investment from five backers, including Hyundai, Toyota, and automotive supply company Denso, to build a “smart automotive radar system” for autonomous cars.
“We’re working ... |
| Mar 20, 2018 | Blackmore Sensors and Analytics raises $18 million from BMW i Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures to scale its automotive LIDAR solution | Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is the most important and expensive component of any autonomous vehicle. It is a sensor that detects objects in a car’s proximity using lasers. Not so long ago a LiDAR sensor used to cost $75,000. With ad... |
| Feb 26, 2018 | Self-driving startup May Mobility raises $11.5 million from BMW i Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures to accelerate deployment of self-driving shuttle fleets | Self-driving startup May Mobility has raised $11.5 million from BMW i Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures to accelerate deployment of self-driving shuttle fleets. The funding will allow May Mobility to launch new deployments across the country.... |
| Jan 5, 2018 | Jill Ford Scores New Tech Investing Gig with Toyota AI Ventures | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Jill Ford, the city of Detroit’s former head of entrepreneurship and innovation, says she was already interested in the mobility field when she landed a new job last month wit... |
| Jul 13, 2017 | Google and Toyota Both Launch AI Venture Capital Funds | Google and Toyota Both Launch AI Venture Capital Funds
Bret Kinsella on July 13, 2017 at 12:26 pm
Google parent Alphabet launched Gradient Ventures earlier this week. The fund promises more than cash for startups. It is positioned as also p... |
| Jul 13, 2017 | Toyota Research Institute Launches Toyota AI Ventures | Toyota Research Institute (TRI), a Los Altos, Calif.-based wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor North America, is investing an initial $100m to launch a new corporate venture capital subsidiary.
Led by managing director Jim Adler, TRI’s ... |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Toyota leads $14 million funding round for Israel's Intuition Robotics | By Reuters Staff
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FILE PHOTO - A logo of Toyota Motor Corp is seen at the company's showroom in Tokyo, Japan June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Intuition Robotics, an Israeli developer of artificial intelligen... |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Toyota launches venture capital fund targeting artificial intelligence startups | Toyota is the latest Fortune 500 company to launch an AI focused venture capital fund. The initial early-stage fund will deploy $100 million and operate as a subsidiary of the Toyota Research Institute. The automaker has strategically posit... |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Toyota запустила фонд на $100 млн для инвестиций в искусственный интеллект и робототехнику Статьи редакции | Автопроизводитель Toyota запустил венчурный фонд Toyota AI Ventures объёмом $100 млн. Об этом пишет Forbes.
Фонд сосредоточится на инвестициях в стартапы в области искусственного интеллекта, робототехники, автономного вождения и «облачных» ... |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Toyota leads $14m funding round for Israel’s Intuition Robotics | Premium
Intuition Robotics, an Israeli developer of artificial intelligence robots for use by the elderly, said on Tuesday it raised $14 million in an early stage funding round led by the Toyota Research Institute (TRI).
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| Toyota launches second $100 million VC fund targeting autonomous mobility and robotics startups | |
| Toyota AI Ventures launches $100M fund to invest in robotics and autonomous tech | |
| Toyota leads $50 million funding round for May Mobility | |
| Toyota Portfolio and investment strategy | We have conducted the following analysis of Venture Capital activity using data from Dealroom and CB Insights. We have corroborated this data and provided context by tracking different media reporting declarations by key people within the c... |
