Toyota Ventures Grants 2022 Call for Applications

Are you the founder of an early-stage company that is developing solutions to modernize manufacturing and advance sustainable production?

Help make the factory of the future a reality sooner, and jump-start your startup by getting your product or service in front of the Toyota Ventures team. We’re looking to invest in promising companies that are creating technologies to enable smarter, flexible, connected factories that will amplify people and improve efficiency and sustainability.

If that sounds like your startup, the 2022 call for innovation is an opportunity to receive between $500,000 and $2 million in venture capital funding from Toyota Ventures through our Frontier Fund or Climate Fund. In addition, we’re partnering with Toyota’s Manufacturing Project Innovation Center (MPIC) and Toyota Research Institute, and selected startups might also get a chance to collaborate with Toyota on a proof-of-concept project.

Software and/or hardware solutions are welcome, and some of the areas we’re exploring include:

• 3D simulation
• Artificial intelligence and computer vision
• Augmented reality
• Additive manufacturing
• Robotics software and/or hardware (adaptive robots; collaborative robots; autonomous mobile robots)
• Solutions to improve energy efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint in factories
• Technologies to advance electrification and battery manufacturing
• Cybersecurity and data analytics
• Worker training and safety tools

• Table of Content
• About Toyota Ventures
• Toyota Ventures Grants
• Aim and Benefits of Toyota Ventures Grants
• Requirements for Toyota Ventures Grants Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Toyota Ventures Grants
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About 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.

Toyota Ventures Grants

Aim and Benefits of Toyota Ventures Grants

Qualified startups that apply for the call will receive priority screening, so it’s a way to get your solution in front of our team knowing that we are actively looking to invest between $500K-$2M USD.

Requirements for Toyota Ventures Grants Qualification

The call for innovation is open to startups around the world that meet the following criteria:*

• Your company has raised less than $10 million USD in funding
• You have a working prototype to demonstrate your solution
• Your business model solves a market need and delivers value to customers

Interview date, Process and Venue for Toyota Ventures Grants

We are actively reviewing applications on a rolling basis, now through May 31, 2022. Since this is not a contest or competition, all applications will be subject to our usual rigorous review standards. Therefore, we cannot guarantee we will make an investment.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

If your company fits our investment thesis, you have a working prototype and viable business model, and haven’t raised more than $10 million in outside funding, we encourage you to apply to the call.