Investments
31Portfolio Exits
2Funds
1Partners & Customers
2
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Latest Yamaha Motor Ventures News
Nov 29, 2022
Range Energy , a Mountain View, CA-based hardware company bringing powered trailers to the commercial trucking market, raised $8M in Seed funding. The round was led by UP Partners, R7, and Yamaha Motor Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts to further accelerate the electrification of industrial transportation. Led by Founder and CEO Ali Javidan, Range Energy accelerates the electrification of commercial transportation via powered trailers for the truck market. Its powered trailers decrease greenhouse gas emissions, reduce fuel costs for fleet owners, and are designed to eliminate operational disruptions borne from the transition to electric vehicles. The trailers are compatible with today’s diesel tow vehicles and tomorrow’s innovative all-electric tractors. In a few months, the team has already begun testing multiple prototype powered trailers as it advances towards full scale development vehicles and testing alongside commercial partners. FinSMEs
Yamaha Motor Ventures Investments
31 Investments
Yamaha Motor Ventures has made 31 investments. Their latest investment was in Range Energy as part of their Seed VC on November 11, 2022.
Yamaha Motor Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/28/2022 | Seed VC | Range Energy | $8M | Yes | 8 | |
10/24/2022 | Series D | Shippeo | $40M | Yes | 21 | |
9/7/2022 | Seed VC | Momnt Technologies | $9.5M | Yes | Undisclosed Investors, and Yamaha Motor Ventures | 3 |
8/9/2022 | Series A - II | |||||
6/7/2022 | Series A |
Date | 11/28/2022 | 10/24/2022 | 9/7/2022 | 8/9/2022 | 6/7/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Series D | Seed VC | Series A - II | Series A |
Company | Range Energy | Shippeo | Momnt Technologies | ||
Amount | $8M | $40M | $9.5M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Undisclosed Investors, and Yamaha Motor Ventures | ||||
Sources | 8 | 21 | 3 |
Yamaha Motor Ventures Portfolio Exits
2 Portfolio Exits
Yamaha Motor Ventures has 2 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Veniam on August 03, 2022.
Yamaha Motor Ventures Fund History
1 Fund History
Yamaha Motor Ventures has 1 fund, including Yamaha Motor Exploratory Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yamaha Motor Exploratory Fund | 1 |
Closing Date | |
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Fund | Yamaha Motor Exploratory Fund |
Fund Type | |
Status | |
Amount | |
Sources | 1 |
Yamaha Motor Ventures Partners & Customers
2 Partners and customers
Yamaha Motor Ventures has 2 strategic partners and customers. Yamaha Motor Ventures recently partnered with SRI International on January 1, 2016.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/8/2016 | Partner | United States | The Menlo Park-based research institute responsible for creating Apple 's digital personal assistant is now partnering with Yamaha to develop Motobot , a humanoid robot intended to beat one of the world 's fastest motorcycle racers . | 3 | |
10/3/2015 | Partner |
Date | 1/8/2016 | 10/3/2015 |
|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | ||
Country | United States | |
News Snippet | The Menlo Park-based research institute responsible for creating Apple 's digital personal assistant is now partnering with Yamaha to develop Motobot , a humanoid robot intended to beat one of the world 's fastest motorcycle racers . | |
Sources | 3 |
Yamaha Motor Ventures Team
3 Team Members
Yamaha Motor Ventures has 3 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Jim Aota.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Jim Aota | Chief Executive Officer | Current | |
Name | Jim Aota | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Work History | |||
Title | Chief Executive Officer | ||
Status | Current |
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