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Yamaha Motor Ventures Activity

Every public signal F4 has attached to this firm, with sources and cross-entity links.

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6 investments· SEP 2024 – JUN 2026Show all

Investment

Participated in Foundation Alloy's $22M Series A, led by Voyager Ventures, to scale its solid-state MetalsFIRST alloy manufacturing platform.

Foundation Alloy

Foundation Alloy Yamaha Motor Ventures

Yamaha Motor Ventures | Activity | F4

foundationalloy.comJUN 16, 2026

JUN 16, 2026

Investment

Participated in Sortera Technologies' $45M funding round, led by T. Rowe Price Associates and VXI Capital, backing a new Tennessee aluminum sorting facility.

Sortera Technologies

Sortera Technologies Yamaha Motor Ventures

sorteratechnologies.comNOV 20, 2025

NOV 20, 2025

Investment

Participated in Ridepanda's $12.6M strategic funding round alongside Bikeleasing Group, Blackhorn Ventures, and Porsche Ventures.

Ridepanda

Ridepanda Yamaha Motor Ventures

ridepanda.comOCT 29, 2025

OCT 29, 2025

Investment

Co-led Amplio's $11.1M Series A alongside Hitachi Ventures to scale its AI-powered industrial surplus platform.

Amplio Technologies

Amplio Technologies Yamaha Motor Ventures

businesswire.comSEP 24, 2025

SEP 24, 2025

Investment

Participated in InfinitForm's $12.7M seed round, led by UP.Partners, for its AI-driven manufacturing design platform.

Infinitform

Infinitform Yamaha Motor Ventures

infinitform.comMAY 17, 2025

MAY 17, 2025

Investment

Co-led Gestalt Tech's $5.9M oversubscribed seed round alongside Alpha Edison for its lending data-organization software.

Gestalt Tech

Gestalt Tech Yamaha Motor Ventures

gestalttech.comSEP 12, 2024

SEP 12, 2024

Team Change

Promoted Daniel Barth and Ryan McCrackan from Senior Associates to Principals.

Daniel Barth and Ryan McCrackan promoted to Principal

Yamaha Motor Ventures

globalventuring.comMAR 11, 2024

MAR 11, 2024

New Fund

Established a second $100M, 10-year corporate venturing fund to explore new business domains.

Yamaha Motor Exploratory Fund, L.P. II

Yamaha Motor Ventures

news.yamaha-motor.co.jpMAR 13, 2023

MAR 13, 2023

Investment

Led Svexa's $2.8M seed round for its AI-driven human performance optimization platform.

Svexa

Svexa Yamaha Motor Ventures

svexa.comMAR 16, 2022

MAR 16, 2022

Investment

Led Canvass Analytics' $6.5M Series A for its industrial AI platform.

Canvass

Canvass Yamaha Motor Ventures

global.yamaha-motor.comNOV 11, 2020

NOV 11, 2020