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DENSO Ventures

Asia, Hyogo, Japan, Kariya

Description

DENSO Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm that invests in the early-stage startup's transportation industry.

Investor Profile

DENSO Ventures has made 5 investments, with 1 in the past 12 months and 20% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Series D (40%)
  • Series A (40%)
  • Series Unknown (20%)

Country Focus

  • United States (100%)

Industry Focus

  • Information Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Computer Vision
  • Service Industry
  • Semiconductor
  • Automotive
  • Electronics
  • Laser
  • Sensor
  • Cyber Security
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Who does DENSO Ventures frequently co-invest with?

Rizvi Traverse Management
North America, Michigan, United States, Birmingham
Co-Investments: 1
Cottonwood Technology Fund
North America, New Mexico, United States, Santa Fe
Co-Investments: 1
Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Europe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Stuttgart
Co-Investments: 1
Temasek Holdings
Asia, Central Region, Singapore, Singapore
Co-Investments: 2
Franklin Templeton
North America, California, United States, San Mateo
Co-Investments: 2
Co-Investments: 1
Ava Investors
Europe, Geneve, Switzerland, Geneva
Co-Investments: 1
Kickstart
North America, Utah, United States, Salt Lake City
Co-Investments: 1
BV
North America, Florida, United States, Miami Beach
Co-Investments: 1
Stage 1 Ventures
North America, Massachusetts, United States, Waltham
Co-Investments: 1

What are some of recent deals done by DENSO Ventures?

Blaize

El Dorado Hills, California, United States

Blaize is an AI computing platforms company that develops products for the automotive, smart vision, and enterprise computing markets.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Computer VisionInformation TechnologyService Industry
Series DApr 29, 2024
Amount Raised: $106,000,000
Dellfer

San Mateo, California, United States

Dellfer is an IoT and automotive cybersecurity startup that provides tools for devops to add endpoint protection.

Cyber SecurityDevOpsInternet of ThingsSoftware
Series AOct 19, 2021
Amount Raised: $8,000,000
Blaize

El Dorado Hills, California, United States

Blaize is an AI computing platforms company that develops products for the automotive, smart vision, and enterprise computing markets.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Computer VisionInformation TechnologyService Industry
Series DJul 27, 2021
Amount Raised: $71,000,000
Quadric

Burlingame, California, United States

Quadric is a Semiconductor IP licensor. Quadric's GPNPU processor blends machine learning inference performance with DSP programmability.

ComputerHardwareSemiconductor
Series AMay 14, 2019
Amount Raised: $15,000,000
TriLumina Corp.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

TriLumina develops VCSEL laser illumination modules for 3D sensing, LiDAR and structured light applications.

AutomotiveElectronicsInformation TechnologyLaserSemiconductorSensor
Series UnknownMay 17, 2017
Amount Raised: $9,000,000