Smart Infrastructure Ventures

Hitachi Ventures is the global venture capital arm of Hitachi Group, a global industrial player active in a broad range of technology sectors. Hitachi Ventures invests in innovative companies that address society’s key technological challenges in areas like IT, industrial automation (robotics, sensor technology and IoT), cloud services (data management, cybersecurity), mobility (autonomous driving, mobility services, smart infrastructure and security services), energy, smart medicine (AI for digital imaging, smart diagnostics, remote care), smart city, smart infrastructure and more. Hitachi intends to leverage its strong position in multiple global technology markets, its expertise and network to support and promote Hitachi Ventures portfolio companies. With our first fund of USD 150M, we invest in Series A/B/C rounds in globally leading startups. From our offices in Munich, Germany, and Boston, USA, we work tirelessly to develop close ties and effective collaboration with leading innovative technology hubs and like-minded co-investors.

FV is a venture capital syndicate that invests in early-stage technology startups charting the future in mobility, climate, proptech, and security - with a technical focus on software, robotics, and artificial intelligence. In the past decade, the most ambitious companies have generally affected change in our infrastructure, communities, societal behavior, or created a disruption in the market (or regulatory system). The syndicate members of FV have observed and worked on these trends first-hand. To maximize impact, FV generally invests at the pre-seed or seed stage of a company’s journey. As a founder-led firm, we understand the challenges entrepreneurs face, now and beyond. futureland ventures is comprised of entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, technology executives, government leaders, and alumni of top universities, such as the Stanford Graduate School of Business. The syndicate members have expertise in emerging technologies to advance smart cities, such as climate, transportation, robotics, resilience, artificial intelligence and more.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Toyota Ventures is Toyota’s first standalone early-stage venture capital firm. Through the Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund, we invest in artificial intelligence, autonomy, mobility, robotics, cloud technology, smart cities, digital health, fintech, energy, and materials. As part of Toyota’s ongoing efforts to accelerate carbon dioxide reduction, we also invest in startups that are creating scalable solutions for carbon neutrality, as part of the Toyota Ventures Climate Fund. We are on a mission to explore what’s next by helping early-stage startups bring disruptive technologies and business models to market quickly. As we pursue this goal, we are committed to finding and funding the best entrepreneurs from around the world. We value different approaches and points of view, and believe diversity drives innovation. How we work Leveraging the deep technical expertise and global resources of Toyota, our team offers Toyota Ventures portfolio companies strategic support and operational guidance in business development, product, fundraising, marketing, executive coaching, and other areas. We are also dedicated to embracing and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within our portfolio and the larger VC industry through efforts like the Diversity VC Standard. The entrepreneurs who partner with us receive much more than money. Their success is our success, and we support them at every step of their journey - while giving them the freedom and flexibility they need to experiment and grow their businesses. We look for both financial returns and strategic value, and firmly believe that financial returns must precede strategic value. We look for innovators who have the courage, humility, and tenacity to tackle important challenges we have yet to solve. It’s the same spirit of innovation that inspired Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda and his team to devote themselves to transforming Toyota from a loom maker to an automotive manufacturer in the 1930’s. And it is this same vision that continues to drive Toyota today. If you are the founder of an early-stage company developing solutions in other areas we invest in and you’re looking for funding, you are also invited to complete our online pitch form. For those who are seeking growth-stage capital, we encourage you to visit our colleagues at Woven Capital, the growth-stage investment fund of Woven Planet.

Through its corporate venture capital arms, EXEO Global Ventures as well as EXEO Innovation Fund Management, the Group focuses on investing in value creation across the Group, and securing high potential growth opportunities across different sectors, including but not limited to: Data analytics Smart logistics Cyber security Fintech IoT Smart cities 5G Each investment is important to the company as synergies within the group are carefully considered and also the potential of the business to expand and develop its products or services. The newly set up EXEO Innovation Fund Management Pte Ltd manages the limited partnership fund, EXEO Innovation Fund, as its fund manager. Set up in partnership with the Fund Corporation for the Overseas Development of Japan’s ICT and Postal Services (“JICT”), the fund aims to acquire leading-edge technology, knowledge and expertise, and reap broad-based returns, strengthening the telecommunication engineering field in Japan and beyond. By extension, the Fund will work in partnership with EXEO Group’s networks in every prefecture in Japan, supporting the creation of new business growth and developing solutions for social issues both in Japan and globally. The investment team based in Singapore will be in charge of driving the investment process, which ranges from deal sourcing to deal screening, due diligence, investment monitoring and exit.

Investing in the future we envision for Latin America Who are we? Early stage VC fund focused on Latin American founders and startups targeting spanish-speaking countries. What do we do? We invest in companies aiming to use technology to solve critical challenges affecting our region, from Seed through Series A. How do we do it? In addition to providing capital, we act as a strategic partner, providing hands-on support, knowledge, and global networking. Our focus areas: Human Improvement: Unleash human potential through education, training, and access to quality jobs, as well as technologies that improve health and wellbeing. ‍EdTech, JobTech, HealthTech and Wellness Economic Development: Increase productivity through digitization, particularly at the SME level, or economic inclusion through financial services. Fintech, Proptech and eCommerce Sustainable Planet: Mitigate the impact of climate change and foster the responsible consumption of natural resources. Agtech, Cleantech, Climate tech, Smart cities, others

We primarily invest a sub-set of the winners of the Founders Games global growth stage competition which attracts the very best scale-ups across the globe. We select start-ups to invest in based on a number of criteria including their financial potential and current performance, their impact, and the exponential nature of their innovation. We collaborate closely with our portfolio companies to help them de-risk their business while optimizing their value to generate maximum alpha returns for all stakeholders including our LPs. THEMATIC RESEARCH DRIVEN INDUSTRY FOCUS Investing in proven, high growth, revenue generating, technology-enabled businesses in Europe (EU27) & the rest of the world to generate low-risk, alpha financial returns and exponential ESG impact. FUTURE OF IMPACT Energy Planet & Climate Tech Smart Cities Mobility New Materials Food & AgTech FUTURE OF BUSINESS Web3 SaaS FinTech, Defi Big/Small Data Defence Space Logistics Ecommerce FUTURE OF HEALTH Synthetic Biology BioTech Therapeutics Digital Health Wellness Longevity FUTURE OF ENTERTAINMENT Digital Media Neo Content AI Companions MarTech / AdTech Fashion FUTURE OF WORK Robotics AI, ML EdTech Metaverse Collaboration Brain Machine Interfaces Enterprise Voice, Haptics Ambient AI Computing PROPRIETARY DEAL FLOW Webit Capital Partners benefits from a unique, proprietary, diversified (multiple geos and industries), curated and de-risked deal flow with an exclusive first right of refusal to invest in the Founders Games winners and portfolio of Webit Investment Network. INVESTMENT FROM WEBIT CAPITAL PARTNERS Webit Capital Partners evaluates the winning companies from the Founders Games and invest in the top 4 out of 10 yearly finalists. Our investment decision is highly derisked as we leverage the collective intelligence and due diligence of over 200 top VCs that participate as judges in the Founders Games. The winning companies are further diligenced by our partner, Webit Investment Network (WIN). Webit Capital Partners has access to and utilizes all of the prior analysis and due diligence done on the Founders Games winners. We conduct our own thorough due diligence process and evaluation of the top 10 Founders Games startups. Ultimately, WebIt Capital Partners invests in up to 4 out of the 10 winning startups. WEBIT CAPITAL PARTNERS VALUE MAXIMIZATION PLATFORM Following our investment, Webit Capital Partners collaborates closely with our portfolio companies to ensure they have the support, resources and leverage of the WebIt ecosystem to accelerate and grow their business and eliminate risks. We’re focused on value creation and realization for our portfolio companies and in turn for all stakeholders including our LPs.