Woven Capital
Woven Capital is Toyota’s corporate growth-stage venture investment arm, backing companies in artificial intelligence, automation, energy, and sustainability.
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Woven Capital is a $1.6B global venture fund backed by Toyota, investing in growth-stage companies transforming mobility, autonomous driving, AI, robotics, and smart cities.
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5 items- CADDi raises $114M at $1.2B valuation to bring manufacturing AI to North Americasiliconangle.com/2026/09/16/caddi-raises-114m-at-1-2b-valuation-to-bring-manufacturing-ai-to-north-america/
CADDi raises $114 million in Series D funding at a $1.2 billion valuation to expand its manufacturing AI platform in North America. The company’s platform organizes engineering drawings, purchase orders and inspection records, while CADDi Explorer and CADDi Agent support discovery and workflow actions; more than half of Japan’s 100 largest manufacturers use CADDi Drawer. New investors include Moore Strategic Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Toyota’s Woven Capital, and CADDi plans to invest in AI, platform development and hiring.
Sep 2026SiliconAngleNews article
- Exclusive: Manufacturing AI startup CADDi valued at $1.2 billion in $114 million funding roundfortune.com/2026/09/15/caddi-manufacturing-startup-valuation-funding-round-series-d-exclusive/
CADDi raises $114 million in Series D funding at a $1.2 billion valuation to expand its AI platform for manufacturers. Founded in 2017, the Tokyo- and Chicago-based company integrates drawings, CAD files, and enterprise systems, with products for parts standardization, design review, and quality assessments. Sales are more than doubling year over year, and CADDi says customers span 22 countries, while proceeds fund product development, manufacturing-specific AI, North American expansion, and hiring.
Sep 2026FortuneNews article
- Stoke Space raises $1B to expand its footprint and upsize its fully reusable Nova rocketgeekwire.com/2026/stoke-space-billion-upsize-nova-rocket/
Stoke Space raises roughly $1 billion to prepare for Nova’s first launch and accelerate development of a larger rocket. Its Nova Pathfinder, designed to carry 3 metric tons to low Earth orbit, is scheduled to launch in early 2027 with an AstroForge spacecraft. The Nova Block 2 is due to debut in 2029, with capacity for up to 15 metric tons to orbit, as Stoke expands its Moses Lake test facility from 75 to 550 acres.
Sep 2026GeekWireNews article
- Toyota’s Woven Capital appoints new CIO and COO in push for finding the ‘future of mobility’techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/toyotas-woven-capital-appoints-new-cio-and-coo-in-push-for-finding-the-future-of-mobility/
Toyota’s Woven Capital names Michiko Kato CIO and Mia Panzer COO, placing women in both top roles at the venture arm. Kato also becomes CEO of Toyota Invention Partners, the first woman to lead a wholly owned Toyota subsidiary. She has led six investments since joining Woven in 2020, while Panzer oversees finance, operations, HR, and legal strategy.
Apr 2026TechCrunchNews article