Heavy Hitters: The Digital Industrial Podcast

60. Jim Adler, Toyota Ventures - Discovering What’s Next For Toyota

Apr 17, 2023

39:52

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

Toyota Venture Thesis

2min

Toyota Ventures's Strategy for Strategic Value

4min

Toyota Ventures: A Startup in a Fortune 100 Company

3min

Toyota Ventures' View on Scaling Robotics

4min

The Future of Agriculture Robotics

2min

The Unfair Opportunity in Robotics

2min

The Climate Fund and Frontier Funds

4min

The Future of Battery Electric Vehicles

3min

10.

The Overhyped Voluntary Carbon Market

3min

11.

Keys to Success in the Chat Room

3min

12.

How to Evaluate a Founder Early Stage in an Ecosystem

3min

13.

The Alliance for Decision Education

2min

Jim shares the origin story of Toyota Ventures and how the firm leverages its $500M AUM to discover what's next for Toyota, how having a broad investment thesis beyond just core automotive and mobility helps avoid the innovators dilemma, what he is looking for in robotic-enabled innovation and the associated challenges and opportunities that come with those business models, and how having a dedicated Climate Fund is supporting Toyota’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.