GK

George Kellerman

Founding Managing Director at Woven Capital and VP, Investments & Acquisitions, at Woven by Toyota

Tokyo

Work Experience

  • Founding Managing Director

    2021

    Woven Capital is the $800M growth fund of Toyota, and as the Founding Managing Director I am responsible for leading a team of professional investors and business development professionals to identify, invest in, and partner with global technology companies that can support and accelerate Toyota’s mission to build the safest mobility in the world.

  • Board Observer

    2024

  • VP, Head of Investments & Acquisitions

    2020

2019 - 2020

  • Director

    2019 - 2020

2019 - 2020

  • Board Observer

    2019 - 2020

  • CEO & Managing Director

    2019 - 2020

  • Founding COO & General Partner

    2015 - 2018

    Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley (YMVSV) was formed with a mission to identify and pursue game-changing technologies, products, and services that can be delivered as solutions for Yamaha Motor’s global customers, and we will be doing that by partnering with and investing in leading technology companies in the US and abroad.

2018 - 2020

  • Board Observer

    2018 - 2020

    Led Yamaha Motor's investments in Soft Robotics and served as a Board Observer.

2017 - 2020

  • Board Observer

    2017 - 2020

    Led Yamaha Motor's investments in Robotics Plus and served as a Board Observer.

2019 - 2019

  • Board Observer

    2019 - 2019

2016 - 2018

  • Advisory Board Member

    2016 - 2018

    Led Yamaha Motor's investment in PrecisionHawk.