Manas co-founded a startup and raised funding for it at age 20, then moved through consulting, banking, and investing before joining Woven Capital, where he focuses on applying AI to physical industries like manufacturing, energy, and mobility. He has backed companies such as ElevenLabs and Tacta Systems, helped shape Woven’s Fund II thesis, appeared on panels about the physical AI revolution, and speaks Bahasa Indonesia and Hindi alongside a background spanning Yale School of Management and Yale-NUS.
About their Fund
Woven Capital focuses on startups that have already proven their product works and are ready for Series B or later funding, writing $10M–$50M checks to help them scale up inside Toyota's business rather than just funding early ideas; it backs this up with a dedicated Portfolio Success team, access to more than 1,000 Toyota experts, and over 80% of its portfolio actively working with Toyota, while still requiring that each deal make financial sense on its own even when the strategic fit with Toyota is strong. The fund defines "mobility" broadly across a 12-sector grid tied to Toyota's Woven City vision—including energy, agriculture, education, smart homes, healthcare, payments, and safety—and acts as a bridge into Toyota's wider network, as shown by helping WeaveGrid connect with thousands of utility companies, investing in adjacent networks like 2150, and hosting events like its Global CEO Summit that bring entrepreneurs together with Toyota executives.
















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