WI

WiL Fund II by World Innovation Lab

VC
Palo Alto, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$1.0M – $5.0M

AUM

$1.9B

Portfolio

63+ companies

Team

18 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

WiL backs global hardware and IoT startups that enable smarter infrastructure, with an emphasis on SaaS-driven hardware models.

Meet the Team

KN

Koki Nishimura

Senior Director

TH

Tyson Homma

Chief Financial Officer

JS

Jean Shi

Director

TM

Takuya Matsumoto

Director of Business Development

MM

Masa Matsumoto

Co-Founder

JL

Joo-Lee Lim

Managing Director

AC

Andy Cohen

Partner

Direct investing
Growth-stage companies
Emerging technology sectors
RT

Rob Theis

Chief Investment Officer

Multi-stage technology investments
Growth-stage companies
Global change
GI

Gen Isayama

CEO

Global investment strategy
Business creation
Corporate innovation
AK

Aki Koto

Partner, Corporate Innovation

Corporate innovation
Large enterprise partnerships
Japan-US bridging
NH

Naomi Hasegawa

Partner, Operations

Operations leadership
Platform development
Scaling VC firm operations
TO

Takeshi Onishi

Partner

International expansion
Japan-US markets
Cross-border deals
MK

Milana Kuzmanovic

Partner

Venture & growth funds
Strategy
TK

Takeshi Komatsubara

Corporate Innovation Partner

TG

Todd Grover

Partner

Software
Fintech
Emerging technologies
Direct investments
MM

Masataka Matsumoto

General Partner & Co-founder

Co-founder responsibilities
Corporate strategy
International operations
VS

Vicky Shum

Partner, Business Creation

Business creation
Corporate innovation
Platform & LP collaboration
CA

Chris Alferness

Partner

Hardware
Infrastructure Software

Industry Focus

Invests In

Deep Tech
Other

Does Not Invest In

Gaming
DTC Consumer

Portfolio Companies (63)

Other

CE

Cerebras Systems

Hardware AI
BL

Blues Wireless

IoT Hardware
AU

Auth0

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

AU

Automation Anywhere

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

ME

Mercari

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

IN

Intertrust

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

RA

Raksul

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

SO

SORACOM

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

AS

Asana

Collaborative Work Management Platform

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

OK

Okta

Identity Management & Authentication Platform

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

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