World Innovation Lab Overview
- Investor Type
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Venture Capital
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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10
- Investments
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140
- Portfolio
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75
- Exits
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26
World Innovation Lab General Information
Description
Founded in 2013, World Innovation Lab is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm prefers to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies. The firm seeks to invest in consumer products, consumer services, information technology, TMT, infrastructure, wellness, mobile, e-commerce, SaaS, industrials, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and technology-based sectors in the United States and Asia.
Contact Information
Website
www.wilab.com
Year Founded
2013
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Trade Association
Japan Venture Capital Association (JVC)
Primary Investor Type
Venture Capital
Primary Office
- 102 University Avenue
- Suite 1A
- Palo Alto, CA 94301
- United States
+1 (650) 000-0000
World Innovation Lab Investments & Acquisitions (140)
| Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepL | 11-Jan-2023 | Later Stage VC | 00000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |
| 0000000000 0000000 | 12-Oct-2022 | 00000 00000 | 000.00 | Business/Productivity Software | Profitable | |
| 00000 | 06-Sep-2022 | 00000 00000 | 000.00 | Systems and Information Management | Generating Revenue | 00000000 000000000 |
| 0000000000 | 31-Aug-2022 | 00000 00000 | 00000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |
| 000000 | 01-Jul-2022 | 00000 00000 | Food Products | Generating Revenue | ||
| 00000000 | 01-Jul-2022 | 00000 000000 | Database Software | Generating Revenue | 00000000 000000000 | |
| 0000000000 | 22-Jun-2022 | 00000 00000 | 00000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000000000 00000 |
| 000000000 | 31-May-2022 | 00000 00000 | 0000 | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue | 00000000 000000000 |
| Pipedream | 17-May-2022 | Early Stage VC | 0000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |
| Aiven | 11-May-2022 | Later Stage VC | 00000 | Database Software | Generating Revenue |
World Innovation Lab Exits (26)
| Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solairo | 14-Feb-2023 | Merger/Acquisition | 00000 |
| 000.00 | 22-Dec-2022 | 000 | 00.00 |
| 00000000 | 08-Sep-2022 | 000 00 00000000 | |
| 0000000 0000000 | 23-Jul-2022 | 0000000000 | 00000 |
| 0000 | 15-Sep-2021 | 000000000000000000 | |
| 00000 | 03-May-2021 | 000000000000000000 | 00.000 |
| 0000000 | 30-Apr-2021 | 000000000000000000 | |
| 00000 | 30-Sep-2020 | 000 | 00000 |
| Exys | 01-May-2020 | Merger of Equals | |
| TriFort | 22-Jan-2020 | Merger/Acquisition |
World Innovation Lab Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Investments by Industry
Investments by Year
Investments by Region
World Innovation Lab Team (31)
| Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen Isayama | Co-Founder,General Partner & Chief Executive Officer | 00 | 0 | 0 | Palo Alto, CA |
| Masataka Matsumoto | Co-Founder & General Partner | 00 | 0 | 0 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Akinori Koto | Partner | 0 | 0 | Palo Alto, CA | |
| Masaya Kubota | Partner | 00 | 0 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Toshimichi Namba | Partner | 00 | 0 | 0 | Tokyo, Japan |
World Innovation Lab Co-Investors (434)
| Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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| Global Brain | 8 | 0 |
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| Mitsubishi UFJ Capital | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Salesforce Ventures | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| CRV | 0 | 0 |
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| The Goldman Sachs Group | 0 | 0 |
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