Professional summary
Masataka Matsumoto is a General Partner and Co-founder at World Innovation Lab. According to WiL, he founded PIM Corporation in 1999 and led it as CEO until its merger with Yahoo! Japan. He later held senior leadership roles at Yahoo! Japan and SoftBank, including work on strategic investments, Yahoo! BB, Yahoo! Shopping, mobile business development, and new business incubation. His official profile positions him as an operator-investor with experience building and scaling consumer internet, communications, commerce, and B2B technology businesses in Japan.
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Framing and angles for outreach
A founder should lead with a clear Japan-market or cross-border growth story, especially if the company sits in consumer, commerce, communications, ad tech, or B2B SaaS. The most relevant angle is to show how the company can benefit from an operator-investor who has built and scaled major Japanese internet, mobile, and commerce businesses.
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World Innovation Lab
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World Innovation Lab
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World Innovation Lab
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World Innovation Lab
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World Innovation Lab
WiL partner managing portfolio strategy and business development.
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World Innovation Lab
WiL corporate innovation partner focused on LPs, portfolio support, and enterprise GTM.
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World Innovation Lab
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WiL partner investing in Japanese startups from Series A onward.