Professional summary
Yamato Sasagawa is a Principal on WiL's investment team, which he joined in 2023. His WiL bio says he founded and raised funds for a company in Indonesia that was acquired by C Channel in 2016, then became CEO of C Channel Indonesia and launched its influencer platform business. WiL lists his focus areas as AI, Web3, and emerging technology, and lists companies including BaseMe, Mento, Nstock, Polyuse, and RevComm among his current companies.
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Venture Partner
World Innovation Lab
Andy Cohen is a Venture Partner at World Innovation Lab with a strong go-to-market and sales-scaling background. WiL’s profile says he was SVP of Sales at Bill.com, helped grow revenue from $30 million to $200 million before its IPO, and has advised or angel-invested in more than 20 tech startups.
Partner
World Innovation Lab
WiL partner focused on CFO and GTM applications with founder and sales leadership experience.
General Partner & CEO
World Innovation Lab
Gen Isayama is General Partner and CEO of World Innovation Lab. WiL’s official profile says he founded the firm to build a new innovation engine and oversees global investment strategy, business creation, and corporate innovation practices.
General Partner & Co-founder
World Innovation Lab
WiL co-founder and general partner focused on consumer, commerce, B2B, and SaaS.
General Partner & Co‑founder
World Innovation Lab
Masataka Matsumoto is a General Partner and Co-founder at World Innovation Lab. His official WiL profile highlights operating and executive experience at PIM Corporation, Yahoo! Japan, and SoftBank, with focus areas spanning consumer, commerce, communications, ad tech, B2B, and SaaS.
Partner
World Innovation Lab
WiL partner focused on venture and growth fund investing.
General Partner & Chief Investment Officer
World Innovation Lab
Rob Theis is General Partner and Chief Investment Officer at World Innovation Lab. His WiL profile describes him as a venture investor with 25 years of experience across multi-stage technology companies, with investments including Aisera, Automation Anywhere, Auth0, DocuSign, Fortinet, HubSpot, RingCentral, Rippling, and R-Zero.
Partner
World Innovation Lab
WiL partner focused on fintech and insurtech, formerly co-founder and CEO of Metromile.
Partner
World Innovation Lab
WiL partner managing portfolio strategy and business development.
Partner, Corporate Innovation
World Innovation Lab
WiL corporate innovation partner focused on LPs, portfolio support, and enterprise GTM.
Investor
World Innovation Lab
WiL investor focused on B2B SaaS, fintech, AI, vertical software, and Japan expansion.
Partner
World Innovation Lab
Todd Grover is a Partner at World Innovation Lab focused on direct investments in software, fintech, and emerging technologies. His official WiL profile lists current companies including Canva, Cortex, Cresta, DeepL, ElevenLabs, FloQast, HappyRobot, Motive, and Tabs.