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World Innovation Lab
Venture capital · Palo Alto, CA, United States · North America
World Innovation Lab is a US- and Japan-based venture capital fund that makes direct investments in growth and late stage companies and also invests in venture capital funds. It provides market expansion support into Japan for US startups and vice versa, and works with its corporate limited partners on innovation services.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
In its own wordsartificial intelligenceb2b saasfintechinsurtechcybersecurityhealth tech
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Or find every investor that fitsWorld Innovation Lab lists 111 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 14 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (23%), Enterprise Software (17%) and Fintech (12%). 51% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside Salesforce Ventures, Global Brain and NTT DOCOMO Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name World Innovation Lab, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not World Innovation Lab's whole history. Rounds on record name 13 companies; its own site lists 111. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 8% |
| Series A | 8% |
| Series B | 33% |
| Growth | 50% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 8 | 1 |
| '26 | 6 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 96th | 111 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 8% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 76th | 10% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 25th | 23% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 98th | 13 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 17% | 8% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Salesforce Ventures | 10 |
| Global Brain | 8 |
| NTT DOCOMO Ventures | 7 |
| Sapphire Ventures | 7 |
| Y Combinator | 7 |
| CapitalG | 6 |
| General Catalyst | 6 |
| Globis Capital Partners | 6 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers10998%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company22%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Salesforce Ventures
Compare World Innovation Lab head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with World Innovation Lab| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 4 Aug 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 6 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Round | |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Series B | |
| 8 Sept 2025 | Round |
Round details for World Innovation Lab
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in World Innovation Lab's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
111 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abnormal AI provides behavioral AI for email, identity, and AI security | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Adara provides data and measurement tools to help brands and destinations boost engagement and drive growth | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| AironWorks provides a platform for AI agents that help keep an enterprise ready for various risks and disruptions. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Aisera provides automation solutions for IT service management and operations | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Aiven provides a data cloud platform for builders, offering various data services and tools for applications and AI agents | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Amadeus Code provides music AI products that support generating songwriting ideas and creating sound materials | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Ambie is a digital music company that creates functional music designed to enhance focus, relaxation, and wellbeing through science-backed soundscapes. | Enterprise SoftwareHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aqua Theon Inc. develops food, medical capsules, and plastic alternative products as a seaweed biotech startup. | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| ArkEdge Space develops and produces small artificial satellites and related hardware | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Asana provides work and project management tools for teams and organizations. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Auth0 provides authentication and identity management services for businesses and developers | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Autify provides an AI platform for software testing | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Automation Anywhere provides agentic automation to autonomously run mission-critical processes, empowering employees to focus on what matters most. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| BaseMe provides an AI-powered platform to support job hunting activities, including resume creation, self-analysis, and company research. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Baseten brings inference, training, and execution together on one platform to power companies | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Birdeye provides AI coworkers for multi-location brands to manage tasks such as marketing, operations, and customer experience | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| BizteX provides AI automation services, including RPA and iPaaS, to help businesses improve their workflow efficiency. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Bookbase provides book metadata, pricing, and availability from multiple sources through a single API endpoint. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Candex provides a platform for businesses to engage, track, and pay for goods and services | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Mar 2026Series C+ | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- wil.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 15 Jan 2025
- Companies checked
- 111
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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