Investor profile
Gen Isayama
Corporate VC, Fund of funds, Venture capital & Founder at WiL (World Innovation Lab), Board Member at SORACOM
Gen Isayama works as a Founder at WiL (World Innovation Lab). The firm's known portfolio counts 12 companies.
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Affiliated funds' portfolios
Founder at WiL (World Innovation Lab), whose known portfolio counts 12 companies
- GOALS
- Tive
- HappyRobot
- RevComm
- Framer
- R-Zero
- Taxnap
- AironWorks
- Polyuse
- Tabs
- Aqua Theon
- Cierpa & Company
Board Member at SORACOM, whose known portfolio counts 3 companies
- Balena
- M2B communications
- Pebblebee
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech, and focus areas API, Cloud Infrastructure, Data and DevOps. Startups operating in these areas may find Gen Isayama relevant.
WiL (World Innovation Lab) appears in Growth, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Gen Isayama is worth approaching.
Colleagues
Ken Tamagawa
CEO & Co-founder, SORACOM, INC.
Tokyo, Japan
Akinori Koto
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Masanori Okumura
Sr. Director
Tokyo, Japan
Steve Pretre
Partner
Palo Alto, United States
Sam Hao
Investor
United States
Yuto Saiki
Senior Director
Tokyo, Japan
Kenta Yasukawa
Investor
Naples, United States
Richard Halliday
Investor
Chicago, United States
Masa Matsumoto
Co Founder - WiL
Japan
Toshimichi Namba
Partner
Tokyo, Japan
Rob Theis
Investor
San Francisco, United States
Tsune Shirota
Investor
Tokyo, Japan
Kai Takagi
Director
Palo Alto, United States
Clifford Cohn
Principal
San Francisco, United States
Shanshan Cao
People & Ops Manager
San Francisco, United States
Todd Grover
Partner
Los Gatos, United States
Chieko Cheri Morohoshi
Investor
Palo Alto, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Gen Isayama?
Gen Isayama is a corporate venture investor and fund of funds investor based in Palo Alto, California, United States, listed as Founder at WiL (World Innovation Lab). The known portfolio of that firm counts 12 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Gen Isayama personally.
What does Gen Isayama invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech; listed focus areas include API, Cloud Infrastructure, Data and DevOps. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Gen Isayama invest at?
WiL (World Innovation Lab) appears in Growth, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Gen Isayama is listed there as Founder. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Gen Isayama listed at?
Gen Isayama is listed as Founder at WiL (World Innovation Lab). 17 other people in the database share a firm with Gen Isayama.
How do I contact Gen Isayama?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Gen Isayama. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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