Investor profile
Steve Pretre
Corporate VC, Fund of funds, Venture capital & Partner at WiL (World Innovation Lab)
Steve Pretre is a Partner at WiL (World Innovation Lab), whose known portfolio counts 12 companies.
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Affiliated funds' portfolios
Partner 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
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, FinTech and Hardware, and focus areas API, Cloud Infrastructure, Data and Developer APIs. Startups operating in these areas may find Steve Pretre relevant.
Stage-wise, the deals at WiL (World Innovation Lab) cluster around Growth, Seed and Series A rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Steve Pretre is worth approaching.
Colleagues at WiL (World Innovation Lab)
Gen Isayama
Founder
Palo Alto, United States
Akinori Koto
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Masanori Okumura
Sr. Director
Tokyo, Japan
Sam Hao
Investor
United States
Yuto Saiki
Senior Director
Tokyo, Japan
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 Steve Pretre?
Steve Pretre is a corporate venture investor and fund of funds investor based in Palo Alto, California, United States, listed as Partner at WiL (World Innovation Lab). The known portfolio of that firm counts 12 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Steve Pretre personally.
What does Steve Pretre invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, FinTech and Hardware; listed focus areas include API, Cloud Infrastructure, Data and Developer APIs. 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 Steve Pretre invest at?
WiL (World Innovation Lab) appears in Growth, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Steve Pretre is listed there as Partner. 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 Steve Pretre listed at?
Steve Pretre is listed as Partner at WiL (World Innovation Lab). 14 other people in the database share a firm with Steve Pretre.
How do I contact Steve Pretre?
A phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Steve Pretre. They are readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address for this profile.
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