# Masaya Kubota

> Masaya Kubota is a Series A investor at World Innovation Lab backing Artificial Intelligence. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [World Innovation Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wil)
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masaya-kubota-231b1432/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kubotamas
- Website: https://x.com/kubotamas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/masaya.kubota.7

Masaya Kubota is a Series A investor at World Innovation Lab focused on Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology. Masaya served as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Barclays a tech banker handling various M&A and financing transactions for wide range of domestic and international technology companies. Throughout his career as an investment banker, he has consistently been covering internet and media sector based in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and New Yorkoffice, and has handled 50+ corporate finance transactions involving various corporates ranging from venture company to large public enterprise. He joined WiL as a Partner and one of the founding member in 2014. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from the Keio University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $10M–$142M |
| Series B | $16M–$73M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 30% |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| Information Services | 2 | 20% |
| Web3 | 1 | 10% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 30% |
| Series B | 2 | 20% |
| Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Angel | 1 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 5 | 50% |
| Singapore | 1 | 10% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OPERA TECH | OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression. | $625.9K | Angel | Jun 01, 2025 |  |
| Ai-Dounyu.com | Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free. | $319.6K | Seed | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| CADDi | CADDi is an online ordering platform for manufacturing industry. | $1.7B | Series C | Jul 05, 2023 |  |
| Next Web Capital | Next Web Capital support entrepreneurs starting their business in the new ecosystem based on cryptos and blockchain. Next Web Capitalrm provides mentoring by its founders and other members, sharing their experience in addition to offering financial support by actively participating in the DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) and otherecosystems. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| Monogusa | Monoxer is a Information Technology. | $15.9M | Series B | Dec 21, 2021 |  |
| Autify | Autify is an AI-focused company that offers software testing solutions to address the challenges associated with automation testing. The company's flagship product, Autify No Code, empowers anyone to create automated end-to-end tests for their applications. Additionally, Autify's new product, Zenes, aims to simplify the process ofcreating new software tests through AI, allowing customers to work directly with the company's AI agent to generate tests from product documents. | $10M | Series A | Oct 06, 2021 |  |
| CADDi | CADDi is an online ordering platform for manufacturing industry. | $73M | Series B | Aug 23, 2021 |  |
| RevComm | RevComm develops AI-powered voice analytics software that helps organizations analyze and improve business conversations. Its MiiTel platform supports phone calls, web conferences, face-to-face meetings, and contact center interactions by converting voice data into insights for communication, sales, and operational analysis. The company alsoprovides tools for call management, meeting analysis, and voice data management. | $99.2M | Series A | Oct 05, 2020 |  |
| CADDi | CADDi is an online ordering platform for manufacturing industry. | $141.7M | Series A | Dec 13, 2018 |  |
| Monogusa | Monoxer is a Information Technology. | $62.4M |  |  |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [DCM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dcm) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Globis Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globis-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Minerva Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/minerva-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Salesforce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salesforce-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About World Innovation Lab

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

WiL (World Innovation Lab) is a venture capital firm that partners with leading global corporations and government entities in Japan and Asia. With offices in Palo Alto, California, and Tokyo, the firm’s mission is to serve as a bridge between startups and corporations in the United States and Asia, with a particular focus on Japan. WiL supportsits portfolio companies by establishing corporate partnerships that enable U.S. and European startups to scale globally, and Japanese startups to innovate and globalize. WiL invests in emerging technology spanning fintech, insurtech, automation and productivity, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, health tech and sustainability. Notable WiL investments that have exited to public markets from Fund I and Fund II include Asana, Mercari, Raksul, Wise and Auth0 — whose acquisition by Okta was completed in May 2021. WiL also invests in exceptional venture funds, and supports its LPs in corporate venture investment efforts. WiL also works with its corporate investors on evolving their own innovation capabilities through new business creation, partnerships with leading startups, and organizational culture change. WiL acts as the bridge between startups and corporates across key innovation hubs around the globe in driving growth - starting with Japan and the US.

5 contacts available at World Innovation Lab.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aki -Chen Jiang | Investor and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aki-chen-jiang |
| Masaya Kubota | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/masaya-kubota |
| Robert Theis | General Partner & Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-theis |
| Takeshi Onishi | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/onishi-takeshi |
| Todd Grover | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/todd-grover |

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## FAQ

### What does Masaya Kubota invest in?

Masaya Kubota invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Masaya Kubota's check size?

Masaya Kubota typically joins rounds of $10M–$142M at Series A and $16M–$73M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Masaya Kubota participates in.

### When did Masaya Kubota last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Masaya Kubota closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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