About W Fund
W Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Oct 2026, W Fund is an active investor, having invested in 14 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in Japan based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of WASIMIL A lot of funds co-invest with W Fund, with names like SMBC Venture Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. W Fund has team of 8 people including 4 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 1 more
Deals in last 12 months
W Fund's List of Top Investments
W Fund has a portfolio of 14 companies. Their most notable investments are in Cyrus Biotechnology and CoCo Gourmet.Their portfolio spans across United States, Japan, Indonesia and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 13 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by W Fund:
1. Haloo
AI based trademark search and registration platform for businesses. It helps small businesses run legal searches and prepare for trademark registration. It also helps businesses protect trademarks. It allows users to build brand equity, sell through distributors, and more.
Key facts about Haloo
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: United States
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $4.15M
- Employee Count: 36 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Graphite Ventures, W Fund and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 16, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Newmo
Key facts about Newmo
- Founded Year: 2024
- Location: Minato (Japan)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $139M
- Employee Count: 51 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: DCM Ventures, MUFG and 39 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 02, 2025, $*****
Developer of cloud-based protein-modeling software for drug discovery. Their lead product, Cyrus Bench is a modified version of the open-source Rosetta molecular modeling software. Cyrus Bench delivers Rosetta with the complete associated array of bio-molecular computation tools (e.g. BLAST) required to use Rosetta to its full potential, along with a custom UI.
Key facts about Cyrus Biotechnology
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Seattle (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $32M
- Employee Count: 17 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Agent Capital, iSelect Fund and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Dec 20, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. SonicJobs
Online job portal. It offers an RPA technology-based platform that reads the employer's application process for each vacancy. The platform allows users to find matching jobs based on their skills, salary, experience, job category, location, etc
Key facts about SonicJobs
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $6.91M
- Employee Count: 39 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: TMT Investments, SFC Capital and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Angel, Sep 29, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Simplifyber
Provider of innovative sustainable fabrics and 3D manufacturing processes. The platform offers cellulose-based material. The production process eliminates carbon emissions and water pollution. The company claims that the fabrics are biodegradable and sustainable.
Key facts about Simplifyber
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $15.5M
- Employee Count: 23 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Plug and Play Tech Center, REFASHIOND Ventures and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 10, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
W Fund's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
W Fund has invested in 14 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment, while as of Oct 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in WASIMIL and most recent follow-on round was in Utaite.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
W Fund's Investments by Stage
W Fund has made 6 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $11.7M, 5 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.68M and 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $10.4M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 6 |
Seed | 5 |
Series B | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
W Fund's Investments by Sector
W Fund has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail, Vertical SaaS and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 10 Tech companies, 6 Consumer (B2C) companies, 6 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 5 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
Consumer | 3 |
Retail | 3 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
HealthTech | 2 |
Others | 14 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
W Fund's Investments by Geography
W Fund has made most investments in Japan (6), followed by United States where it has made 5 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Japan | 6 |
United States | 5 |
Indonesia | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
W Fund's recent investments
W Fund has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - WASIMIL.Here are the most recent investments by W Fund:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 14, 2026 | Japan | Series A | 3433 | ||
Apr 22, 2025 | Indonesia | Series A | 4527 | ||
Oct 31, 2024 | Japan | Series A | 5807 | [+25] | |
Apr 16, 2024 | Japan | Series A | 4345 | [+11] | |
Apr 03, 2024 | Japan | Seed | 3197 | [+1] |
Team profile of W Fund
W Fund has a team of 8 members including 4 Partners located in United States. W Fund's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in W Fund:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Cazenovia | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - |
Co-investors of W Fund
Over the past 5 years, 175 investors have co-invested in W Fund's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before W Fund: Backbone Angels, MaRS IAF and 31 others have invested in rounds before W Fund. There is 1 company where Backbone Angels has invested before W Fund and 1 company where MaRS IAF has invested before W Fund.
- Top Co-investors of W Fund: 86 investors entered a company along with W Fund. These include investors like SMBC Venture Capital (2 companies).
- Invested after W Fund: A total of 56 investors have invested in W Fund's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Hiroshima Venture Capital (2 companies), Dual Bridge Capital (1 company) and Iwate Bank (1 company).
Recent News related to W Fund
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Tradem, Series A raises 410 million yenPR TIMES•Nov 15, 2024•TRADOM, DBJ Capital, Nippon Steel, W Fund and 3 others
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Fogg Inc., operator of online lottery platform "RAFFLE," raises approximately 300 million yen in Series A fundingStartup Log•Sep 24, 2024•Fogg, Ntt Docomo Ventures, W Fund, Frontier International and 2 others
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Uniam Inc., a company that develops fresh cat food specialized for cats, raises a total of 60 million yen in seed round fundingStartup Log•May 30, 2024•Uniam, W Fund, Anobaka, G-Startup
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Utaite Co., Ltd., which produces 2.5D IP, raised a total of 1 billion yen in the first close of its Series A round.Startup Log•Apr 16, 2024•Utaite, Globis Capital Partners, JAFCO, Maezawa Fund and 9 others
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Nagisa, operator of fan club platform “FAM,” raises Series A of 400 million yenTHE BRIDGE•Dec 04, 2023•Nagisa, W Fund, Money Forward, Srush and 6 others
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Operates wellness protein “KOREDAKE” for women, raises Series A of 200 million yenTHE BRIDGE•Nov 15, 2023•KOREDAKE, W Fund, T&D Innovation, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
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Mepple Co., Ltd., which develops the complete nutritional food wellness protein “KOREDAKE”, raises 200 million yen in Series A funding.Startup Log•Nov 14, 2023•Mepple, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, T&D Innovation, W Fund and 1 other
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“FiT”, which operates the next-generation fitness gym “LifeFit”, raises 600 million yenSogyo Techo•Aug 16, 2023•FiT, LifeFit, Nissay Capital, XTech Ventures and 2 others
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Vivid Machines Closes $4.3M USD Seed Round Funding to Expand End-to-End Computer Vision Services for Fruit Supply ChainBusiness Wire•Apr 20, 2023•Vivid Machines, BDC, StandUp Ventures, Algoma Orchards and 10 others
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Jetstream, a Ghanaian e-logistics platform for Africa’s B2B importers and exporters, takes in $13M equity, debtTechCrunch+•Jan 10, 2023•Jetstream, Octerra, Wuri Ventures, Seed9 and 21 others
