Tomotake Kitazawa

Tomotake Kitazawa is currently a Partner at World Innovation Lab (WiL), a major venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan, that manages over $1.5 billion in capital. Before joining WiL in 2018, he spent over a decade at JAFCO Group, where he served as an Investment Director and managed a portfolio of early-stage technology investments. Throughout his extensive venture capital career, Kitazawa has led multiple funding rounds and held board positions for prominent Japanese technology startups, including human resources software provider SmartHR and manufacturing supply chain platform CADDi. He also played a critical role in supporting the rapid growth of the e-commerce marketplace Mercari prior to its successful initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. His current professional focus centers on identifying and scaling enterprise software, B2B marketplaces, and digital transformation initiatives across the broader Asian technology ecosystem.