VC Summer Mixer
Join us for a VC happy hour all about Media, Entertainment, Sports, and Gaming hosted by Convivialité Ventures, WiL (World Innovation Lab), and Fujiyama Bridge Lab Fund. Come to connect and catch up, share insights, and enjoy summer cocktails crafted by our talented bartenders.
Convivialité Ventures is the venture arm of French wine & spirits group Pernod Ricard. We invest in innovative and inspiring companies beyond Pernod Ricard’s core business in meaningful, sustainable and responsible ways. Our mission is to cultivate radically different products and services that will enhance and change the way people come together, socialize, and entertain in the future. We operate globally with investments and teams in the US, Europe, Latam, China, India, and Oceania. Our portfolio of more than 50 companies includes the likes of Fever, Liquid Death, Atmosfy, Avantstay, Bride Elysee, Eloelo, JOKR, and Outdoorsy.
WiL
WiL (World Innovation Lab) is a venture capital firm that partners with an LP base of 30+ global corporations and government entities in Japan and Asia. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an office in 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 supports its portfolio companies by establishing corporate partnerships that enable U.S. and European startups to scale globally, and Japanese startups to innovate and globalize. Some of our sectors of focus include: AI, enterprise SaaS, fintech, automation and productivity, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, and health tech. Notable WiL investments that have exited to public markets from Fund I and Fund II include Asana, Mercari, Raksul, Wise and Auth0 (acq: Okta). WiL also has a fund-of-funds vehicle and supports its LPs in single LP corporate venture investment efforts.