# World Innovation Lab (slim)

> World Innovation Lab's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Automation Anywhere, DeepL, ElevenLabs, Tactivos, Inc. (d/b/a Mural) and 1 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/world-innovation-lab/index.md (~1,100 tokens) · this version ~980 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/world-innovation-lab/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/world-innovation-lab/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Venture firm.

Website: https://www.wilab.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Automation Anywhere**, Series A, July 2018, through World Innovation Lab (WiL)
  - [Automation Anywhere](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/automation-anywhere.md), graded D, 51/100
  - Source: https://www.automationanywhere.com/company/press-room/automation-anywhere-raises-250-million-reaching-a-1-8-billion-valuation-in-one-of-the-largest-series-a-financing-rounds
- **DeepL**, Funding round, May 2024, through WiL
  - [DeepL API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepl-api.md), graded BB, 72.1/100
  - Source: https://siliconcanals.com/deepl-secures-300m-at-2b-valuation/
- **ElevenLabs**, Series C, January 2025, through World Innovation Lab (WiL)
  - [ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-agents.md), graded BB, 71.4/100
  - [ElevenLabs Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md), graded B, 66.9/100
  - [ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-scribe.md), graded B, 69/100
  - [ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-tts.md), graded BB, 75.3/100
  - [ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.md), graded BB, 74.8/100
  - Source: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/series-c
- **Tactivos, Inc. (d/b/a Mural)**, Series B, August 2020
  - [Mural MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mural-mcp.md), graded E, 42/100
  - Source: https://www.mural.co/press-releases/series-b
- **Pipedream (Workday)**, Series A, May 2022
  - [Pipedream API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pipedream.md), graded B, 65.5/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/17/2315521/

## Where they invest

- Desktop & mobile app control, 1
- Translation, 1
- Conversational voice agents, 1
- Music generation, 1
- Speech-to-text, 1
- Text-to-speech, 1
- Voice cloning & custom voices, 1
- Diagramming, 1
- Workflow automation, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Mihir Shukla](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mihir-shukla/), Automation Anywhere
- [Ankur Kothari](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ankur-kothari/), Automation Anywhere
- [Rushabh Parmani](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rushabh-parmani/), Automation Anywhere
- [Neeti Mehta Shukla](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/neeti-mehta-shukla/), Automation Anywhere
- [Jarek Kutylowski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jarek-kutylowski/), DeepL
- [Mati Staniszewski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mati-staniszewski/), ElevenLabs
- [Piotr Dąbkowski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/piotr-dabkowski/), ElevenLabs

## Questions

### Which AI tools has World Innovation Lab invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Automation Anywhere, DeepL, ElevenLabs, Tactivos, Inc.

### How are World Innovation Lab's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Automation Anywhere (D, 51), DeepL API (BB, 72.1), ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP (BB, 71.4), ElevenLabs Music API (B, 66.9), ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API (B, 69), ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP (BB, 75.3), ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API (BB, 74.8), Mural MCP (E, 42) and Pipedream API + MCP (B, 65.5).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.