Fundraising Fox

Rebecca Woodcock

Investor

Principal at Yamaha Motor Ventures

San Francisco, California

Writes $500K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Rebecca Woodcock is a former founder and long-time investor in health technology with nine years of investment experience and five years of board service. She previously served as Investment Principal at Yamaha Motors Ventures and Venture Partner at 500 Startups, where she led over 40 health tech investments across digital health, insurance, care delivery, and therapeutics. Woodcock founded CakeHealth, which exited in 2015 after raising venture capital to develop healthcare expense tracking tools, and has mentored approximately 1,000 entrepreneurs globally on fundraising and go-to-market strategy.

Experience

  1. GoodpathMember Board of Directors2022 — 2024United States
  2. C. Light Technologies, Inc.Board Observer2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Yamaha Motor VenturesPrincipal2019 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  4. svexaMember Board of Directors2023 — 2024United States
  5. loop+Member Board of Directors2019 — 2022Australia
  6. Roam RoboticsBoard Observer2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  7. 500 StartupsMentor2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  8. 500 StartupsVenture Partner2015 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Commonwealth VenturesMentor2019 — 2021
  10. CakeHealthFounder2011 — 2016
  11. IpsosMarket Research Manager2007 — 2011
  12. Seagate TechnologyMarket and Competitive Intelligence Analyst2005 — 2007
  13. TL Bio-PhotonicsMarketing Research Associate2003
  14. Adspace NetworksMarketing Research Consultant2002

Skills & more

startups2Early-Stage Startups2Venture Capital2Business Transformation1Project Portfolio Management1Portfolio Management1Board of Directors1Competitive Analysis29Start-ups82Analytics32Competitive Intelligence19Market Research50
+12 moreQualitative ResearchEntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyConsumer BehaviourOnline AdvertisingMergers & AcquisitionsCross-functional Team LeadershipProduct LaunchinvestorAnalysisStrategyManagement

Languages English

  • VC University Online — VC University

From Rebecca's professional profile.

Colleagues at Yamaha Motor Ventures

Anish Patel
CIO & COO at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Daniel Barth
Principal at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Hajime Aota
Chairman at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Junko Van Norman
Chief of Staff at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Kei Onishi
Chairman at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Keita Nakanishi
CEO at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Masa Shinomiya
Senior Mechanical Engineer at Yamaha Motor Ventures
Molly Lahr
Investor Relations Director at American Family Ventures

Network1

Crystal McKellar
Managing Director at Mithril Capital Management

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Rebecca Woodcock?
Rebecca Woodcock is a former founder and long-time investor in health technology with nine years of investment experience and five years of board service. She previously served as Investment Principal at Yamaha Motors Ventures and Venture Partner at 500 Startups, where she led over 40 health tech investments across digital health, insurance, care delivery, and therapeutics. Woodcock founded CakeHealth, which exited in 2015 after raising venture capital to develop healthcare expense tracking tools, and has mentored approximately 1,000 entrepreneurs globally on fundraising and go-to-market strategy.
Where does Rebecca Woodcock work?
Rebecca Woodcock is Principal at Yamaha Motor Ventures.
What check size does Rebecca Woodcock write?
Rebecca Woodcock typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
Where did Rebecca Woodcock go to school?
Rebecca Woodcock studied at Harvard Business School Online (Other; Certificate in Organizational Leadership); Harvard Business School Online (Other, Certificate in Leadership Principles); University of California, Berkeley - School of Law (Executive Education, Venture Capital Unlocked Deal Camp).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Goodpath2

Angela MalinovitchSeae Ventures Fellow at Seae VenturesCarl NehmeVenture Partner at BY Venture Partners

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Bill PowellCo-Founder & Managing Partner — IC Chair at Anthropy PartnersBill PowellManaging Director, Black Lab Sports at Stadia Ventures

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George KellermanGeneral Partner at Yamaha Motor Ventures

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