# Steve Pretre

> Steve Pretre is a Palo Alto-based investor and partner at World Innovation Lab, and the co-founder and founding CEO of Metromile. His career spans catastrophe-risk software at RMS, mobile applications at Asurion and early-stage investing in insurance and financial technology. He joined WiL in 2017 and has led its management of the Tokio Marine Future Fund.

- **Role:** Partner at World Innovation Lab
- **Organizations:** World Innovation Lab, Metromile, Asurion, Risk Management Solutions, Tokio Marine Future Fund, Creative Destruction Lab
- **From:** San Francisco, United States
- **Education:** BS, Mechanical Engineering; BA, Economics, Stanford University, MBA; Palmer Scholar, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Co-founded Metromile and served as its founding CEO., Led WiL’s management of the $42 million Tokio Marine Future Fund at its 2022 launch., Graduated from Wharton as a Palmer Scholar.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2011** — Held product and marketing leadership roles at RMS and led the mobile applications business unit at Asurion.
- **2011** — Co-founded Metromile with David Friedberg and became its founding CEO.
- **2012** — Led Metromile during the December 5 public launch of its Oregon pay-per-mile insurance offering.
- **2014** — Dan Preston succeeded him as Metromile CEO.
- **2017** — Joined World Innovation Lab.
- **2018** — WiL led PeerStreet’s $29.5 million Series B; Pretre’s board appointment was announced.
- **2022** — Led WiL’s management of the newly launched $42 million Tokio Marine Future Fund.
- **2024** — Led Tokio Marine Future Fund’s investment in Korr’s $3.2 million seed round, announced January 11.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Metromile and served as its founding CEO.
- Led WiL’s management of the $42 million Tokio Marine Future Fund at its 2022 launch.
- Graduated from Wharton as a Palmer Scholar.

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Korr announced a $3.2 million seed round; Pretre led the investment for Tokio Marine Future Fund.

## Links

- Website: https://wilab.com/team/steve-pretre
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pretre

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Last updated: 2026-10-27