David Wu
Partner @ Maveron
San Francisco, United States
David Wu is a seed investor at Maveron in San Francisco focused on Software and Health Care. David Wu Is The Partner At Maveron.
- Total investments:
- 61
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 23%
Last updated:
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Industries David Wu invests in
Stages David Wu invests in
Countries David Wu invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $525k–$6M
- Series A
- $3.2M–$14M
- Series B
- $5M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 12 (20%)
- Health Care 9 (15%)
- Mobile 8 (13%)
- Virtual Reality 8 (13%)
- Apps 5 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 28 (46%)
- Series A 14 (23%)
- Series B 5 (8%)
- Angel 3 (5%)
- Series C 3 (5%)
Country
- United States 42 (69%)
- Canada 2 (3%)
- Singapore 1 (2%)
- Czech Republic 1 (2%)
- United Kingdom 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Booster
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Booster brings fuel directly to customers for the same price as a gas station. Booster is the gas station reinvented. It’s a gas station that comes directly to the offices parking spots, saving them time, money, and the same price as the traditional gas station. Booster provides high-quality gas at competitive prices with free same-day delivery.Booster is offered at hundreds of companies, office parks, and university campuses, as well as to commercial fleets in the San Francisco Bay, Orange County, El Segundo, Newport Beach, and Greater Dallas-Fort Worth areas. Many of the Fortune 100 companies offer Booster to their employees.In addition to offering fuel for consumers, Booster also services hundreds of fleets, coming to yards at night while the fleets are off-duty and saving fleet managers an average of $1500 per vehicle annually.The company has raised more than $88 million in funding from such venture capital firms as Invus Opportunities, Conversion Capital, Maveron, Madrona Venture Group, Version One, Stanford-StartX, and Perot Jain LP. | $125M / Series D / May 25, 2022 | |
LIV
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LIV creates technology to share Virtual Reality experiences. It's on a mission to empower VR to live streamers to grow and play with their audiences in real-time, turning passive spectators into active participants. They're redefining what live-streamed gaming content looks and feels like, and that's why their creators have drivenover 1.5 billion views since launching in 2018. | $8.5M / Series A / Mar 31, 2022 | |
H3 Dynamics
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H3 Dynamics develops high performance hydrogen solutions for the aerospace and defense sectorBased in Toulouse, FR, Austin, TX and Singapore, H3 Dynamics has a 16+ year cutting edge R&D track record and a pioneer in hydrogen flight. It has been evolving hydrogen-electric fuel cell systems for both airport and aerial applications, fromextending the range of small electric UAS, to powering MW-scale systems in passenger aircraft. The company is also providing on-site hydrogen production and refueling for airports and as well as for drone operators in remote locations. | $26M / Series B / Oct 15, 2021 | |
Volta
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Volta is a no-code 3D visual tool. They designinto one of their pre-made templates. Their XR is at the forefront of music technology development, and since finishing the programme, it has partnered up with Warner, Beatport, Boiler Room, Mixcloud, and more to bring the next generation of music experiences to a audience. | $3M / Seed / Jul 04, 2021 | |
Wave
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Wave focuses on interactive virtual experiences with a mission to help artists make money at the intersection of gaming and entertainment. Wave’s technology enables musicians to create lifelike avatars of themselves that can “perform” their music on a virtual stage. Most of these virtual shows take place either on the company’s YouTube channel, butWave’s apps let users tune in on gaming consoles, phones or even the Oculus Rift VR headset. While watching a Wave, viewers can log in to comment in a chat function and give live feedback to the avatar performers. | $30M / Series B / Jun 10, 2020 | |
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Booster
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Booster brings fuel directly to customers for the same price as a gas station. Booster is the gas station reinvented. It’s a gas station that comes directly to the offices parking spots, saving them time, money, and the same price as the traditional gas station. Booster provides high-quality gas at competitive prices with free same-day delivery.Booster is offered at hundreds of companies, office parks, and university campuses, as well as to commercial fleets in the San Francisco Bay, Orange County, El Segundo, Newport Beach, and Greater Dallas-Fort Worth areas. Many of the Fortune 100 companies offer Booster to their employees.In addition to offering fuel for consumers, Booster also services hundreds of fleets, coming to yards at night while the fleets are off-duty and saving fleet managers an average of $1500 per vehicle annually.The company has raised more than $88 million in funding from such venture capital firms as Invus Opportunities, Conversion Capital, Maveron, Madrona Venture Group, Version One, Stanford-StartX, and Perot Jain LP. | $56M / Series C / Jun 25, 2019 | |
Eargo
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Eargo is a medical device startup company that produces hearing aids that allow customers to access help for their hearing loss.The company also offers online hearing screenings and virtual support, so customers don’t need to have an in-person visit. It offers a rechargeable hearing aids that can be controlled with a smartphone. Its innovativeproduct and go-to-market approach address the major challenges of traditional hearing aid adoption, including social stigma, accessibility, and cost. Consumers can purchase online or over the phone and get personalized and convenient consultation and support from licensed hearing professionals via phone, text, email, or video chat. The Eargo solution is offered to consumers at approximately half the cost of competing hearing aids purchased through traditional channels. | $52M / Series D / Mar 05, 2019 | |
Illumix
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Illumix is a real infrastructure solution that develops augmented reality games. They create the fundamental capabilities and user interactions that enable the creation of any dynamic AR experience. | $8.6M / Seed / Sep 18, 2018 | |
Inkbox
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Brothers Tyler and Braden Handley were discussing their shared interest in getting tattoos. The problem was they both knew they’d end up regretting them in the next 10 years. They recognized that they probably weren’t the only ones frustrating by the permanence of tattoos, and decided to create a completely new type of tattoo that had the look andfeel of a real one - without the permanent time stamp. From there Inkbox was born, and what started as an idea between brothers quickly turned into a growing tribe of dedicated followers. | $9.8M / Series A / Jul 17, 2018 | |
Modern Fertility
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Modern Fertility is a women’s health company that empowers all women to make informed decisions about their health, starting with fertility. Modern Fertility takes the same lab tests previously confined to infertility clinics and makes them more accessible by enabling women to administer a finger-prick at home or going to a nearby lab for atraditional blood draw for a fraction of the cost. By educating women and arming them with powerful information about their reproductive health, the company is closing the fertility information gap and enabling women to have more data for decision-making. Co-founded by Afton Vechery and Carly Leahy, Modern Fertility has raised a total of $7 million to advance fertility science so women can learn more about their bodies on their own terms. | $6M / Seed / May 31, 2018 | |
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Co-Investors
About Maveron
Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm. Founded in 1998 by Dan Levitan and Howard Schultz, the firm has offices in San Francisco and Seattle. Maveron investments include Zulily, Allbirds, Common, August Home, eBay, Capella Education, General Assembly, and Trupanion. Maveron's name was coined from the words "maverick" and"vision."Maveron funds seed and Series A companies that empower consumers to live on their terms. Based in SF and Seattle and invest coast-to-coast.Maveron has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.
Maveron Contacts
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Anarghya Vardhana
Principal
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Dan Levitan
Co-Founder and Partner
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David Wu
Partner
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Grace Chou
Partner
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Howard Schultz
Co-founder
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FAQ
What does David Wu invest in?
David Wu invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 61 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is David Wu's check size?
David Wu typically joins rounds of $525k–$6M at Seed, $3.2M–$14M at Series A and $5M–$30M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds David Wu participates in.
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When did David Wu last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for David Wu closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 61 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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