# Great Wave Ventures

> Great Wave Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Software and Real Estate. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/great-wave
- Website: https://www.greatwave.vc/

Great Wave Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund, investing in the future of the built world.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 32% |
| Real Estate | 9 | 29% |
| Construction | 5 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 13% |
| FinTech | 3 | 10% |

61 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 58% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 19% |
| Series A | 5 | 16% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 27 | 87% |
| Japan | 2 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Osborn | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-osborn |
| Megan Ananian | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/megan-ananian |
| Nobu Iguchi | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nobu-iguchi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Penetrator | Penetrator transforms the real estate market with space technology, tackling transaction issues and forming landslide observation systems. | $3.7M | Series A | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| TwinKnowledge | TwinKnowledge allows AEC firms to dynamically update a living digital representation of the organization's knowledge to reflect the structure, state, and behavior of the knowledge workers. | $3.7M | Seed | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Mesa | Our mission is to make homeownership more affordable and rewarding | $7.2M | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| Sitewire | Web and mobile apps to collect data from construction sites and share it with lenders. | $3.2M | Seed | Sep 17, 2024 |  |
| Allium Engineering | Allium Engineering is a civil engineering company that develops and manufactures corrosion resistant steel rebar. | $3.3M | Seed | Mar 13, 2024 |  |
| Pathways Technologies | Pathways is a full stack sustainability platform for the construction industry. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 14, 2024 |  |
| Mechasys | At Mechasys, a team of engineers and contractors developed together an innovative laser projector that displays construction plans in real scale directly on construction sites. Using laser positioning technologies, we project construction drawings on floors with an accuracy of 3 mm. With our system, workers no longer need to draw plans onconstruction sites. They can lay down their materials 40% faster. This, speeds up the productivity rate on construction sites, reduces the human risk and optimizes the entrepreneur's profits. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 23, 2024 |  |
| Ox | Ox is an enterprise software provider that develops human-centered automation systems across the supply chain. The Operator Experience directs frontline operators to perform their work through software automation, wearable displays, and artificial intelligence to deliver operational excellence. | $12.6M | Series A | Apr 24, 2023 |  |
| Hammr | Professional network and marketplace for the next generation construction workforce. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Building Swell | Building Swell develops and creates digital and online tools to help manage services and data of businesses from the construction industry. It is based in California, USA. | $3M | Seed | Mar 15, 2023 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Great Wave Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agya-ventures) — VC Fund, 28 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Clearance Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clearance-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Third Prime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/third-prime) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Zacua Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zacua-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Great Wave Ventures invest in?

Great Wave Ventures invests primarily in Software, Real Estate and Construction startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Great Wave Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Great Wave Ventures?

The team at Great Wave Ventures includes Benjamin Osborn (Investor), Megan Ananian (Partner) and Nobu Iguchi (Co-Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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