# Riley Newman

> Riley Newman is a seed investor at Wave Capital (San Francisco) backing Travel and Consumer. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wave Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wave-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rileynewman/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riley.newman/

Riley Newman is a seed investor at Wave Capital in San Francisco focused on Travel and Consumer. Riley Newman is based out of San Francisco, California and is the general partner of Wave Capital. Riley previously worked at Airbnb as a head of data science. Riley Newman attended the University of Washington.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 50% |
| Consumer | 1 | 50% |
| Lifestyle | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sauce | Sauce boosts restaurant delivery sales by up to 40% with dynamic pricing. | $3M | Seed | Nov 02, 2021 |  |
| Thatch | Thatch is building a home for travel creatives by giving them a space to create and share experiences based content, build a brand, and monetize their knowledge and expertise. | $3M | Seed | Aug 30, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Freestyle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freestyle-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Harlem Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harlem-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [jtangoVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jtangovc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Red Sea Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-sea-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Wave Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Wave is a venture firm that specializes in marketplaces. From hiring an early team to finding product-market fit and raising a strong series A, their firm is designed to be the only partner founders need as they get up and running.

2 contacts available at Wave Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Riley Newman | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riley-newman |
| Sara (Tillim) Adler | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sara--tillim--adler |

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## FAQ

### What does Riley Newman invest in?

Riley Newman invests primarily in Travel, Consumer and Lifestyle startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Riley Newman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Riley Newman closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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