# Wasabi Ventures

> Wasabi Ventures is a VC fund in Manchester backing Software and Mobile. See 66 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Manchester, United States
- Total investments: 66
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 5%
- Fund size: $278k
- Last fund: Jul 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/wasabi-ventures-llc
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/WasabiVentures
- Website: https://www.wasabivp.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wasabi-Ventures/432771326787529

Wasabi Ventures is a VC fund in Manchester focused on Software and Mobile. From publishing to healthcare IT to CRM, Wasabi Ventures has planned, implemented, and maintained solutions for many emerging companies over the last decade. Their professionals have a proven history of producing results in each of the following business areas: • Technology and Development • Sales • Product Marketing • Fundraising• Business Planning Their team includes experts in every functional area that matters to a startup as well as industry experts. Each of their partners specializes in different areas. While each of their partners can call upon the expertise of the entire firm, if you really need help in a specific area they will dedicate additional staff to your company.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$2.5M |
| Series A | $875k–$7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 20% |
| Mobile | 8 | 12% |
| SaaS | 6 | 9% |
| Education | 6 | 9% |
| Advertising | 6 | 9% |

106 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 47 | 71% |
| Series A | 6 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 6% |
| Angel | 1 | 2% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 2% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Yeh | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 26 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-yeh |
| Jeka Kiselyov | Engineering Management | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeka-kiselyov |
| Ron Emrick | Director of Engineering Innovation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ron-emrick |
| Tom Kuegler | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tk-kuegler |
| Alex Hollis | Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) Emeritus | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-hollis |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Robomart | Robomart, Inc. is a full-stack robotics company that has created the world's first store-hailing platform and the fastest way to shop. Robomarts are on-demand mobile stores, engineered with cutting-edge tech, including automation, a proprietary checkout-free system, and purpose-built refrigeration. | $2M | Seed | Aug 14, 2023 |  |
| Defendify | Defendify streamlines cybersecurity for organizations without security teams through an easy-to-use, all-in-one platform designed to continuously strengthen cybersecurity posture across people, process, and technology.Defendify delivers multiple layers of protection by providing cybersecurity expertise, support, and its all-in-one, easy-to-useplatform designed to continuously strengthen cybersecurity across people, process, and technology. | $3.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 18, 2022 |  |
| Datanomix | Our Manufacturing Analytics platform combines machine data streams from your shop floor into actionable insights for your top floor.Focused on the global Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) digital transformations, we extend value far beyond traditional data visualization and process productivity tools. We provide an easy-to-useand intuitive analytics framework to better understand the underlying drivers of cost, process variation, product quality, and predictive maintenance. | $6M | Series A | May 04, 2021 |  |
| PursueCare | PursueCare offers virtual evidence-based addiction treatment for opioids, alcohol, and other substance use disorders, all through a mobile application. The company offers a transitional digital addiction treatment program for patients, particularly those experiencing significant barriers to in-person care, by partnering with health systems,community health partners, employers, and health plans. Patients can also seek treatment without a referral. Founded in 2019, PursueCare is available in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and all of New England, with national expansion plans. | $7M | Series A | Apr 22, 2021 |  |
| Robomart | Robomart, Inc. is a full-stack robotics company that has created the world's first store-hailing platform and the fastest way to shop. Robomarts are on-demand mobile stores, engineered with cutting-edge tech, including automation, a proprietary checkout-free system, and purpose-built refrigeration. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 06, 2021 |  |
| Robomart | Robomart, Inc. is a full-stack robotics company that has created the world's first store-hailing platform and the fastest way to shop. Robomarts are on-demand mobile stores, engineered with cutting-edge tech, including automation, a proprietary checkout-free system, and purpose-built refrigeration. | $640K |  | Aug 10, 2020 |  |
| Robomart | Robomart, Inc. is a full-stack robotics company that has created the world's first store-hailing platform and the fastest way to shop. Robomarts are on-demand mobile stores, engineered with cutting-edge tech, including automation, a proprietary checkout-free system, and purpose-built refrigeration. | $640K | Seed | Aug 10, 2020 |  |
| Robomart | Robomart, Inc. is a full-stack robotics company that has created the world's first store-hailing platform and the fastest way to shop. Robomarts are on-demand mobile stores, engineered with cutting-edge tech, including automation, a proprietary checkout-free system, and purpose-built refrigeration. | $640K |  | Aug 10, 2020 |  |
| 'nuffsaid | Nuffsaid helps people focus on the work that matters. Our product centralizes your work apps—email, chat, Salesforce, Jira, and more—and uses AI to prioritize the work that will move the needle in your role. We offer a Personal package and Teams upgrade. | $4.3M | Seed | Feb 11, 2020 |  |
| Defendify | Defendify streamlines cybersecurity for organizations without security teams through an easy-to-use, all-in-one platform designed to continuously strengthen cybersecurity posture across people, process, and technology.Defendify delivers multiple layers of protection by providing cybersecurity expertise, support, and its all-in-one, easy-to-useplatform designed to continuously strengthen cybersecurity across people, process, and technology. | $2M | Seed | Jan 28, 2020 |  |

10 of 66 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [York IE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/york-ie) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [10X Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Wasabi Ventures invest in?

Wasabi Ventures invests primarily in Software, Mobile and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 66 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 Wasabi Ventures's check size?

Wasabi Ventures typically joins rounds of $100k–$2.5M at Seed and $875k–$7M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Wasabi Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Wasabi Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Wasabi Ventures?

The team at Wasabi Ventures includes Chris Yeh (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Jeka Kiselyov (Engineering Management) and Ron Emrick (Director of Engineering Innovation), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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