Wave Capital
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Wave Capital is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Internet and E-Commerce. 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.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 48%
- Fund size:
- $54M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Wave Capital invests in
Stages Wave Capital invests in
Countries Wave Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $550k–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $100k–$2.5M
- Series A
- $1.5M–$16M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 4 (19%)
- E-Commerce 3 (14%)
- Retail 2 (10%)
- Blockchain 2 (10%)
- Advertising 2 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (48%)
- Series A 5 (24%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (10%)
- Private Equity 1 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 14 (67%)
- Estonia 1 (5%)
- Gibraltar 1 (5%)
- Singapore 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Riley Newman
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Sara (Tillim) Adler
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recess is a marketplace platform that matches parents with enrichment programs, after-school care, and camps for their children. | $4M / Seed / Jun 01, 2026 | ||
| Ohana is a company that allows users to find short-term housing and roommates. | $3M / Seed / Jun 17, 2024 | ||
| Float Health is a mobile application that allows consumers to send a nurse to their house when a family member is ill. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $10M / Series A / Mar 28, 2024 | ||
| Syntropy is transforming the public internet into a secure and user-centric internet through a unifying layer where the encryption and optimized performance are built-in and automatically enabled for anything and everything connected to it. | Seed / Mar 14, 2024 | ||
| Camus’ grid orchestration platform empowers electric utilities with real-time grid awareness, day-ahead forecasting, coordinated control of distributed energy resources, and long-term planning insights. Utilities use Camus’ platform to predict and proactively manage local network capacity, right-size infrastructure investments, and reliably servenew loads. Leveraging world-class technology expertise, Camus is helping utilities navigate the transition to a fully electrified, zero-carbon future. | $10M / Series A / Feb 13, 2024 | ||
| Twity is a Web3 Twitter marketing platform and a web3.0 advertising marketing service agency. | $5M / Private Equity / Dec 29, 2022 | ||
| Twity is a Web3 Twitter marketing platform and a web3.0 advertising marketing service agency. | $1.5M / Series A / Dec 29, 2022 | ||
| We create organic high-protein meals with high standards, backed by leading longevity research.Our standards: - 40-60g protein per meal - Nutrient-dense meat (grass-fed, pasture-raised, wild-caught) - No seed oils (cooked in extra virgin olive oil) - 8g+ fiber per meal - Organic, pesticide-free produce - No processed ingredients. No refinedsugars - Microplastic-free, reusable glass jars - High in Anti-inflammatories, and Omega-3sSince starting in 2020, we’ve delivered 100K+ orders and are backed by a16z, Y-Combinator, Goodwater, Decent Capital, and other top investors. | $14M / Seed / May 17, 2022 | ||
| Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS) is a decentralized notification protocol that enables any dApps or smart contracts to send platform-agnostic, incentivized, and dynamic notifications. | $10.1M / Series A / Apr 14, 2022 | ||
| Huddle connects startups with skilled creators to design and build anything from pitch decks to branding to mobile apps. Huddle's platform matches founders based on project industry, timeline, and budget, handle payment processing, and contracts, facilitate sweat equity as a form of payment for work done, and create a space for the freelanceteam and founder collaboration, enabling founders to hire an experienced team without depleting their limited financial resources. | $3.3M / Seed / Dec 31, 2021 | ||
| See all 21 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Wave Capital invest in?
Wave Capital invests primarily in Internet, E-Commerce and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Wave Capital invest in?
Wave Capital typically joins rounds of $550k–$4M at Seed, $100k–$2.5M at Pre-Seed and $1.5M–$16M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Wave Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Wave Capital took part in.
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Who are the partners at Wave Capital?
The team at Wave Capital includes Riley Newman (General Partner) and Sara (Tillim) Adler (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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