Wavemaker Genesis
VC Fund
Santa Monica, United States
Wavemaker Genesis is a VC fund in Santa Monica focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Wavemaker Genesis brings an early-stage venture strategy to the cryptocurrency and blockchain market. They partner with the best investors and entrepreneurs in crypto and blockchain, at the earliest stage, and utilize their network, experience and crypto expertise to help navigate their portfolio companies through their ICOs and beyond.Genesis is ajoint venture between Wavemaker Partners and Scott Walker. Scott Walker is a pioneer in the crypto space and one of the most influential people in the market
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 10%
Last updated:
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Industries Wavemaker Genesis invests in
Stages Wavemaker Genesis invests in
Countries Wavemaker Genesis invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2.8M–$7.5M
- Series A
- $10M–$70M
- Series B
- $16M–$175M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 14 (67%)
- Cryptocurrency 8 (38%)
- Software 7 (33%)
- Financial Services 6 (29%)
- Information Technology 6 (29%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (24%)
- Series A 5 (24%)
- Series B 2 (10%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (10%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 14 (67%)
- United Kingdom 2 (10%)
- New Zealand 1 (5%)
- Philippines 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
David Roebuck
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 38 | Find email | |
David Siemer
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
|
Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Jennifer Wilde Anderson
Director
|
Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Scott Walker
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluree is an open-source, blockchain-backed Data Management Platform for Web3 apps. Fluree empowers connected, trusted, and intelligent data ecosystems. Fluree is built on W3C semantic web standards in order to facilitate trusted data interoperability. | $10M / Series A / Apr 19, 2023 | ||
| Fineqia provides a platform to support and manage securities issuances and debt securities. Fineqia brings investors an information advantage as well as access to lucrative and risk-adjusted opportunities. Fineqia contributes to the ongoing democratization of financial services. | $5.3M / Post-IPO Equity / Aug 04, 2022 | ||
| Quadrata is a Passport Network that brings the identity and compliance layer to DeFi across existing public blockchains. The company was founded in 2021 by Lisa Fridman and Fabrice Cheng and is headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California. | $7.5M / Seed / Jul 12, 2022 | ||
| CoinRoutes is a crypto trading software provider. | $16M / Series B / Mar 18, 2022 | ||
| Polymer Labs is an infrastructure provider focused on IBC protocols. | $3.6M / Seed / Mar 02, 2022 | ||
| 1inch Limited builds decentralized protocols and contributes to the development of the 1inch Network. The synergy of 1inch protocols, including the 1inch Aggregation Protocol, the 1inch Liquidity Protocol and the 1inch Limit Order Protocol, enables the most lucrative, fastest and protected operations in DeFi. | $175M / Series B / Dec 01, 2021 | ||
| Altered State Machine, aims to be a platform and protocol which any developer can build on it; can create, own, and compete with AI-based agents (bots) and upgrade and train their AI, buy, and sell them as NFTs. This will bring an evolution for NFTS. | Seed / Sep 06, 2021 | ||
| Protego Trust Bank is a financial service company that offers regulated crypto services to institutional investors. The company provides clients comprehensive digital asset services including custody, trading, lending, and issuance - all within one vertically integrated partner. Protego Trush Bank was founded in 2017 and is based in Seattle, WA. | $70M / Series A / Jan 01, 2021 | ||
| Evertas is a cryptoasset insurance company. Evertas focuses on covering institutional holders of cryptoassets including exchanges, custodians, traditional financial institutions, funds, family offices, and ultra-high net worth individuals. | $2.8M / Seed / Jul 15, 2020 | ||
| BlockRe helps companies reduce their exposure to cryptoasset-related risk by combining proven industry | Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 01, 2019 | ||
| See all 21 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Wavemaker Genesis invest in?
Wavemaker Genesis invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Software 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 is Wavemaker Genesis's check size?
Wavemaker Genesis typically joins rounds of $2.8M–$7.5M at Seed, $10M–$70M at Series A and $16M–$175M 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 Wavemaker Genesis participates in.
How do I contact Wavemaker Genesis?
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Who are the partners at Wavemaker Genesis?
The team at Wavemaker Genesis includes David Roebuck (Principal), David Siemer (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) and Jennifer Wilde Anderson (Director). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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