Waverley Capital
VC Fund
New York, United States
Waverley Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage startup investments. Moreover, the firm targets to invest in the media and entertainment sectors. Founded in 2018 by Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Daniel Leff, Waverley Capital is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
- Total investments:
- 24
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
- Fund size:
- $24M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Waverley Capital invests in
Stages Waverley Capital invests in
Countries Waverley Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2.1M–$7M
- Series A
- $3M–$16M
- Series B
- $10M–$37M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Media and Entertainment 4 (17%)
- Music 3 (13%)
- Software 3 (13%)
- Audio 2 (8%)
- Gaming 2 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (25%)
- Series A 6 (25%)
- Series B 3 (13%)
- Series C 2 (8%)
- Series E 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 13 (54%)
- Germany 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Deek Velagandula
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Co-Founder, Chairman & General Partner
|
Co-Founder, Chairman & General Partner | Total investments: 15 | Find email | |
Daniel Leff
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
|
Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 36 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hook operates as a music expression platform that harnesses the power of AI. | $15.8M / Series A / Feb 18, 2026 | ||
| Hook operates as a music expression platform that harnesses the power of AI. | $3M / Seed / Mar 26, 2025 | ||
| Volley is the leading creator of AI-powered games for smart TVs and Amazon Alexa devices. Popular Volley games include Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, 20 Questions, and Question of the Day. The company's platform offers a wide range of voice-based games and develops interactive stories and podcasts with artificial intelligence systems, enablingusers to enjoy audio entertainment experiences. | $55M / Series C / Jul 09, 2024 | ||
| Lil Snack is building a consumer platform for daily games! Our team has collectively built some of the most beloved gaming and digital entertainment experiences of the past decade. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. | $3.1M / Seed / Apr 02, 2024 | ||
| Hook operates as a music expression platform that harnesses the power of AI. | $3M / Seed / Oct 12, 2023 | ||
| We are on a mission to create the world’s best online community. | $6M / Series A / Aug 23, 2022 | ||
| Professional Fighters League is a mixed martial arts league. | $30M / Series E / May 19, 2022 | ||
| Endel is a cross-platform audio ecosystem. It creates personalized, sound-based, adaptive environments that help people focus and relax. They’re a small team of artists, developers, and scientists who have worked together on lots of digital projects, including the award-winning kids’ app series, BUBL. Endel is a 2018 Techstars Music Acceleratorcompany. | $15M / Series B / Apr 05, 2022 | ||
| Antenna provides best-in-class market intelligence to direct-to-consumer subscription businesses. Antenna is a data and analytics startup that aims to expand knowledge of subscriber behavior so brands can entertain, inspire, and empower the world. It provides industry and competitive benchmarks across key metrics so their customers can know ‘whatgood looks like’, market intelligence so they can learn how to build a best-in-class business, and insights to inform their strategic decision-making. | Series A / Feb 24, 2022 | ||
| Antenna provides best-in-class market intelligence to direct-to-consumer subscription businesses. Antenna is a data and analytics startup that aims to expand knowledge of subscriber behavior so brands can entertain, inspire, and empower the world. It provides industry and competitive benchmarks across key metrics so their customers can know ‘whatgood looks like’, market intelligence so they can learn how to build a best-in-class business, and insights to inform their strategic decision-making. | $10M / Series A / Feb 01, 2022 | ||
| See all 24 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Waverley Capital invest in?
Waverley Capital invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, Music and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 24 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 Waverley Capital invest in?
Waverley Capital typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$7M at Seed, $3M–$16M at Series A and $10M–$37M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Waverley Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Waverley Capital took part in.
How do I contact Waverley Capital?
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Who are the partners at Waverley Capital?
The team at Waverley Capital includes Deek Velagandula (Principal), Edgar Bronfman Jr. (Co-Founder, Chairman & General Partner) and Daniel Leff (Co-Founder & Managing Partner). 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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