# Wedbush Ventures

> Wedbush Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Financial Services. See 45 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Monica, United States
- Total investments: 45
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 2%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wedbush-ventures/about/
- Website: https://www.wedbushventures.com/

Wedbush Ventures is a seed stage venture firm, focusing on founders with strong founder/market fit who are looking to redefine or create new markets.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$4.6M |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$3.6M |
| Series A | $5M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 22% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 18% |
| SaaS | 4 | 9% |
| Retail | 4 | 9% |
| FinTech | 4 | 9% |

51 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 47% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 11% |
| Series A | 4 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 23 | 51% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Petra Griffith | Founder & Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/petra-griffith |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Secludy | Secludy is privacy-guaranteed AI training made easy. We use advanced privacy technology to generate synthetic datasets that mimic your original dataset so that you can train your AI models on your most valuable data – without risks of leaking PII.With Secludy, you can:- Enable privacy-guaranteed fine-tuning of large language models (LLMs) forAI assistants, chatbots, and other machine learning applications.- Deploy within your cloud - use Secludy without sharing any data with us.- Stay compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA. | $4M | Seed | May 13, 2026 |  |
| Meadow AI | Meadow AI is developing the retail and restaurant industries' operational brains. Our multimodal AI platform transforms POS, audio, and camera data into insights and actions in real time. | $4.5M | Seed | Nov 17, 2025 |  |
| MidLyr | MidLyr AI is a risk-aware, regulation-first automation and execution platform for financial services firms that specializes in integrating AI-powered workflow automation with stringent regulatory and risk frameworks. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Oct 20, 2025 |  |
| Eightco Holdings | Cryptyde operates as a selective acquisitions company that engages in leveraging blockchain technologies to disrupt consumer-facing industries.Cryptyde is committed to fostering innovation and progress through the wisely chosen and carefully managed use of technology. Its businesses include Ferguson Containers, a provider of comprehensivemanufacturing and logistics solutions for product and packaging needs, and Forever 8, a platform for managing cash flow for online merchants. Cryptyde is committed to providing value to its clients and shareholders and has made it its mission to find and acquire companies with unrealized potential as well as to develop strategies to scale them to new heights. The business thinks it is well-positioned for success by maintaining focus on its priorities and embracing innovation. | $270M | Post-IPO Equity | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Insight Health | Insight Health provides an AI-driven platform for healthcare that automates common clinical tasks using various specialized AI agents. The platform features AI agents for patient pre-visit intake and follow-ups, AI-based referral processing, phone triage, appointment scheduling, chart preparation, and clinical documentation capture. This enableshealthcare providers to reduce their administrative workload and focus more on direct patient care. | $4.6M | Seed | Jun 25, 2025 |  |
| Unicone Art | At Unicone Art, we offer high-quality art products such as Epoxy resin, Mica powder, Silicone mold-making kits, natural resin remover soap, and golden nuggets, for resin art, jewelry, geode paintings, and more. | $4.7M | Seed | Sep 17, 2024 |  |
| Loop | Loop manages your international banking needs, including corporate cards, payments, FX, capital and more - all from a single platform. | $4.7M | Seed | Sep 17, 2024 |  |
| Auditive | Auditive is the only AI-powered third-party risk marketplace that empowers businesses and their vendors to complete security reviews in a fraction of the time and never repeat them. |  | Seed | Jul 31, 2024 |  |
| Joyn | Joyn streamlines Operations for Growth Stage companies by blending task automation with an understanding of how individuals excel, freeing up teams to prioritize impactful work over administrative burdens. | $770K | Pre-Seed | Apr 10, 2024 |  |
| Bonfire Analytics | Bonfire Analytics offers services to the customer in decision making using AI. |  | Series A | Feb 05, 2024 |  |

10 of 45 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Wedbush Ventures invest in?

Wedbush Ventures invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 45 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 Wedbush Ventures's check size?

Wedbush Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$4.6M at Seed, $100k–$3.6M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$20M 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 Wedbush Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Wedbush Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Wedbush Ventures?

The team at Wedbush Ventures includes Petra Griffith (Founder & Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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