# WR Hambrecht

> WR Hambrecht is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Software and Health Care. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 23%
- Fund size: $5M
- Last fund: Apr 2015
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/wr-hambrecht---co
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/billhambrecht
- Website: http://www.wrhambrecht.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wrhambrechtco

WR Hambrecht is a financial services firm that helps companies of all sizes access capital at the lowest cost in order to accelerate disruptive growth. Its philosophy is based on tenants such as identifying companies, helping them raise capital and go public, and delivering market pricing. The company has a wide range of products such as theOpenIPO Auction, the A+ IPO, the OpenBook Auction, and the OpenFollowOn Auction.Their clients are NETSUITE, Google, MORNINGSTAR, and XBiotech and it also offers initial public offering services to companies.WR Hambrecht is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 1998 by William and Robert Hambrecht.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1M–$20M |
| Series C | $3.4M–$60M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 25% |
| Health Care | 8 | 20% |
| Internet | 7 | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 4 | 10% |
| Apps | 3 | 8% |

76 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 13 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 23% |
| Series C | 6 | 15% |
| Series B | 4 | 10% |
| Series D | 3 | 8% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 32 | 80% |
| Israel | 2 | 5% |
| China | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Singapore | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| William Hambrecht | Founder & Chairman | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-hambrecht |
| Robert Hambrecht | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-hambrecht |
| Thomas Thurston | Partner, Chief Technology Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-thurston |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hone Health | Hone treats men's hormone imbalances and low testosterone with at-home lab testing, physician consultations, and medication |  | Series A | Sep 15, 2023 |  |
| Gabbi | Gabbi empowers women to understand their bodies and proactively seek the care they need. We use AI and clinical research to decrease the rate of preventable diseases and delayed diagnosis that affect women. Our proprietary risk model is the first-ever consumer facing platform that assesses a woman’s lifetime risk of disease, provides personalized& interactive action plans, and activates a community of engagement and support. | $4.4M | Seed | Oct 27, 2022 |  |
| Getlabs | Getlabs is the leading platform for at-home diagnostics.Healthcare organizations use Getlabs to send mobile phlebotomists to patients’ homes and collect labs, vitals, and advanced diagnostics. By leveraging Getlabs, partners can improve patient adherence and close gaps in care with same-day, nationwide availability.Our team has raised $50M fromstrategic investors including the two largest diagnostic laboratories in the United States, Labcorp and Quest. Getlabs’ mission is to save lives by expanding access to diagnostics for everyone. | $20M | Series A | Feb 03, 2022 |  |
| Aessense Holding | Aessense Holding is dedicated to providing solutions and technologies for both small and large-scale growth in a sustainable manner. It features unique growing stations, sensors, and wireless communications that empower growers to more efficiently, and effectively, grow their crops. |  | Series B | Jan 10, 2022 |  |
| Color | Color is a population health technology company that focuses on providing large-scale health care programs and clinical testing. It improves the key health infrastructure systems to make health accessible, convenient, and cost-effective, serving health systems, employers, research institutions, and individual consumers.Its Population GenomicsPlatform offers modular and end-to-end solutions that enable organizations to effectively build and scale population health programs. It provides technology, software, and clinical services to help population programs launch and scale quickly. By combining innovative technology, specialized laboratory infrastructure, and clinical health services, Color creates complete and effective programs that include: Program strategy, planning, and implementation; Participant outreach and engagement; participant education and consent about testing and results; sample (blood or saliva) collection and genetic sequencing; data management and clinical reporting; HIPAA compliance and data security; return of results; clinical services, like genetic counseling and clinical pharmacy; personalized care routine; and ongoing population health management. Color’s partners include NorthShore University Health System, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ochsner Health System, Verily, Visa, Levi Strauss, and Salesforce.Elad Gil, Nish Bhat, Taylor Sittler, and Othman Laraki launched Color in 2015 and is based in Burlingame, California. | $100M | Series E | Nov 09, 2021 |  |
| Gabbi | Gabbi empowers women to understand their bodies and proactively seek the care they need. We use AI and clinical research to decrease the rate of preventable diseases and delayed diagnosis that affect women. Our proprietary risk model is the first-ever consumer facing platform that assesses a woman’s lifetime risk of disease, provides personalized& interactive action plans, and activates a community of engagement and support. | $1M | Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| PatientsLikeMe | PatientsLikeMe is a personalized health network of an integrated community, health management, and real-world data platform.It helps people find new options for treatments, connect with others, and take action to improve their outcomes. The company has worked with every major pharmaceutical company and a range of government organizations to bringthe patient voice to research, development, and public policy. With more than 600,000 members, PatientsLikeMe is a trusted source for real-world disease information and a clinically robust resource that has published more than 100 research studies.The Boston, Massachusetts-located company was founded by Ben Heywood, James Heywood, and Jeff Cole in 2004 | $26M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 09, 2021 |  |
| Buoy Health | Buoy provides a personalized all-in-one platform to help guide consumers back to health. Whether it's chatting about symptoms with Buoy Assistant to get help in the moment of sickness or researching benefits through Buoy Dashboard, Buoy is available 24/7 to help make self-diagnosis and navigating the healthcare system simple and easy. Foremployers, Buoy can be custom configured to surface benefits information and wellness programs, guide employees to in-network providers, and fully integrate with other health portals. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $37.5M | Series C | Nov 10, 2020 |  |
| Lirio | Lirio is a behavior change AI platform that unites behavioral science with artificial intelligence, powering the ability to move people along their unique journey to better health through person-centered communication. The platform applies the psychology of human behavior and the power of advanced machine learning to help healthcare and energyenterprises drive individuals toward positive behavior change at scale.Lirio uses machine learning, persona-based messaging, and behavioral science to help organizations motivate the people they serve to achieve better outcomes. The company's behavioral programs are scientifically researched and designed to overcome the barriers and dial up the benefits of behavior change, providing users with advisory services that teach humans the knowledge acquired through behavioral programs.It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. | $13M | Series A | Feb 15, 2019 |  |
| Indow | Indow Windows provides people with comfort and quiet while helping them achieve financial and environmental harmony. Indow Windows are window inserts that press into place on the inside of existing window frames with no nails, screws, or adhesives. It gives all of the energy-saving benefits of double pane windows but has the bonus feature ofreducing the noise coming in from outside by 50% or more. An Indow Window is made of a sheet of acrylic glazing edged with our patented Compression Tube. The simple yet elegant design creates a very low profile when installed so that the product disappears and its own Home's beauty shines through. Indow Windows was founded by CEO, Sam Pardue with the mission of maximizing carbon reductions and customer comfort and savings. | $1.5M | Series B | Nov 24, 2015 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DFJ DragonFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dfj-dragonfund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does WR Hambrecht invest in?

WR Hambrecht invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 40 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 WR Hambrecht's check size?

WR Hambrecht typically joins rounds of $1M–$20M at Series A and $3.4M–$60M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds WR Hambrecht participates in.

### How do I contact WR Hambrecht?

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### Who are the partners at WR Hambrecht?

The team at WR Hambrecht includes William Hambrecht (Founder & Chairman), Robert Hambrecht (Co-Founder) and Thomas Thurston (Partner, Chief Technology Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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