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Wavemaker Partners

Venture Capital · Founded 2003 · Santa Monica, United States

Crossborder early stage vc firm, dual headquartered in la/singapore, focused on seed stage technology startup opportunities

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329 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $1.9B invested · 501 investments · Investor rank #1,596 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies 329 ↑ 17% 5y
Decacorns 0
Thoroughbreds 8
Power Law #236Investor Ranking · Global · 2026 · Top 2%
01 · Biggest holdings

Wavemaker Partners’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Wavemaker Partners still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 ICON TechnologyUnicorn · Real Estate · USA — $1.8B —
  2. 2 FloQastUnicorn · Fintech · USA — $1.6B —
  3. 3 VideoAmpUnicorn · Marketing · USA — $1.4B —
  4. 4 EFisheryUnicorn · Food · Indonesia — $1.4B —
  5. 5 Iterative HealthUnicorn · Health · USA — $1.4B —
  6. 6 ViagogoUnicorn · Event Tech · Ireland — $1.0B —
  7. 7 OpenXTelecom · USA — $100M —

Estimated value = Wavemaker Partners’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

Wavemaker Partners’ biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Wavemaker Partners’ transaction record.

Playlist | Mindbody
$448M IPO · 2015
Entered Series B+Now $7.5BEnterprise Software
DigitalGlobe
$853M IPO · 2009
Entered SeedNow $2.4BMedia
Surf Air Mobility
$1.4B IPO · 2022
Entered Series B+Now $182MTransportation
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Wavemaker Partners’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 329 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. Singapore180
  2. USA164
  3. Philippines16
  4. Indonesia14
  5. India8
  6. Vietnam8
  7. Thailand7
  8. Hong Kong6
  9. Australia5
  10. Malaysia5
  11. New Zealand5
  12. UK5
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software84
  2. Marketing80
  3. Fintech55
  4. Media43
  5. Telecom33
  6. Transportation24
  7. Fashion21
  8. Food20
  9. Health20
  10. Education16
  11. Energy15
  12. Travel13
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed220
  2. Series A90
  3. Series B+14
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth299
  2. Breakout Stage106
  3. Late Growth27
  4. Mature6
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Wavemaker Partners’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 329 tracked.

Playlist | Mindbody
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$7.5B
ICON Technology
Real Estate · Unicorn
$1.8B
VideoAmp
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.4B
Zilingo
Wellness Beauty
Surf Air Mobility
Transportation
$182M
Ribbon
Fintech
$300M
EFishery
Food · Unicorn
$1.4B
FloQast
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.6B
Clutter
Home Living
$600M
Iterative Health
Health · Unicorn
$1.4B
GrowSari
Fintech
$388M
Credit Key
Fintech
$169M
GudangAda
Marketing
$400M
Yulu
Transportation
$410M
Phunware
Media
The Bouqs Company
Marketing
$92M
Deliveree
Transportation
$280M
Bazaar
Marketing
$280M
Wheels
Transportation
$26M
Glints
Jobs Recruitment
$200M
WIZ.AI
Marketing
$150M
OpenX
Telecom
$100M
Transcelestial
Telecom
$50M
Skycatch
Enterprise Software
$100M
Viagogo
Event Tech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Outer
Home Living
$200M
Cloud Sherpas
Fintech
$160M
Nativo
Marketing
$100M
Silent Eight
Legal
$160M
Serve Robotics
Robotics
$40M
Winc
Food
$23M
Lhoopa
Real Estate
$23M
EAT Club
Food
$120M
Laurel & Wolf
Home Living
$80M
OY!
Fintech
$100M
Dat Bike
Transportation
$88M
SimpleReach
Telecom
$54M
Ricult
Fintech
$131M
Coins.ph
Fintech
$120M
Upwards
Education
$84M
Lynk Global
Telecom
$96M
ShipHawk
Transportation
$16M
Hum Capital
Fintech
$48M
Igloohome
Travel
$75M
VFlowTech
Energy
$82M
Technorati, Inc.
Media
watchTowr
Security
$80M
Moka
Fintech
$120M
Woodio
Home Living
$72M
EKO
Enterprise Software
$77M
SHIELD
Security
$80M
MCN, Inc.
Media
$40M
NirogStreet
Health
$48M
Pitik
Food
$56M
Sulapac
Food
$66M
Morphlabs, Inc.
Enterprise Software
$3.0M
Landit
Jobs Recruitment
$52M
Skout, Inc.
Dating
$55M
Gem
Fintech
$36M
Parcel Perform
Transportation
$80M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Wavemaker Partners’ portfolio founders come from.

168 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States72
  2. Singapore36
  3. Indonesia10
  4. India9
  5. Philippines6
  6. Thailand6
  7. Australia5
  8. United Kingdom5
  9. Finland3
  10. Vietnam3
UniversityCount
  1. National University of Singapore7
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
  3. University of California, Berkeley5
  4. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania5
  5. Institut Teknologi Bandung4
  6. Stanford University4
  7. University of Michigan4
  8. Harvard Business School3
  9. Harvard University3
  10. Nanyang Technological University3
Previous companyCount
  1. Citibank6
  2. McKinsey & Company4
  3. Procter & Gamble4
  4. Boston Consulting Group3
  5. Entrepreneurs First3
  6. Meta3
  7. Microsoft3
  8. Yahoo!3
  9. ABC Family2
  10. Alta2
06 · Similar investors

Similar investors.

Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.

500 Global
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#431 rank 2,321 companies $284B portfolio
Techstars
Accelerator · New York City
#855 rank 2,278 companies $249B portfolio
Y Combinator
Accelerator · San Francisco
#62 rank 7,127 companies $1.9T portfolio
Sequoia
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#3 rank 1,921 companies $23T portfolio
Plug and Play
Venture Capital · Sunnyvale
#410 rank 1,576 companies $290B portfolio
NEA
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#36 rank 1,186 companies $2.5T portfolio
Accel
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#32 rank 1,156 companies $2.9T portfolio
Tiger Global
Private Equity · New York City
#19 rank 811 companies $3.9T portfolio
07 · Key people

Key people at Wavemaker Partners.

Eric Manlunas
Eric Manlunas
Founder
 Buck Jordan
Buck Jordan
Partner
 Steve Melhuish
Steve Melhuish
Investor
 Rachel Ng
Rachel Ng
Partner
 Andy Hwang
Andy Hwang
General Partner
 John Tabis
John Tabis
Managing Partner
 Shiv Choudhury
Shiv Choudhury
Partner
 Xue K.
Xue K.
Partner
Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.