The startup investor directory
Wave Ventures, a venture investment group geared toward investing in nascent-stage emerging ventures across the world. It funds companies across a variety of industries, including software, consumer products, robotics, and medical technology. Wave Ventures has backed numerous startup ventures, such as Streetbees, Cargonexx, and Kiira Motors. Additionally, it maintains a presence in London, Berlin, and San Francisco. Wave Ventures extends not only capital but also mentorship and guidance to its invested companies.
As a startup capital group, WaveLaunch extends seed, pre-seed and later stage capital to founders and business builders. Beyond this, they offer a broad spectrum of services, including mentorship, networking, and access to investors. Furthermore, they also provide strategic advice and guidance to new ventures. WaveLaunch directs capital toward formative-stage companies that have the potential for significant growth. They look for pioneering and disruptive ideas, especially in the technology, digital media, healthcare, and clean energy sectors.
As a VC group, Waveline funds formative-stage formative-stage companies developing tech solutions for the construction, real estate, and infrastructure industries. The group delivers capital and resources to guidance business builders turn their ideas into successful businesses. Waveline typically channels investment into seed and Series A rounds of funding and works closely with their invested companies to ensure their growth. Moreover, group also has a sister company, WavelinQ, which targets endovascular AV fistulas for dialysis patients.
Invests at seed stage exclusively in healthcare technology (non-bio). Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Bridging Los Angeles and Singapore ecosystems, invests from formative-stage to growth in unsexy B2B enterprise, deep tech and sustainability, acting as a high-volume, first-check partner for technical founders. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
As a venture fund oriented toward formative-stage healthcare nascent-stage companies in the United States, Wavemaker 360 has built a distinct presence in its market. It provides capital and resources to promising healthcare startup ventures and has over 50 investments in its portfolio. Wavemaker 360 enables healthcare startup ventures develop, commercialize, and scale their innovations and be a part of the transformation in healthcare. The fund is backed by a diverse base of investors, including healthcare systems, providers, payers, and startup capital funds.
Led by Edgar Bronfman Jr., invests exclusively in global media, entertainment and sports, leveraging C-level LPs as an extended team for diligence, business development, M&A and board support. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Small fund writing $100K–$200K checks, using a 2,250-strong operator/founder network for sourcing and support, plus Ryan Hoover Product Hunt expertise and custom software to find non-consensus startup ventures. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Signaling an institutional-client-focused approach. — this is paired with applies its full assets to meet the needs of institutional stakeholders.
WENVEST Capital operates as a venture investment and private equity firm operating from Munich, Germany, launched in 2000. Notably, fund aims to invest in pre-growth and growth companies operating in the areas of digital transformation, digital health, and climate solutions in DACH. They typically invest in early and late stage venture, seed, and startup capital rounds. WENVEST Capital is managed by a team of two to ten professionals. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
WePlay Ventures, a startup capital group oriented toward investing in the gaming industry. Notably, it is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey and was launched in 2020. The organization delivers seed investments for gaming early-phase companies and supports them scale by delivering access to a network of industry leaders, mentors, and resources. It also works closely with game developers to ensure that the games it funds are of the highest quality. Additionally, WePlay Ventures presents marketing and advertising services to ensure that the games reach the widest possible audience.
West Web Valley, a French startup accelerator, extends mentorship and funding to support emerging ventures with strong growth potential to emerge and thrive in western France. They offer programs and services that support founders develop their ideas, access resources and funding, and accelerate their businesses. Notably, they also provide assistance to companies undergoing digital transformation. West Web Valley is passionate about empowering founders and businesses in the region expand and innovate.
As a VC group established in 2013, located in Berlin, Germany, WestTech Ventures has built a distinct presence in its market. They focus on Enterprise SaaS, New Work and Mobility investments. Moreover, they have a portfolio of 53 companies and a team of 13. Additionally, they can be reached at pitch@westtechventures.com. They have co-invested with Clarifai in their aI-powered technology company, which centers its expertise in visual recognition. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
White Star Capital, a global multi-stage investment platform created in 2007. In addition, group works to provide capital to early-phase tech companies and delivers a broad spectrum of services, from strategic advice to operational guidance. Furthermore, group is established in New York and has funded companies in Europe, North America, and Asia. White Star Capital also delivers sector reports and market analyses for various industries, including Fintech, Gaming, and Consumer Products. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Operator-led fund that leads first institutional rounds for $1–5M revenue brands at sub-$10M entry valuations, using CEO-level Operating Partners to drive profitability and realistic $300–700M exit paths. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
NYC-based healthtech VC investing across medical technologies and digital health. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Wing Startup capital operates as an formative-stage VC firm created in 2017. Moreover, group is geared toward investing in technology-based businesses, emphasizing craftsmanship over volume, and supplying active support to founders to support them prosper. Wing Venture investment has a broad spectrum of investments in different technology sectors, ranging from software and hardware to consumer products and enterprise applications. Moreover, organization is dedicated to empowering founders achieve growth and has funded companies such as Invision, Mailchimp, and Stripe.
Deploys capital into pre-product, pre-revenue nascent-stage B2B AI-stack early-phase companies, using a curated CIO/enterprise-buyer network as a systematic market-validation machine and prior seed wins like Snowflake and Gong. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Family-office investor providing flexible check sizes and time horizons, plus Gemini exchange infrastructure so partner companies can plug into a regulated crypto platform and receive digital-asset and equity backing. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Seed-stage investor oriented toward climate and human health that backs founders whose mission is core to product; Fund I yielded two unicorns, two exits, and ~70% reaching Series A. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Solo-GP pre-seed and seed investor (up to $1M) in freight, logistics, construction and B2B financial infrastructure, providing hands-on regulated-market operating expertise and media-driven founder amplification. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
As a VC initiative from Wix.com, Ltd., a global leader in website creation, Wix Capital has built a distinct presence in its market. Beyond this, its mission is to identify and invest in cutting-edge technology that can support power the next generation of web development and enable the growth of Wix and its users. The initiative targets nascent-stage companies in the web development, e-commerce and digital marketing spaces, along with companies that can assistance enable the growth of Wix and its users. Wix Capital is backed by a dedicated team of veteran venture capitalists, who focus on identifying and investing in promising emerging ventures, and delivering them with resources to empower them scale.
Deploys capital across Seed, Venture (post-product-market-fit), and Build stages, the latter involving the acquisition of controlling stakes. The firm blends fund-style investing with an operating company model, where partners take on formal executive roles such as Chairman or Chief Product Officer within partner companies to drive hands-on value creation.
Hands-on, builder-focused investor for women of color founders in overlooked markets, providing an integrated platform with free capital-raising training and media support to scale companies. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.