Wavemaker Partners
- 28/11/2022
- Seed
- $4,500,000
Wavemaker Group is a multi-faceted cross border venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore and has raised over $580M across multiple funds. We currently have a team of 70 people across both sides of our practice. Wavemaker is one of the most active early-stage investors in Southern California and Southeast Asia and has invested in over 360 companies in the last 17 years.
US-based investments include MindBody (NASDAQ: MB), DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) and StyleHaul (acquired by RTL). Singapore-based investments include Luxola (acquired by LVMH), ArtofClick (acquired by Xurpas), and Pie (acquired by Google).
In Southeast Asia, Wavemaker focuses on enterprise and deep technology companies.
- Industry Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Website https://wavemaker.vc/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/wavemakerpartners/
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Gavin LeeInvestor
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Gavin is one of the two local General Partners of Wavemaker Partners SEA. Gavin was a 2nd-generation entrepreneur who managed manufacturing, advertising, partnerships and logistics functions for his bedding products family business. He started his career in venture with Matrix Partners China and Infocomm Investments, a Singapore government (IDA) agency-related venture fund. Gavin helped bring in the fund’s first institutional investors while managing all aspects of the fund’s investments. Gavin built the investment team and functions at Wavemaker from scratch, introducing and improving institutional practices and investment outcomes for the funds under management. Gavin has led or participated in more than 150 investments including the firm’s investments in Wavecell, eFishery, Fasal, Shield, and OY!. Gavin graduated with a BA in Financial Economics from Columbia University in the City of New York and is undertaking an Executive MBA in Finance at Tsinghua University.
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