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Wavemaker Partners

Geography: United States
Stage: Series B
Fund size: $30M
Focus: AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Wavemaker Partners

Wavemaker Partners is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Series B stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeries B

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Climate & Sustainability

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Deep tech SEA founder with deterministic, production-ready enterprise AI

deep tech

SEA / Singapore

sustainability

commercial mindset

go-to-market focus

deterministic AI

robotics / agentic AI

production-ready enterprise

hardware manufacturing

EV / climate tech

Bullish Signals

Active deep tech accelerator board roleexternal

360° network: investors, corporates, gov, academiaexternal

GP speaking at Thomson Reuters Synergy 2026linkedin

Forrester top performer in AppGen platformstwitter

Omdia Universe 2026 Challenger recognitiontwitter

Backed Bifrost AI robotics evaluation platform launchlinkedin

Portfolio: deterministic AI platform scaling enterprisetwitter

Active speaker circuit: Accenture, QConAI, InfoQtwitter

Dat Bike hitting 100 stores Vietnam 2026linkedin

Portfolio company scaling SEA EV hardwarelinkedin

Vertical integration model proven cost efficiencylinkedin

Dat Bike Quantum S: 285km range, $1.2-1.8Klinkedin

90%+ local Vietnam sourcing enables rapid iterationlinkedin

EV matched ICE performance at scooter pricinglinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Strong Singapore/SEA geographic focusexternal

Heavy emphasis on deterministic AI over hypetwitter

Speed + governance tradeoff explicit concerntwitter

Hardware/EV focus less fashionable than SaaSlinkedin

Founder Do's

Show clear customer value & business model

Have go-to-market strategy ready

Deep tech with commercial angle

Operate in SEA / Singapore market

Focus on production-ready, deterministic outcomes

Build enterprise-grade, governance-compliant solutions

Emphasize architecture over speed/hype

Vertical integrate critical supply chain

Local sourcing 90%+ components for iteration

Target mass-market adoption via price-performance parity

Founder Don'ts

Pure research, no commercialization path

No defined customer or GTM

Ignore regional ecosystem fit

Ship speed without governance/determinism

Outsource core R&D/manufacturing control

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$30M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Aul Santos, Shiv Choudhury, Xue Koh

B. Paul SantosCo-Founder & Managing Partner

Andy HwangGeneral Partner

Vijay PullurCEO, Portfolio Company

Vikram SrivatsExecutive, Portfolio Company

Son NguyenFounder, Dat Bike

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