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SINEWAVE VENTURES

Venture capitalActively deployingoperating company · company profile

Mclean · Pre-Seed–Series B · 27 people tracked

Also known as SineWave Ventures Direct · SINEWAVE VENTURES, LLC

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Investment thesis

SineWave invests in early-stage technologies that accelerate digital transformation across enterprise and public sector markets. It targets four core areas: data and analytics (data ingest tools, developer tooling for AI/ML, understandable AI, decision analytics), adaptive networking (software-defined networking, edge computing, 5G, secure network controls), cybersecurity (endpoint and zero-trust systems, application security, code analysis, data protection at rest and in motion), and democratized compute (high-performance computing from commodity resources, distributed and edge computing, stream processing, specialized processors). The firm emphasizes helping companies navigate unfamiliar verticals, generate diverse revenue, and leverage its networks across commercial and government stakeholders.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series B
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$500K – $25M
HQ
Mclean, Virginia, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2014
Last 12 months
5 investments
AUM
$300M
VC funds
21
Tracked investments
144

Team · 27 people

from the firm's website & curated & public directories

What they invest in

from 59 of 144 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×42Enterprise Software ×28Data & Infrastructure ×23Developer Tools ×20Cloud Computing ×19Cybersecurity ×18SaaS ×8Deep Tech ×4

HQs:United States×48Canada×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 43 portfolio companies
30%
solo founders
13 of 43 mapped founding teams
56%
repeat founders
of 45 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×132 founders×173 founders×84+ founders×5

Where their founders studiedfrom 42 founders with education data

University of California, Berkeley ×9Technion ×3The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ×3University of Michigan ×3Stanford University ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2University of Southern California ×2University of Toronto ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 45 founders with career history

Stanford University ×5Google ×3LinkedIn ×3Cyberstarts ×2DigitalOcean ×2IDF ×2Los Alamos National Laboratory ×2McKinsey & Company ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×5

14 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 42 with degree data)

Investments · 144 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 42025 · 22021 · 12020 · 32018 · 12015 · 22014 · 114 dated

Infleqtioninfleqtion.comin𝕏NYSE: INFQFeb 2026SEC filingmedium confidence

Infleqtion builds neutral-atom quantum computers, precision quantum sensors, and related software, and works on integrated photonics to scale quantum systems.

Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingLouisville, US

Dana Anderson(Founder)Pranav Gokhale(Chief Technology Officer)inPaul Lipman(Chief Revenue Officer)inJason D. Hall(Chief Legal Officer)Ilan Hart(Chief Financial Officer)inMatthew J. Kinsella(Chief Executive Officer)

Board seatDawn Meyerriecks· per SEC Form D · $126.5M raise · filed Feb 2026

Co-investorsBreakthrough VictoriaCaruso VenturesForma PrimeGlynn Capital ManagementIn-Q-TelS Ventures+4 more

AmdocsNASDAQ: DOX

Platform enabling enterprise application & network developers to leverage capabilities offered by 5G.

Sentinel Onesentinelone.comin𝕏NYSE: S

SentinelOne provides an AI-powered cybersecurity platform for enterprises that integrates endpoint protection, threat detection, and incident response capabilities.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US

Tomer Weingarten(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Everest GroupFoothill VenturesGranite HillInsight PartnersKhosla Ventures+13 more

Truerasnowflake.comin𝕏NYSE: SNOW

Snowflake is a fully managed cloud data platform that integrates data ingestion, processing, analysis, and AI application development across multiple cloud providers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSan Mateo, US

Benoit Dageville(Executive Officer, Director)inMarcin Zukowski(Executive Officer)Thierry Cruanes(Executive Officer, Director)Jeffrey T. Balaguras(Executive Officer)Matthew Glickman(Executive Officer)Barbara Walkowski(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsCoatue ManagementEQUIAMForgePoint CapitalHigh AlphaHuman CapitalICONIQ+10 more

Uberuber.comin𝕏NYSE: UBER

Uber operates a multi-sided platform providing ride-sharing, food delivery, freight logistics, and business fleet management services across various global markets.

Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US

Travis Kalanick(Co-founder & CEO)Garrett Camp(Co-founder)

Co-investors137 Ventures408 VenturesA*Across Capital PartnersAglae VenturesAkkadian Ventures+63 more

Anjunaanjuna.ioin𝕏✓ verified

Anjuna develops software for secure data sharing and confidential computing in cloud and AI environments.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ayal Yogev(Founder/CEO)inSteve WeisYan M.(Founder)inYan Michalevsky(Founder)in

Co-investorsInsight PartnersM VenturesAlpha Intelligence CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Dorm RoomFounder Collective+3 more

CoreStory Code intelligencecorestory.aiin𝕏✓ verified

CoreStory builds a persistent intelligence model of software codebases by continuously ingesting source code and serving system context—architecture, workflows, and business rules—to engineers, product teams, and AI coding agents.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Anand Kulkarni(Founder)in

Co-investorsHomebrewNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Bee PartnersJackson Square VenturesTribeca Venture PartnersTech Square Ventures

RunSaferunsafesecurity.comin𝕏✓ verified

RunSafe Security develops cybersecurity software that hardens embedded systems and commercial/defense software against exploitation by disrupting the determinism attackers need to build reliable exploits.

CybersecurityDefense TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMclean, US

Joseph M. Saunders(Founder and CEO)Doug Britton(EVP)Shane Fry(Chief Technology Officer)Bill Stulb(Director)

BoardJoe Addiego(Director)inPatricia Muoio(Director)in

Co-investorsAlsop Louie PartnersBMW i VenturesCritical VenturesInner Loop CapitalIronGate Capital AdvisorsNextGen Venture Partners+2 more

ColdQuanta, Inc.Aug 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

Boulder, US

Dana Z. Anderson(Executive Officer, Director)Julie McGee(Executive Officer)Paul Lipman(Executive Officer)Matthew Kinsella(Executive Officer, Director)Dirk Mueller(Director)

BoardTyler Brous(Director)

Board seatDawn Meyerriecks· per SEC Form D · $7.5M raise · filed Aug 2025

Co-investorsMaverick Ventures

Adaptive reasoning platform
Affordable, high quality healthcare
AgWorld

Predictive analytics platform for agriculture, employing breakthrough geospatial imaging.

AndurilElara
AON3Daon3d.comin𝕏Jan 2026

AON3D develops additive manufacturing hardware, software, and materials for industrial 3D printing applications.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRoboticsMontreal, CA

Kevin Han(Founder/CPO)inRandeep Singh(Founder)inAndrew Walker(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlleyCorpFlucas VenturesInnoStart CapitalIronGate Capital AdvisorsPanache VenturesPrototype Capital+6 more

Arcane

The adaptive reasoning platform that delivers unmatched reliability at scale.

Arizearize.comin𝕏

Arize provides observability and evaluation tools for AI systems and large language models, enabling development teams to monitor, debug, and improve AI agents in production.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMill Valley, US

APARNA DHINKARAN(Director)Jason Lopatecki(President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary)inAparna Dhinakaran(Founder)in

BoardDHARMESH THAKKER(Director)inBrett Wilson(Director)inMORGAN GERLAK(Director)

Co-investorsBattery VenturesCollective LiquidityEvolution Equity PartnersFoundation CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Nimble Partners+5 more

Athena Securityathena-security.comin𝕏

Athena Security offers an AI-powered concealed weapons detection and security screening platform that adds real-time monitoring, compliance documentation, and operational oversight on top of physical detector hardware from vendors like Apollo, CEIA, Garrett, and Metrasens.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityHardware

Michael G.(Founder)inLisa Falzone(Founder)in

Co-investorsCleo CapitalHinge CapitalMaC Venture CapitalRivet VenturesStarting Line

Autonomous AI endpoint security platform

Autonomous AI endpoint security platform.

Ava Security

Data security and privacy through microsharding.

Bewegen

Electric bicycle network and sharing platform.

Blackford AnalysisAug 2021

Cloud-based imaging platform for research, clinical trials, and clinical care.

HealthtechEdinburgh

Simon Clovis Younger(Director)Conrad Blair Chin(Director)Christopher John Nash(Director)Scott Liston Rutherford(Executive Officer, Director)Benjamin David Panter(Director)

Cartodb Inccarto.comin𝕏Mar 2015

CARTO is a cloud-based location intelligence and GIS platform for spatial analysis, designed to run on cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery without moving the data.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US

Javier de la Torre(Executive Officer, Director)inSergio ÁlvarezLuis Sanz(CEO)

Co-investorsAccelEarlybird Venture CapitalKibo Ventures

Cisco

AIOps for Network, Cloud, and Application Delivery.

Cisco AppDynamics

AIOps for Network, Cloud, and Application Delivery.

Clarifaiclarifai.comin𝕏

Clarifai developed AI inference technology and compute orchestration software for running and optimizing machine learning models at scale.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureNew York, US

Matthew Zeiler(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardAlbert Wenger(Director)in

Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalCorazon CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Lux CapitalMenlo VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+11 more

Cloud governance platform
Cloud-based imaging platform for research
CloudZone

Platform for new levels of enterprise performance, architectural control, and R&D productivity.

CodeRabbitcoderabbit.aiin𝕏Aug 2026 · $143M

CodeRabbit provides AI-powered code review tools for developers to improve software quality and efficiency in development workflows.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsWalnut Creek, US

Harjot Gill(Executive Officer, Director)inGuritfaq Singh(Executive Officer, Director)inVishavjeet Kaur(Executive Officer)Alex Berkenkamp(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Flex Capital PartnersFoothill VenturesHarmony PartnersNVenturesScale Venture Partners+5 more

Company with adaptive reasoning platform
Company with Continuous compliance automation
Company with Immunize Your Software
Company with Next-generation code analysis
Company with Runtime Application Protection Platform
CoreStory

Creates a persistent understanding of a codebase for humans and AI.

Corsha Websitecorsha.comin

Corsha provides a platform for discovering and securing machine and non-human identities across operational technology (OT) environments, inspecting connections including encrypted traffic and capturing connection activity.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSVienna, US

Anusha Iyer(Executive Officer, Director)inCHRISTOPHER P. SIMKINS(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTimothy Newberry(Director)Mary Styer(Director)Jeff Hudson(Director)

Co-investorsBooz Allen VenturesRazor's Edge VenturesTen Eleven

Crowdboticscrowdbotics.comin𝕏

Crowdbotics (now CoreStory) offers AI-based tools to analyze how existing software systems work, aimed at software modernization and maintenance.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBerkeley, US

Anand Kulkarni(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardHunter Walk(Director)inVictor Echevarria(Director)in

Co-investorsJackson Square VenturesNimble PartnersSamsung NextBee PartnersHarrison MetalHomebrew+1 more

Crusoe Energycrusoe.aiin𝕏

Crusoe builds energy-first AI infrastructure, using innovative and renewable energy sources to power hyperscale AI factories and a cloud platform for AI workloads.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnergyDenver, US

Cully Cavness(Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer)inChase Lochmiller(Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors)in

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSAdvaita CapitalAir Street CapitalAlkeon InnovationAvenir Growth Capital+33 more

Cyclotech
Data automation and connection platform
Data compression platform

Self-optimizing, lossless compression that converts petabytes into terabytes, reducing spend and increasing speed across major data platforms.

Databricksdatabricks.comin𝕏

Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ali Ghodsi(Co-founder & CEO)inIon Stoica(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matei Zaharia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inReynold Xin(Founder)inPatrick Wendell(Founder)inAndy Konwinski(Founder)in

Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesAglae VenturesAlkeon InnovationAltra VentureAmplify Partners+71 more

DataHubdatahub.comin𝕏

DataHub provides a metadata platform and data catalog that enables AI systems and data teams to discover, govern, and understand enterprise data at scale.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US

Shirshanka Das(Co-founder)inSwaroop Jagadish(Co-founder)inJohn Joyce(Founder)in

Co-investors8VCBessemer Venture PartnersNext Play VenturesWebb Investment NetworkZero Prime VenturesIndex Ventures

Datometrydatometry.comApr 2014

Datometry provides database system virtualization through its Hyper-Q middleware platform, letting enterprises run existing applications on new cloud databases (such as moving from Teradata to cloud data platforms) without rewriting SQL or APIs.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Florian M. Waas(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesCelesta CapitalCelesta CapitalDell Technologies CapitalWRVI Capital

DBOSdbos.devin𝕏

DBOS provides an open-source library that adds durable workflows and queues to applications and AI agents, making them fault-tolerant, observable, and reproducible by connecting to a Postgres database with no new infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Peter Kraft(Founder)inQian Li, PhD(Founder)in

Co-investorsConstruct CapitalThe Engine VenturesGutbrain Ventures

Delta
Descartes Labs

Predictive analytics platform for agriculture, employing breakthrough geospatial imaging.

Determined AI

Deep learning AI platform for computer vision, natural language processing, and data labeling.

Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Harpoon VenturesStrawberry Creek Ventures

Dispatch Healthdispatchhealth.comin

DispatchHealth delivers in-home medical care and house call services, offering patients an alternative to emergency rooms and urgent care facilities for acute medical conditions.

Digital HealthHealthtechDenver, US

Dr. Mark Prather(Founder)Kevin Riddleberger(Founder)Dominic Bagnoli(Director)

BoardPete Hudson(Director)in

Co-investorsAlta PartnersEcho Health VenturesOak HC/FTOptum VenturesQuesta Capital

Dratadrata.comin𝕏

Drata offers a compliance automation platform that centralizes controls and evidence, continuously monitors controls, and tracks remediation so teams can maintain audit readiness across multiple frameworks.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Diego, US

Adam Markowitz(Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder)inDaniel Marashlian(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)inTroy Markowitz(Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder)in

BoardTim Jackson(Director)William Griffith(Director)Oren Yunger(Director)

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Alkeon InnovationBallistic VenturesBasis Set VenturesComcast VenturesConverge+11 more

Dymiumdymium.ioin

Dymium is a data-centric, zero-trust platform that governs access to enterprise data in real time, applying identity-, role-, and context-based policies before data is returned.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureLos Gatos, US

Valentyn Kamyshenko(Founder)

Co-investorsTwo Bear Capital

End-to-end machine learning platform

End-to-end machine learning platform.

Enterprise data mastering at scale

Enterprise data mastering at scale.

Evolv Technologyevolvtechnology.com

Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Lux Capital

Evry Healthevryhealth.cominAcquired

Evry provides members with access to a team of nurses, nutritionists, and doctors who coordinate personalized care plans and help members navigate health services.

FintechHealthtechInsurTechWellness & FitnessDallas, US

Chris Gay(Founder)inJay Startz(Founder/COO)inMark Jamilkowski(Founder/Chief Actuary)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorZeno Ventures

FLIR SystemsinDec 2020

Fast, accurate, and touchless security and temperature screening platform for any physical space.

Wilsonville, US

James J. Cannon(Executive Officer, Director)Angus L. Macdonald(Director)Paula Cooney(Executive Officer)Steven E. Wynne(Director)Carol P. Lowe(Executive Officer)

BoardJohn D. Carter(Director)

Flureeflur.eein𝕏

Fluree provides a graph-native data layer that connects to AI agents via MCP clients such as Claude and Cursor, letting agents draw answers from a governed knowledge graph rather than a vector cache.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsWinston Salem, US

Brian Platz(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Filipowski(Director)

BoardPatricia A. Muoio(Director)inMalcolm Thorne(Director)Eric Elert(Director)Gian Fulgoni(Director)

Co-investorsGood Growth CapitalTech Square Ventures4490 VenturesAlpha PartnersAugment Ventures

Flywheel
Franz
Frictionless governance cloud platform

Delivers frictionless governance to innovate securely and efficiently in the cloud.

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 6

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

InfleqtionNYSE: INFQAmdocsNASDAQ: DOXSentinel OneNYSE: STrueraNYSE: SNOWUberNYSE: UBERPaperspaceacq. by DigitalOcean

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has SINEWAVE VENTURES made?
SINEWAVE VENTURES has 140 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does SINEWAVE VENTURES invest at?
SINEWAVE VENTURES invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What is SINEWAVE VENTURES's typical check size?
SINEWAVE VENTURES typically writes checks of $500K – $25M.
What sectors does SINEWAVE VENTURES focus on?
SINEWAVE VENTURES focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, GovTech, IoT.
Where is SINEWAVE VENTURES located?
SINEWAVE VENTURES is headquartered in Mclean, US.
Does SINEWAVE VENTURES lead rounds?
SINEWAVE VENTURES typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does SINEWAVE VENTURES co-invest with?
SINEWAVE VENTURES most often shares deals with New Enterprise Associates (NEA), DCVC (Data Collective), Y Combinator, among 274 tracked co-investors.

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708th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Yanev Suissa, SineWave Ventures

1Mby1M Roundtables · Yanev

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1Mby1M Roundtables · Yanev

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Co-investors · 12

Felicis Ventures

Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders primarily at the Seed and Series A stages, frequently leading or co-leading rounds. It operates with a founder-first approach, including a founder pledge and voting commitments.

$500K – $15M
Insight Partners

Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.

$120M – $350M
Founder Collective

Founder Collective is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital firm that invests across sectors, describing itself as sector agnostic and anti-thematic.

Both backed · 2
Foundation Capital

Foundation Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that commits to founders at the idea stage and maintains long-term relationships with portfolio companies through their growth journey.

Both backed · 2
$250K – $15M
Playground Global

Playground Global is a venture capital firm that invests in deep tech companies built by scientists and engineers, spanning next-generation compute, automation, energy, and computational biology.

Both backed · 2
$1M – $20M
Tribeca Venture Partners

Tribeca Venture Partners is a New York-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage founders using emerging technologies to build category-defining companies.

$1M – $15M
UpHonest Capital

UpHonest Capital is a Silicon Valley-based investment firm founded in 2017 that supports cross-border entrepreneurship and investment between China and the United States, and runs media, scout, and incubation programs.

$50K – $1M
Uncorrelated Ventures

Uncorrelated Ventures invests in infrastructure software

Animal Capital

Animal Capital is a $15M venture fund founded by TikTok mega-influencers Josh Richards, Griffin Johnson, and Noah Beck, who bring direct access to over 100 million combined social followers instead of traditional GP backgrounds. The fund positions itself as a complementary "influencer-capital" partner that provides instant distribution to portfolio companies through its founders' social channels while explicitly focusing on understanding and serving Gen Z consumers rather than just marketing to them.

$100K – $1M
EVE Atlas

EVE Atlas is an Atlanta-based firm focused on the logistics, aerospace, and defense sectors. Its homepage provides little additional detail about its investment model or activities.

Pegasus Tech Ventures

Pegasus Tech Ventures is a venture capital firm that offers a Venture-Capital-as-a-Service (VCaaS) model, helping corporations engage strategically with startups and turn innovation into business outcomes.

SVG Ventures | THRIVE

SVG Ventures | THRIVE is a venture and innovation platform focused on the food and agriculture industries, running startup programs, corporate innovation initiatives, and a venture fund that invests in AgTech and FoodTech companies.

$10K – $100K

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