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WAVE

Venture capitalActively deploying

Boston · 6 people tracked

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Fund manager profile

WAVE is a venture fund manager based in Boston. SEC filings show 3 venture funds on record, most recently WAVE Opportunity Fund I LP ($100M offering) filed September 2025.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings. Firm website data not yet available.

HQ
Boston, US
Founded
2017
Tracked investments
3

Team · 6 people

from public directories
David Rosenthal· General Partner
Mark Robinson· General Partnerin
Praveen Sahay· General Partner
Riley Newman· General Partnerin
Sara Adler· General Partnerin
U. Haskell Crocker· General Partnerin

What they invest in

from 2 of 3 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×2Cleantech ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1Energy ×1

HQs:United States×2

Investments · 3 tracked

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By year:2023 · 12021 · 12 dated

DataHivedatahive.ai𝕏✓ verified

DataHive provides proprietary, rights-cleared datasets — including multilingual and multi-dialect speech/audio, images, video, and eCommerce product listings and reviews — built for AI/ML training such as speech recognition, TTS, computer vision, and analytics.

AI & Machine LearningData & Infrastructure

Co-investors6th Man VenturesNural CapitalRace CapitalSide Door Ventures

Lionano SEFeb 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

Woburn, US

Siyu Huang(Executive Officer, Director)Dong Ren(Executive Officer, Director)Raymond Chang(Director)Yingchao Yu(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatPraveen Sahay· per SEC Form D · $27.2M raise · filed Feb 2021

WindESCowindesco.comJul 2023SEC filingmedium confidence

PulseSense Dynamics provides analytics and asset intelligence for owners and operators of wind and hydro power plants, integrating SCADA and sensor data in the cloud to detect performance losses and equipment health issues.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyBoston, US

Mohit Dua(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardChristopher Poynter(Director)Bernd Krainick(Director)

Board seatPraveen Sahay· per SEC Form D · $9M raise · filed Jul 2023

Co-investorsPhoenix Contact Innovation VenturesWAVE Equity PartnersABB Technology Ventures

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.

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Where is WAVE located?
WAVE is headquartered in Boston, US.

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Building Wave Capital - Sara Adler, General Partner, Wave Capital

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