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Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures

Venture capital

Seed · 3 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Whoa Ventures is a seed-stage technology investor that backs early-stage founders, often as a smaller participant in seed rounds while providing outsized hands-on support. The firm emphasizes practical founder assistance such as industry and investor introductions, help with hiring and sourcing talent, go-to-market and product strategy, and fundraising advice. With over 50 companies invested in across areas like B2B software, cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, fintech, healthtech and cleantech, Whoa positions itself as a supportive, fast-moving partner that invests in companies that make them say 'whoa'.

Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.

Stage
Seed
Instruments
Equity
Tracked investments
29

Team · 3 people

from the firm's website & public directories

What they invest in

from 22 of 29 portfolio companies

SaaS ×11AI & Machine Learning ×9Enterprise Software ×8Developer Tools ×5Data & Infrastructure ×4Future of Work ×4Cloud Computing ×3Fintech ×3

HQs:United States×13Canada×2South Korea×1Nigeria×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 16 portfolio companies
50%
solo founders
8 of 16 mapped founding teams
62%
repeat founders
of 21 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×82 founders×43 founders×34+ founders×1

Where their founders studiedfrom 19 founders with education data

Imperial College London ×2Royal College of Art ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×8Engineering ×6Business & Management ×2Economics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 21 founders with career history

Atlassian ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×6

2 founders hold a PhD (of 21 with degree data)

Investments · 29 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2022 · 12016 · 12 dated

Alto IRAaltoira.comin𝕏

Alto operates a platform for self-directed IRAs, letting individuals fund retirement accounts via IRA transfers, employer-plan rollovers, or cash contributions and invest those funds in private markets.

FintechMarketplacesSaaS

Eric Satz(Founder)in

Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAdvance Venture PartnersAlpha Edisonalphabet angelsAlumni VenturesAmplify.LA+20 more

Bambooinvestbamboo.comin𝕏Seed

Bamboo is an investment platform that enables users in Africa to invest in U.S. stocks, ETFs, real estate investment trusts, and other asset classes with minimum investments starting at $10.

FintechLagos, NG

Richmond Bassey(Founder)inYanmo Omorogbe(Founder)in

Co-investors2080 VenturesAjim CapitalExpansion Venture CapitalFuture AfricaGreycroftHoaQ+23 more

BootstrapMadebootstrapmade.com

BootstrapMade offers professional Bootstrap website and admin dashboard templates, plus a Bootstrap Builder, for developers, businesses, and creatives building sites such as portfolios, corporate pages, and SaaS back offices.

Developer ToolsSaaS

Careswitchcareswitch.comin𝕏

Careswitch offers Looper, an AI scheduling tool for home care agencies that handles same-day caregiver call-outs by rebuilding visit routes, ranking replacement caregivers, drafting outreach messages, and escalating uncovered visits.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthSaaS

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)Great Oaks Venture CapitalNat TurnerRemarkable VenturesThird Act Ventures+1 more

Clearygocleary.comin𝕏

Cleary builds an employee experience platform that helps organizations connect employees and scale culture through internal communication and company information sharing.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Thomas Kunjappu(Founder)

Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalMoonshots CapitalSeaChangeBlumberg CapitalFoundersX VenturesGradient Ventures+1 more

Correlatedgetcorrelated.com

New York City, US

John Pena(Founder)

Co-investorsApex Group

Eanovationseano.comin

Eano Pro is a construction management software platform for contractors and remodeling businesses, offering AI-powered estimating, CRM, project tracking, change order management, and invoicing in one system.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechPropTechSaaSSales Tech

Stella Wu(CEO and Co-founder)in

Co-investorsCeltic House Asia PartnersNewfund Capital

Epic Cleantecepiccleantec.comin𝕏

Epic Cleantec develops modular water reuse systems for buildings to recycle onsite wastewater in sustainable construction projects.

Circular EconomyCleantechClimate TechConstruction TechPropTech

Aaron Tartakovsky(Founder)in

Co-investorsEcho River CapitalJ-ImpactJ-VenturesCoinbase Ventures

Epinomaepinoma.cominSeed

Epinoma develops EpiAmp, a methyl-preserving amplification technology to analyze epigenetic changes and methylation patterns for applications in disease detection, drug development, and patient stratification.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US

Varun Govil(Founder)inZhijian Li(Founder)inIshan Goyal

Co-investorsGaingelsJude GomilaSurf Club VCY CombinatorAsymmetry VenturesSeaX Ventures+2 more

Estuaryestuary.devin𝕏

Estuary provides a real-time data platform that helps companies harness and stream their data.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

David Yaffe(Founder)inJohnny Graettinger(Founder)

Co-investorsBreakpoint CapitalEudemian VenturesGaingelsM13Swift VenturesVinthera+1 more

Factionfaction.usin𝕏Defunct

Faction develops a hybrid autonomous vehicle platform called DriveLink that combines autonomy with remote human assistance (TeleAssist) for driverless fleet operations.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationRoboticsSan Francisco, US

Ain McKendrick(Founder)inDanish Raza(Founder)Kunal Barman(Founder)Andrea Mariotti(Vice President of Vehicle Engineering)Mike Lowe(Vice President of Mechanical Design Engineering)Andrea Borbely(VIce President Operations \u0026 Finance)

Co-investorsDell Technologies CapitalFifty YearsFlucas VenturesKube VCTDK VenturesUncorrelated Ventures+9 more

Fathomfathom.aiin𝕏

Fathom provides AI-powered meeting intelligence that automatically captures notes, summaries, and transcripts while surfacing decisions and action items across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Richard White(Founder)inLumen Sivitz(Head of Talent)Ryan Hoskin(Head of Success)James Peterson(Product Analytics)Shaun Dunning(Principal Software Engineer)Casey Corcoran(Senior UX Engineer)

Co-investorsACTAI VenturesEarl Grey CapitalFounders NetworkImmeasurableMaven VenturesRackhouse Venture Management Lp+19 more

Hyperbeamhyperbeam.comin𝕏Seed

Hyperbeam provides a remote desktop and mobile embedding platform that allows developers to embed any third-party website or application directly into web apps with synchronized audio and video for multiple participants.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareWaterloo, CA

Philip Scott(Founder)inAmbareesh Balaji(Founder)inDeclan Goncalves

Co-investorsPioneerY CombinatorForge Ventures

Immersedimmersed.comin𝕏

Immersed develops VR software that creates portable, distraction-free workspaces for remote workers to improve focus and productivity.

Future of WorkHardwareCincinnati, US

Renji Bijoy(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

Co-investorsDipalo VenturesTechstarsTribes VenturesLongJump Ventures

Indexindex.ioDefunct

Index provides data quality and management infrastructure for law firms, ensuring contact, company, and matter data remains accurate and enriched continuously through automated monitoring and verification integrated with existing systems.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSales TechSan Francisco, US

Denis Anscomb(CEO)inCezar Grigore(Founder)inT.J. Duane(Founder)Andreas Zoellner(Founder)Christian Iacullo(Founder)inEduardo Portet(Founder)in

Co-investors2.12 AngelsY Combinator10x FoundersAbstract VenturesBlackbird VenturesBlue Moon+2 more

Jetdocsjetdocs.ioinSeed

Jetdocs is a ticketing and workflow management platform that integrates directly with Microsoft Teams and Slack, enabling organizations to build customizable approval processes and request workflows within their existing messaging infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSToronto, CA

Andrew Dolinski(Founder)inAlex Kovalev(Founder)in

Co-investorsWaterloo Accelerator CentreY CombinatorPAX ANGELS, LLC

JustPointjustpoint.comin

JustPoint aggregates health and safety data from proprietary sources and government agencies and applies AI to detect data gaps and surface health risks that may be incomplete or delayed in disclosure.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHealthtechBoulder, US

Victor Bornstein, PhD(Founder)inOleksandr Zakharchuk(Founder)Victor Bornstein(Founder)

Co-investorsAcross Capital PartnersAmino CapitalBeresford VenturesBeyond CapitalCharge VCDeep Acre+12 more

KarmaCheckkarmacheck.cominJan 2022

KarmaCheck provides technology-based background checks, credentialing, and compliance solutions for staffing and healthcare companies, with emphasis on speed and candidate experience.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Eric Ly(Co-founder & CEO)inMark Lieberwitz(Founder)in

BoardMichael Lazerow(Director)

Co-investorsNextView VenturesParameter VenturesAAF Management Ltd.Alumni VenturesMGV.VCOne Way Ventures+4 more

Knockknock.appin𝕏

Knock is an AI-native customer engagement platform that lets teams build and send product, marketing, and transactional messaging across email, SMS, push, chat, and in-app channels from one place.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechSaaSSeattle, US

Thomas Petry(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Demetri Themelis(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Co-investorsAfore CapitalCraft VenturesExpaMadrona Venture GroupRRE VenturesSunflower Capital Management Fund+10 more

Oxiooxio.cain

Francis Careau(Founder)inMarc-André Campagna(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlockchain CoinvestorsFlucas VenturesKube VCFuture Perfect VenturesKing River CapitalMONASHEES+2 more

QuotaBookquotabook.comin𝕏

Quotabook provides investor relations management software for Korean startups and enterprises, enabling end-to-end management of fundraising, investor reporting, and financial data.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSeoul, KR

Andy Choi(Founder)inDan HongPilseon Jun

Co-investorsDraper AssociatesElefundShorooq PartnersY CombinatorAccess VenturesCapstone Partners Korea+4 more

Sisu Globalsisuglobal.health

Designed Hemafuse, a manual autotransfusion device that recycles blood during internal bleeding without electricity.

Carolyn Yarina(Cofounder)

Co-investorsFINCA VenturesMaryland TEDCOTEDCOCamden PartnersRevolutionRise of the Rest Seed

Sisu Global Healthsisuglobalhealth.comApr 2016

HealthtechBaltimore, US

Carolyn Reed Yarina(Executive Officer, Director)Katherine Kirsch(Executive Officer, Director)Gillian Henker(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsBelle Impact FundCatalio Capital Management, LPCamden PartnersCatalio AccessGolden SeedsRevolution+1 more

Spaero Biospaero.bio

Spaero Bio builds technology for scientists to automate life science experiments that are currently performed by hand.

Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)AIX VenturesAlleyCorpCompoundSpacecadet VenturesAlley Robotics Ventures+2 more

Storyboarderstoryboarder.comin𝕏Seed

Sumugi is a 3D creation and 2D composition tool designed for visual storytellers including comic creators, writers, and hobbyists.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentNew York City, US

Charles Forman(Founder)inJoe Watkins(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlitzscaling VenturesPioneerRebel FundY CombinatorAttack Capitalchaotic capital+7 more

Timbervector.dev

Vector is an open-source tool for collecting, transforming, and routing logs and metrics through configurable pipelines.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

IntelloJustplaySpaero

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures made?
Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures has 29 tracked investments.
What stage does Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures invest at?
Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures invests at the Seed stage.
What sectors does Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures focus on?
Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures focuses on Cloud Computing, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
Who does Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures co-invest with?
Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Flucas Ventures, among 119 tracked co-investors.

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