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Great Wave Ventures
Venture capital · New York, NY, United States · North America
Great Wave Ventures is a New York based early-stage venture capital firm investing in technology that raises productivity across the industrial economy. It writes checks of $250K to $1M and has invested in 80 startups since 2021, including 32 from Y Combinator.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningReal Estate & ConstructionIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsphysical airoboticsautomationconstruction techlogisticsspace tech
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Or find every investor that fitsGreat Wave Ventures lists 59 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (21%), Real Estate & Construction (20%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (16%). 85% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Multimodal Ventures and Soma Capital.
No funding round on record names Great Wave Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Great Wave Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 59. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 21% | 18% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 20% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 16% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 9% | 1% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 25 |
| Multimodal Ventures | 4 |
| Soma Capital | 4 |
| Aera VC | 3 |
| Sterling Road | 3 |
| Cantos | 2 |
| Founder Factor | 2 |
| FundersClub | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 88th | 59 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 19th | 21% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5797%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company23%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Great Wave Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
59 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops tactile sensing hardware for robotics | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Airgoods distributes products to grocery stores | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Allium designs and manufactures coated rebar technology for steel construction materials | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides industrial intelligence for manufacturing using foundation models and model-powered solutions | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Alven AI provides an AI-powered property management service | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aravolta provides infrastructure, building, and power software for data centers to monitor, control, and manage assets via API. | Enterprise SoftwareReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Armadillo provides home warranty services, covering the costs of repairs and replacements of major appliances and systems in homes. | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Array Labs designs, builds, and operates radar satellites and radar sensor systems for Earth observation and elevation mapping. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Atomarine develops and deploys offshore power and compute infrastructure platforms | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Bedrock Energy provides geothermal heating and cooling systems for buildings using ground-source heat pumps. | EducationReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| BotCrew builds rugged, multi-purpose machines and the intelligence that lets them take on new outdoor work. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Branch sells furniture for home offices and workplaces. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Cadence OneFive provides services for multifamily retrofits and portfolio optimization for real estate owners and lenders. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI-powered operations for commercial real estate asset managers | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Culdesac develops walkable communities with residential and commercial spaces | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| DaisyChain Energy is an AI-enabled software platform for electrification, monitoring, decarbonization, and compliance. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| DataLabs Inc. develops and provides cloud services that utilize 3D data to transform the construction industry, including automatic 3D modeling and infrastructure maintenance systems. | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Datoric provides data for the next generation of physical AI | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Dispatch builds and operates space logistics vehicles for cargo return and satellite manufacturing | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Denver Life Sciences captures and shares body signals, starting with hydration level, to empower individuals to take control of their health | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- greatwave.vc
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 59
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