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Waves Capital Partners
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Waves Capital Partners is an investment firm that backs European deeptech and hardware founders, investing its own capital deal by deal and opening opportunities to a curated network of co-investors. It typically leads with its own capital and prefers a co-investor role, with flexibility to lead or co-lead when appropriate.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsdeeptechhardwarequantumphotonicsedge aisensing
Your fit with Waves Capital Partners
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Or find every investor that fitsWaves Capital Partners lists 12 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (40%), Healthcare & Biotech (15%) and AI & Machine Learning (15%). 55% of its companies are based in Netherlands. It invests most often alongside Cottonwood Technology Fund, DeepTech Capital Partners and Ground State Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Waves Capital Partners, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Waves Capital Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 12. 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.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 33% |
| Series A | 67% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 30th | 12 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 64th | 33% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 95th | 25% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 73th | 40% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 40% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 15% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Fintech | 5% | 12% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 5% | 1% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 5% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Cottonwood Technology Fund | 2 |
| DeepTech Capital Partners | 2 |
| Ground State Ventures | 2 |
| imec.xpand | 2 |
| 3LB Seed Capital | 1 |
| Backed | 1 |
| Bitfury | 1 |
| CDP Venture Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers12100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Cottonwood Technology Fund
Compare Waves Capital Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Waves Capital Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jul 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 4 Dec 2025 | Series A | |
| 3 Dec 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Waves Capital Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Waves Capital Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
12 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axelera.ai develops and provides AI accelerators and related software and systems for various industries and applications. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| CloudNC integrates AI with computer-aided manufacturing software to generate machining strategies and toolpaths | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Daisy Genomics develops genomic research technology to fill gaps in genomics research, diagnostics, therapeutics, and drug development. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Delft Circuits designs, manufactures, and validates quantum I/O infrastructure, including superconducting cables, in-house. | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Dec 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Innatera designs and develops neuromorphic computing technology for edge devices | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Insify provides insurance services for freelancers and entrepreneurs. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Keiron develops and provides precision stencil-free solder paste printing technology for the SMT industry | Industrial & Manufacturing | Jul 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| OrangeQS develops test solutions for quantum chips | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Orq.ai provides an AI platform for controlling and shipping software with AI-powered workflows | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Dec 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| QphoX is pioneering the future of quantum computing by bridging the gap between classical and quantum technologies. | Industrial & ManufacturingRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Quantum Motion is building utility-scale quantum computers based on silicon technology | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Xavveo develops and provides photonic radar technology for autonomous systems and various applications | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- wavescapitalpartners.com
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 3 Dec 2025
- Companies checked
- 12
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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