Wavemaker Management, LLC
Wavemaker: Southeast Asia Early-Stage VC investing in Enterprise, Deep Tech, and Sustainability startups solving key regional problems.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
17 additional team members, 12 additional co-investors and affiliates, 45 additional investments, funds and LPs, 6 verified contacts (3 professional url, 2 published business email, 1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 1 companynew in 12 months
1 new company in the last 12 months.
A firm writing cheques this quarter is one a founder can pitch now.
- 3 dealswith Maam GP Pty
Invests most often alongside Maam GP Pty (3 shared deals).
pair last observed on record 30 Sep 2026, not a deal date · The firms it syndicates with are the likeliest to see the same deals and to fill out its rounds.
Measuredshared rounds and portfolio companies on recordFor Founders building a round, co-investorsCo-investors →
People to know
View all people- Managing PartnerWhy: Managing partner: runs the firmProfile
- Principal, InvestmentWhy: Principal on the deal teamNo route on file yet
- PartnerWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionNo route on file yet
Relationship network
84 connected entities1 observed round
From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.
Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.
Click any name or line for the rounds and sources behind it. Line weight is rounds together; dashed lines are inferred.
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- Company
- Fund or vehicle
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›How strength and recency are read
Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.
Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.
How am I connected?
Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to Wavemaker Management, LLC: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.
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Investing
48 companies on record, 1 new in 12 months
Investments on record
What these amounts mean“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.Acquired, Public, Exited and Active are what the firm’s own portfolio card says, read on the date shown when you hover the chip; they are not deal dates. A company with no chip is one whose card states no outcome: DFX does not assume it is active.| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glints | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Company website |
| Privyr | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Company website |
| >100M | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- ai, enterprise software, biotech, climate, deep tech, hardware, cybersecurity, proptech, logistics, industrial, media, b2b
- Stages
- seed, series a, series b, early
- Geography
- asia, emerging markets, europe, global, silicon valley, singapore, southeast, usa
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
26 current, 0 departed
Decision makers
- Eric Manlunas · Managing PartnerWhy this person: Managing partner: runs the firm; Named with investment responsibility; Confirmed current on the firm's own site 2026-10-01LinkedIn or profile link on file (firm website, their bio on the firm's website), confirmed 2026-10-01, confidence 90%
- Danika Ariadna · Principal, InvestmentWhy this person: Principal on the deal team; Named with investment responsibility
- David Allen Siemer · PartnerWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibility
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. 1 with a route on file. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
Investment team
How the team is orderedPartners who lead rounds first (rounds led, then deals attributed, then seniority), then the rest of the investment team, then investor relations, finance and operations. A person named by two sources under two spellings is shown once.- Managing Partner
- Partner
- Principal, Investment
Contacts
2 published business email, 1 firm phone, 3 professional url on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
1 vehicle, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
What these amounts meanGAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wavemaker Partners V LP | Fund | 2018 form d first sale | Harvest | $30.5M Jan 23, 2020 | 19 | $4.3M of $75.0M | Jun 13, 2018 |
Limited partners
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areEach commitment is counted once across the pension tape and the allocator graph. A commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the report date. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value, never a commitment. Rows without a fund on the venture graph are commitments to this manager.Relationships across DFX
15 co-investors
Co-investors
- 2026-09-303 shared deals · recurring
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time · they led 1
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
Evidence and history
4 dated events, 30 observations from 2 sources
Timeline
- Jan 23, 2020Wavemaker Management, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)
- Jan 23, 2020Wavemaker Partners III LP first reported on Form ADV by Wavemaker Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $64,119,669
- Jan 23, 2020Siemer Ventures II LP first reported on Form ADV by Wavemaker Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $51,094,903
- Jan 23, 2020Wavemaker Partners V LP first reported on Form ADV by Wavemaker Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $30,548,349
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Jan 23, 2020 · 3 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Santa Monica, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- wavemaker.vc
- SEC adviser type
- Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- Venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Jan 23, 2020
- Private funds reported
- 3 (3 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $146Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- Frontera Group, LLC (Owner), owns 50% to 75%
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%)Venture manager, reported GAV $30.5M across 1 vehicle
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC exemption claimed | Venture capital fund adviser | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV |
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2020-01-23 | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2020-01-23 | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, CA | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 3 | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $146M | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | Asia, emerging markets, europe, global, silicon valley, singapore, southeast, usa “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | Asia, emerging markets, europe, global, silicon valley, singapore, southeast, usa “geography words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, enterprise software, biotech, climate, deep tech, hardware, cybersecurity, proptech, logistics, industrial, media, B2B “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | AI, enterprise software, biotech, climate, deep tech, hardware, cybersecurity, proptech, logistics, industrial, media, B2B “sector words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Seed, series a, series b, early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | Seed, series a, series b, early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | |
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Venture funds reported | 3 | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Jan 23, 2020 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 15, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersMicro VC, confirmed · 3 filing advisers share this firmShowHide
Venture manager, reported GAV $30.5M across 1 vehicle
This firm files as 3 advisers on wavemaker.vc: Wavemaker Pacific Partners Pte. Ltd., Wavemaker Partners. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.
- importance
- gav: 0.35 · funds: 0.08 · people: 0.88 · investments: 0.63 · co investors: 0.48
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0.13 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: 2026-06-22
- emerging manager
- fund count: 1 · reported gav: $146M · first adv filing: 2020-01-23 · years since first filing: 6.7
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Split out2026-09-14
- Merged in2026-09-14
- Adviser's first ADV filing2020-01-23source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.