About Us
Early Growth Equity for Clean Energy, Food, Waste and Water Companies
EXPERIENCE
The team has successfully invested in industrial growth companies for 100+ years…
STRATEGY
WAVE invests in emerging market leaders in energy, food and water industries…
PURPOSE
We provide capital and resources necessary to fully exploit a company’s potential…
ESG IMPACT
WAVE invests in essential industries, critical for a healthy planet and harmonious society…
People
Team members share a common respect for the power of technology and entrepreneurship.
OUR TEAM
Charlie is responsible for the oversight of the Fund’s finance and administrative activities, information technology and financial reporting to the Limited Partners.
Haskell has over 20 years of private investing experience and has led and participated in over 60 rounds of financing and exits.
Mark in his early career ran a manufacturing facility that made specialty hydraulic pumps for the aerospace and heavy equipment markets.
Bob started as a US Marine and later turned his attention to expanding US influence around the world through business.
Praveen is a nuclear physicist and gained experiences in oil exploration, petrochemicals and power industries.
Chip has a distinguished career in the energy industry.
OPERATING PARTNERS AND ADVISORS
Phil Cooper has 30 years of experience in alternative asset management as an entrepreneur, principal investor, fund investor, and secondary investor.
Dr. Stanislaw is an internationally respected advisor to countries and corporations on strategies to deal with opportunities and risks in international energy markets.
Thomas founded three companies; each experienced rapid growth, became market leaders, and all three companies achieved successful Initial Public Offerings.
Mark has over 11 years of experience in private equity and over 20 years of experience in the global energy sector, as well as clean energy and clean technologies.
Mirko is a Director and Co-Head of the Infrastructure and Energy at Deutsche Bank Private Equity GmbH.
Pete Nicholas is co-founder and chairman of the board of Boston Scientific Corporation.
Richard is a veteran international financial leader.
Investment
We empower companies that are making essential industries cleaner, more efficient and affordable
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
We support the expansion of portfolio companies to new industries and markets…
INVESTMENT CRITERIA
Rapidly growing companies with strong IP that are solving large market needs…
INVESTMENT STYLE
WAVE is a constructive active investor that seeks influential equity positions…
VALUE ADD
WAVE generates strong returns by sourcing innovative industrial companies…
Portfolio
Our investment choices are driven by economic value, responsibility, risk containment and collaboration
News
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Cost-effective solution for FGD wastewater treatment
With the treatment of flue gas desulphurization wastewater becoming mandatory in coal-fired plants, Prakash Govindan and Zhifeng Fan make the case for Carrier Gas Extraction as a cost-effective and performance-boosting solution. Flue gas desulphurization (FGD) wastewaters are produced at coal-fired power plants in increasing quantities as the regulation on air emissions is tightened worldwide...
Mobile evaporator deployed in Marcellus
With the recent upward, albeit gradual, trend in oil prices, a degree of cautious optimism has returned to the oil industry. Last week, oil climbed above $50/bbl and the US rig count was up for the sixth straight week. If Boston-based Gradiant has its way, its deployment of mobile evaporators may soon be another metric used to gauge exploration and production activity. Since it was founded four years ago, the company has focused on treating produced water. Its initial product was a humidification...
Gradiant enters China’s industrial water treatment market
BOSTON, October 12, 2016 – Gradiant, a technology company specializing in industrial water solutions and innovations, today announced that it is currently developing six brine concentration projects in China, two of which are in final stages of negotiation. The company is working with Shanghai Electric, a Hong Kong and Shanghai listed enterprise and one of China’s largest mechanical and electrical equipment manufacturers, to secure the contracts...