Strategy

WAVE’s purpose is to find and empower innovative solutions that create high growth businesses and also nourish our ecosystem.  The essential markets – clean energy, food, water, and waste – are critical for supporting lives and dignity of people.  They also present compelling opportunities to hedge against inflation and generate long-term profits.  We believe in maintaining a small and selective portfolio of high conviction companies, ensuring that each company receives our full attention.

Underserved Needs

The markets are looking for more efficient and scalable solutions but suffer from a severe capital mismatch.   The traditional energy investors (the PE firms) do not invest in companies at early stages of growth.  On the other hand, the tech investors (the VC firms) focus on software companies rather than industrial companies with manufacturing operations.  WAVE possesses the right expertise to select efficiency and impact leaders in the Clean Energy, Food, Water and Specialty Materials industries.

Underserved Needs

The markets are looking for more efficient and scalable solutions but suffer from a severe capital mismatch.   The traditional energy investors (the PE firms) do not invest in companies at early stages of growth.  On the other hand, the tech investors (the VC firms) focus on software companies rather than industrial companies with manufacturing operations.  WAVE possesses the right expertise to select efficiency and impact leaders in the Clean Energy, Food, Water and Specialty Materials industries.

Growth Financing

WAVE typically allocates $15-20 million per company over two or more rounds and deploys additional capital through affiliated co-investors as necessary. We acquire influential ownership positions and assist the company in building strong leadership teams and operations that would position the company to win a disproportionate share of the markets within 2-4 years.

Growth Financing

WAVE typically allocates $15-20 million per company over two or more rounds and deploys additional capital through affiliated co-investors as necessary. We acquire influential ownership positions and assist the company in building strong leadership teams and operations that would position the company to win a disproportionate share of the markets within 2-4 years.

Alignment of Interest

Our companies often possess platform characteristics; their core innovations can be applied to diverse geographic and industrial markets. So, WAVE helps the companies capture economic value from one or more markets, maximizing their impact and creating extraordinary value for the founders. The Fund reserves capital for funding future market expansions, and assures that the founders retain winning equity stakes in their ventures.

Alignment of Interest

Our companies often possess platform characteristics; their core innovations can be applied to diverse geographic and industrial markets. So, WAVE helps the companies capture economic value from one or more markets, maximizing their impact and creating extraordinary value for the founders. The Fund reserves capital for funding future market expansions, and assures that the founders retain winning equity stakes in their ventures.