# Wakestream Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Wakestream Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 7 investments on record, latest Aug 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/wakestream-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Wakestream Ventures

Last cheque observed Aug 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Photonics Physical Sciences Deep-tech

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **2616** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$150K – $1.5M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Wakestream Ventures highlights

- 01 7 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 80% of its rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $150K – $1.5M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Photonics Physical Sciences Deep-tech
- **Based in:** Grand Rapids, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Orbion](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbion)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$9.2M** With 5 others
- **2018** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Jiobit](https://millionrounds.com/company/jiobit)** US · Chicagobusiness **$6.5M** With 7 others
- **Oct** **[Shoulder Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/shoulder-innovations)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$2.5M** With 3 others
- **2017** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[Blue Medora](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-medora)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$8.0M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Jool Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/jool-health)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$4.5M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Work Truck](https://millionrounds.com/company/work-truck)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Jiobit](https://millionrounds.com/company/jiobit)** US · FinSMEs **$3.0M** With 9 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **3** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**32** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Airspacelink](https://millionrounds.com/company/airspace-link)[Aobiome](https://millionrounds.com/company/aobiome)[Ballotready](https://millionrounds.com/company/ballotready)[Basicblock](https://millionrounds.com/company/basicblock)[CERTIFID](https://millionrounds.com/company/certifid)[Digitalpoweroptimization](https://millionrounds.com/company/digital-power-optimization)[Hydrahost](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydra-host)[Indigov](https://millionrounds.com/company/indigov)[Jiobit](https://millionrounds.com/company/jiobit)[Mentavi](https://millionrounds.com/company/mentavi)[Openloophealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/openloop-health)[PLAYVS](https://millionrounds.com/company/playvs)[PORTFOLIA](https://millionrounds.com/company/portfolia)[Poppyflowers](https://millionrounds.com/company/poppy-flowers)[Proteinpints](https://millionrounds.com/company/protein-pints)[SOLS](https://millionrounds.com/company/sols)[Scanalyticsinc](https://millionrounds.com/company/scanalytics-inc)[Scorbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/scorbit)[Senscy](https://millionrounds.com/company/senscy)[Shoulderinnovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/shoulder-innovations)[Sportsmantracker](https://millionrounds.com/company/sportsman-tracker)[Sunflower-labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/sunflower-labs)[Theodysseyonline](https://millionrounds.com/company/odyssey)[Varsitynewsnetwork](https://millionrounds.com/company/varsity-news-network)[Webai](https://millionrounds.com/company/webai)[Worktrucksolutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/work-truck-solutions)[Xplore](https://millionrounds.com/company/xplore)[ad adapted](https://millionrounds.com/company/adadapted)[magicpsoon](https://millionrounds.com/company/magic-spoon)[roost](https://millionrounds.com/company/roost)[workit](https://millionrounds.com/company/workit-health)[zipments](https://millionrounds.com/company/zipments) Atlasground Bindplane EXO Facilityhealthinc Gomaxone Groveorthopaedics Hippomanager Justwallet Magnesiumdevelopment Modalyst Orbionspace Orthoforge Pinksandgreens Respondwell Sharrowmarine Tryskillo Waldologs alsentis amb benefit green health jonas kum move nom poln seamless and 3 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$5.0M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $150K – $1.5M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *2*
- Series B said *2*
- Seed said *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2017 2019

Often in the room with

- [Lior Ron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lior-ron) 2
- [MATH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/math-venture-partners) 2
- [Michigan Angel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michigan-angel-fund) 2
- [Sandalphon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sandalphon-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Wakestream Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Lior Ron** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lior-ron)[**MATH Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/math-venture-partners)[**Michigan Angel Fund** Angel network **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michigan-angel-fund)[**Sandalphon Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sandalphon-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Wakestream Ventures put money into.

[**Jiobit** $6.5M · Nov 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/jiobit)[**Shoulder Innovations** $2.5M · Oct 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/shoulder-innovations)[**Blue Medora** $8.0M · Oct 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-medora)[**Jool Health** $4.5M · Oct 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/jool-health)

## Quick answers about Wakestream Ventures

### What does Wakestream Ventures invest in?

Wakestream Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Photonics, Physical Sciences and Deep-tech.

### How active is Wakestream Ventures?

7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2019.

### What has Wakestream Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Orbion (Series A, Aug 2019), Jiobit (Undisclosed round, Nov 2018) and Shoulder Innovations (Series A, Oct 2018).

### How big are Wakestream Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.0M. It says it writes cheques of $150K to $1.5M.

### Does Wakestream Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Wakestream Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Wakestream Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Aug 2019.

### Who does Wakestream Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Lior Ron (2 rounds together), MATH Venture Partners (2 rounds together) and Michigan Angel Fund (2 rounds together).

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