# Wayfinder Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Wayfinder Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 4 investments on record, 3 in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026.

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# Wayfinder Ventures

Last cheque observed Jun 2026; 4 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund $1.8M, Apr 2024

Pre-seed Seed Series A Software Climate Frontier Tech

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**75%** of best year **3** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **149** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$15M** Cheque size, as they say **$300K – $1.0M** Rounds led **0 of 4**

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## Wayfinder Ventures highlights

- 01 3 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> A pre-seed and seed stage venture fund From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $300K – $1.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Software Climate Frontier Tech
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2026** 3 rounds
- **Jun** **[Orbital](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbital)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$5.0M** With 14 others
- **May** **[Greenboard](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenboard)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$16M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Fazeshift](https://millionrounds.com/company/fazeshift)** Series A · US · Crunchbase News **$17M** With 5 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Garage](https://millionrounds.com/company/garage)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$14M** With 5 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

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

CD **Charles Diker** Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

MD **Mark Diker** Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

RT **Richard Thoms** Officer of the Issuer's Administrative Manager i Filing they signed

YS **Yuri Sagalov** Sole Member of Wayfinder Ventures Management, L.L.C. i Form ADV

We also 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 the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$148M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Wayfinder Ventures Management, L.L.C.
- **SEC number:** CRD 313288

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

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

[Aalo Atomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/aalo-atomics)[AirMyne](https://millionrounds.com/company/airmyne)[Albedo](https://millionrounds.com/company/albedo)[Anthrogen](https://millionrounds.com/company/anthrogen)[Astro Mechanica](https://millionrounds.com/company/astro-mechanica)[AstroForge](https://millionrounds.com/company/astroforge)[Atmos](https://millionrounds.com/company/atmos)[Augmend](https://millionrounds.com/company/augmend)[Birdie](https://millionrounds.com/company/birdie)[Browserbase](https://millionrounds.com/company/browserbase)[Cartage](https://millionrounds.com/company/cartage)[Cedana](https://millionrounds.com/company/cedana)[Classet](https://millionrounds.com/company/classet)[Cleva](https://millionrounds.com/company/cleva)[Continual](https://millionrounds.com/company/continual)[Dagger](https://millionrounds.com/company/dagger)[Dataleap](https://millionrounds.com/company/dataleap)[Decagon](https://millionrounds.com/company/decagon)[DianaHR](https://millionrounds.com/company/dianahr)[Drifting In Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/drifting-in-space)[Duplo](https://millionrounds.com/company/duplo)[Every](https://millionrounds.com/company/every)[Fazeshift](https://millionrounds.com/company/fazeshift)[Finmark](https://millionrounds.com/company/finmark)[Finni Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/finni-health)[Fix](https://millionrounds.com/company/fix)[Garage](https://millionrounds.com/company/garage)[Greenboard](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenboard)[Halfdays](https://millionrounds.com/company/halfdays)[Hosta Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/hosta-labs)[Hotglue](https://millionrounds.com/company/hotglue)[Konta](https://millionrounds.com/company/konta)[LanceDB](https://millionrounds.com/company/lancedb)[Lantern](https://millionrounds.com/company/lantern)[Ligo Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/ligo-biosciences)[Lowkey](https://millionrounds.com/company/lowkey)[Luminai](https://millionrounds.com/company/luminai)[Lunar](https://millionrounds.com/company/lunar)[Marr Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/marr-labs)[ModernLoop](https://millionrounds.com/company/modernloop)[Openlayer](https://millionrounds.com/company/openlayer)[Oway](https://millionrounds.com/company/oway)[Patterns](https://millionrounds.com/company/patterns)[Paylode](https://millionrounds.com/company/paylode)[PeerDB](https://millionrounds.com/company/peerdb)[Pierre](https://millionrounds.com/company/pierre)[Prospa](https://millionrounds.com/company/prospa)[SalaryBox](https://millionrounds.com/company/salarybox)[Semantic Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/semantic-health)[Shorebird](https://millionrounds.com/company/shorebird)[Stoke Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/stoke-space)[Strac](https://millionrounds.com/company/strac)[Strada](https://millionrounds.com/company/strada)[Sunlight](https://millionrounds.com/company/sunlight)[Supabase](https://millionrounds.com/company/supabase)[Terminal](https://millionrounds.com/company/terminal)[Trigger.dev](https://millionrounds.com/company/trigger-dev)[Twenty](https://millionrounds.com/company/twenty)[Ubicloud](https://millionrounds.com/company/ubicloud)[Unbound Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/unbound-security) and 25 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.

Latest fund on file

**$1.8M**

raised in Apr 2024

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$15M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 4 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $300K – $1.0M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jun 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *3*
- Seed said *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Wayfinder Ventures put money into.

[**Orbital** $5.0M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbital)[**Greenboard** $16M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenboard)[**Fazeshift** $17M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fazeshift)[**Garage** $14M · Aug 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/garage)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Wayfinder Ventures in their description, not their title.

- [Equity](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/equity) 21 Feb 2026 · 43 min Build Mode: Compensation, culture, and cap tables with Yuri Sagalov, GeneralCatalyst With [Yuri Sagalov](https://millionrounds.com/person/yuri-sagalov) Mentions [Wayfinder Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wayfinder-ventures) Apple Podcasts

## Quick answers about Wayfinder Ventures

### What does Wayfinder Ventures invest in?

Wayfinder Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Software, Climate and Frontier Tech.

### How active is Wayfinder Ventures?

4 investments on record, 3 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jun 2026.

### What has Wayfinder Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Orbital (Seed, Jun 2026), Greenboard (Series A, May 2026) and Fazeshift (Series A, May 2026).

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

The median round it joins is $15M. It says it writes cheques of $300K to $1.0M.

### Is Wayfinder Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 3 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Wayfinder Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Y Combinator (3 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Wayfinder Ventures?

Wayfinder Ventures is a VC firm based in San Francisco, United States.

### How much does Wayfinder Ventures manage?

About $148M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

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