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Westbound Equity Partners

Last cheque observed Jan 2026; 4 cheques on record.

VC firmDeploying nowNew fund, Dec 2025

SeedSeries ASeries BFintechClimateHR

Deploying now
50%of best year2cheques in 12 months, 4 on record
Since the last cheque289days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$6.7MRounds led2 of 4
Pitch Westbound Equity Partners

Westbound Equity Partners highlights

  1. 01

    2 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series C: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 2 rounds

What they do

At Westbound, we invest financial and social capital into exceptional ventures led by visionary, values-aligned teams.From their own website
Type
VC firm
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
FintechClimateHR
Based in
Menlo Park, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first4 appearances

  1. 2026

    1 round

  2. Jan
    AnotherSeed · US · TechCrunch$2.5MLed
  3. 2025

    3 rounds

  4. Dec
    EsusuSeries C · US · TechStartups$50MLed
  5. Aug
    Welcome TechUS · TechStartups$7.5MWith 9 others
  6. Aug
    Lava PaymentsSeed · US · TechCrunch$5.8MWith 3 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 registration2 named

IMIan Miles BeadleVice President and Chief Operating OfficeriForm ADV
SMSean Manchi MendyPresident of the Issuer's Sole MemberiFiling they signed

We also hold 4 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

$146Massets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
Legal name
Westbound Equity Management, LLC
SEC number
CRD 306955

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

26 of 44 we have independently watched raise

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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.

Recently backed

The latest companies Westbound Equity Partners put money into.

Quick answers about Westbound Equity Partners

What does Westbound Equity Partners invest in?

Westbound Equity Partners invests most often at Seed and Series C (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Fintech, Climate and HR.

How active is Westbound Equity Partners?

4 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Jan 2026.

What has Westbound Equity Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Another (Seed, Jan 2026), Esusu (Series C, Dec 2025) and Welcome Tech (Aug 2025).

How big are Westbound Equity Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.7M.

Is Westbound Equity Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is Westbound Equity Partners?

Westbound Equity Partners is a VC firm based in Menlo Park, United States.

How much does Westbound Equity Partners manage?

About $146M, as regulatory assets under management (Oct 2026).

Has Westbound Equity Partners raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Dec 2025.

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