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Waveup Advertising & Marketing VC Funds Directory — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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Waveup Advertising & Marketing VC Funds Directory is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm. The firm has 27 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
27 companies on record
Partners
24 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-11-04

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

27+ companies

Team

24 partners

Investment Thesis

Waveup’s directory highlights funds concentrating on commerce tech, marketing technology, and advertising technology at early stages. It is a useful source for discovering specialist investors for merchant growth software.

How Waveup Advertising & Marketing VC Funds Directory invests

Waveup Advertising & Marketing VC Funds Directory is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.

Waveup Advertising & Marketing VC Funds Directory has backed 27 companies in our records, including Paystream, Lawgen, InnovaScale AI.

Partners & Team

U

Unknown

Platform

Marketing Tech
FM

Frank Mendicino III

Co-founder

Product development
Sales
Cybersecurity
Enterprise SaaS
Managed marketplaces

Co-founder of Access Venture Partners (AVP), Westminster, Colorado. Has a strong background in product development and sales.

BW

Brian Wallace

Team member

Venture capital finance
Legal matters

Access Venture Partners team member described as an expert in venture capital finance and legal matters.

MK

Mark Kvamme

Co-founder

Technology startups outside Silicon Valley
Midwest
Healthcare
Consumer services
Information technology
Life sciences

Co-founded Drive Capital (Columbus, Ohio) in 2013; previously worked at Sequoia Capital.

CO

Chris Olsen

Co-founder

Technology startups outside Silicon Valley
Midwest
Healthcare
Consumer services
Information technology
Life sciences

Co-founded Drive Capital (Columbus, Ohio) in 2013; previously worked at Sequoia Capital.

ES

Eric Shu

Team member

Strategy
Entrepreneurship

Access Venture Partners team member with diverse experience in strategy and entrepreneurship.

AH

Alex Houghtalin

Team member

Strategy
Entrepreneurship

Access Venture Partners team member with diverse experience in strategy and entrepreneurship.

AP

Amee Parbhoo

Managing Partner

Fintech
Impact investing
Financial inclusion
Digital lending
Insurtech
MSME solutions

Managing Partner at Accion Venture Lab, with experience in fintech, impact investing, and scaling social enterprises.

RR

Rahil Rangwala

Managing Partner

Fintech
Impact investing
Financial inclusion
Digital lending
Insurtech
MSME solutions

Managing Partner at Accion Venture Lab, with experience in fintech, impact investing, and scaling social enterprises.

HN

Hany Nada

Founder

Healthcare
Financial services
Space exploration
Disruptive technologies

Co-founded ACME Capital in 2013 (San Francisco).

SP

Shervin Pishevar

Founder

Healthcare
Financial services
Space exploration
Disruptive technologies

Co-founded ACME Capital in 2013 (San Francisco).

SS

Scott Stanford

Founder

Healthcare
Financial services
Space exploration
Disruptive technologies

Co-founded ACME Capital in 2013 (San Francisco).

BY

Brian Yee

Partner

Early-stage disruptive technologies
Platform shifts
Technology breakthroughs

Partner at ACME Capital, described as bringing a wealth of expertise and a hands-on approach to investing.

AF

Alexander Fayette

Partner

Early-stage disruptive technologies
Platform shifts
Technology breakthroughs

Partner at ACME Capital, described as bringing a wealth of expertise and a hands-on approach to investing.

MD

Michael Dempsey

Founder

AI/ML
Robotics
Healthcare
Biology
Crypto
Deep tech

Founder of Compound, a thesis-driven, research-centric investment firm.

DH

David Hirsch

General Partner

AI/ML
Robotics
Healthcare
Biology
Crypto
Deep tech

General Partner at Compound.

CH

Celeste Holz-Schietinger

Venture Partner

Biology
Healthcare
Plant-based foods

Venture Partner at Compound with a background in biology; previously instrumental in creating plant-based meat products at Impossible Foods.

LG

Laurens Groenendijk

Founder

Marketplaces
Network effects
Marketplace enablers
Sustainability
Europe

Founding member of Dutch Founders Fund (Amsterdam); entrepreneur associated with Just Eat, Treatwell, and Miinto.

PK

Patrick Kerssemakers

Founder

Marketplaces
Network effects
Marketplace enablers
Sustainability
Europe

Founding member of Dutch Founders Fund (Amsterdam); entrepreneur associated with fonQ.

BB

Bas Beerens

Founder

Marketplaces
Network effects
Marketplace enablers
Sustainability
Europe

Founding member of Dutch Founders Fund (Amsterdam); entrepreneur associated with WeTransfer.

HH

Hidde Hoogcarspel

Founder

Marketplaces
Network effects
Marketplace enablers
Sustainability
Europe

Founding member of Dutch Founders Fund (Amsterdam); entrepreneur associated with Spacebuzz.

RV

Remco van Zanten

Founder

Marketplaces
Network effects
Marketplace enablers
Sustainability
Europe

Founding member of Dutch Founders Fund (Amsterdam); former Booking.com and Zalando executive.

SX

Steven Xi

Leader (Investor)

Enterprise software
Cloud infrastructure
AI
Data-driven technologies
Cloud-native
Data infrastructure

Leads Eastlink Capital (Menlo Park, California), founded in 2014.

EY

Eric Ye

Investor

Cloud-native infrastructure
Enterprise software
AI
Data infrastructure

Investor on the leadership team of Eastlink Capital with knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure.

Portfolio Companies (27)

Other

PA

Paystream

LA

Lawgen

IN

InnovaScale AI

SA

Salesify

RE

Red Canary

LO

LogRhythm

BO

Bonusly

AP

Apollo Agriculture

BA

Bababos

DU

Duolingo

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