Investor · 3 deals
Every published round Wavemaker Partners took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataMasque | Unnamed stage | 5 Jun 2026 | $5.6m | Lead | Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Fri 5 Jun 2026), SmartCompany (Tue 2 Jun 2026), OIF Ventures portfolio | |
| Language Confidence | Seed | 18 Apr 2022 | $2m | Lead | Techboard, Startup Daily (Mon 7 Mar 2022), Startup Daily (Thu 3 Mar 2022), Investible portfolio | |
| RateIt | Series A | 21 Aug 2019 | US$5m ($7.4m) | Participant | Startup News (WA) (Wed 24 Nov 2021), Startup Daily, Startup News (WA) (Wed 21 Aug 2019) |
Companies Wavemaker Partners has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataMasque | 5 Jun 2026 | 1 | 1 | |
| Language Confidence | 18 Apr 2022, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| RateIt | 21 Aug 2019, Series A | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Wavemaker Partners, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Wavemaker Partners has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Wavemaker Partners did.
Stories naming Wavemaker Partners. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Weekly roundup of seven Australian and New Zealand startup raises totalling $17 million, including two startups entering Y Combinator, plus a new QuantX Labs board director and SmartrMail's earlier sale to Relay Commerce.
DataMasque, whose platform masks customer data for AI use, has collected $5.6 million from Wavemaker Partners, OIF Ventures and Icehouse Ventures, with Wavemaker leading.
A weekly roundup reporting agrifoodtech raises including Foodology, klikit, Pulp Culture, Foodini, Isthara, Soli Organic, FlyFeed and AgriWebb, plus Getir's acquisition talks for Gorillas and other sector news.
Clinical trials platform Evrima has secured $3 million in a round led by Artesian's Sydney arm, the first deal through its new Female Leaders VC Fund, with BridgeLane Capital and Wavemaker Partners taking part.
Sydney AI English-learning startup Language Confidence has closed a seed round led by Wavemaker Partners with Investible backing, to grow its pronunciation-assessment APIs and automated English testing products.
Also Startup Daily·Techboard
Agtech firm Laconik has closed another $250,000 round via GrainInnovate and SproutX, plus a $19,000 WA entrepreneurship grant, while trialling its fertiliser recommendation technology across WA farms with a Curtin PhD graduate interning.
Customer feedback platform RateIt has closed a US$5 million Series A led by Singapore's Tin Men Capital, with Wavemaker Partners and angel backers also participating, to speed its South-East Asian expansion.