- Wavemaker Partners has confirmed that it has secured a US$60-million first close for its US$100-million third Southeast Asian fund, from a pool of investors such as Pavilion Capital, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Temasek Holdings.
- Other investors or Limited Partners (LPs) who invested in the fund include the family offices of the co-founders of US-headquartered companies such as Microsoft (Vulcan) and Facebook (EE Capital), besides Singapore’s Keppel Corporation, multi-family office Aglaia Family Office, and Lance Gokongwei, chief executive of Philippine conglomerate JG Summit Holdings.
- Managed by Paul Santos and Eric Manlunas, Wavemaker Pacific 3, L.P. or Wavemaker SEA Fund III will focus on seed-stage investments primarily in B2B and deep tech.
- So far, as many as 88 out its 109 investments made since 2012 have been in enterprise and deep tech startups.
- Going forward, Wavemaker plans to invest in 60 new companies with an initial cheque size of about $500,000, according to the announcement.
