Wasabi Ventures

What is Wasabi Ventures?

Wasabi Ventures is an established venture capital firm that has been operational since 2003, with a headquarter in San Mateo, California. They specialize in a broad range of investment stages including incubation, pre-seed, seed, early stage, and later stage investments, predominantly in the technology sector.

Their investment focus encompasses various industries such as Software (including Web, Marketplaces, and SaaS), Media, Education, Business Solutions, Retail and E-commerce, Entertainment and Sports, AI and Big Data, HealthTech and Fitness, Gaming and eSports, GovTech, Local commerce, Healthcare and Wellness, Investment Management, Online Social, and Consumer sectors.

They take pride in their unique approach to venture capital, allowing accredited investors to invest alongside Wasabi Ventures through the Wasabi Ventures Partners (WVP) platform.

This platform empowers partners to engage directly with the full due diligence process and handpick the investments that align with their individual portfolio strategies. Furthermore, Wasabi Ventures implements a triple vetting process for each investment, emphasizing risk mitigation and adverse security selection.

Their decision to only present WVP investments with robust lead investors underscores their commitment to reliability and quality. Highlighting their success, the firm has been part of prominent investment deals, such as UStream, RightNow Technologies, EtherPad, and UserTesting, many of which have seen significant exits or grown into highly profitable enterprises.

With assets under management amounting to over $278,000, Wasabi Ventures demonstrates a structured approach in assisting startups to innovate, grow, and scale.

What they say:

We are an organization that actively plans, implements, and maintains solutions for various early-stage startups.

What we look for: We invest in ventures that require incubator support and publishing solutions.