Wavemaker 360

Wavemaker 360 is a venture capital firm that invests in healthcare start-ups. It backs founders who want to change how care is delivered rather than make small improvements, and it puts money into companies across the US, Canada and Southeast Asia. Most of its own investors have worked in healthcare, which the firm treats as its main difference from other funds.

What Wavemaker 360 offers

• Venture investment — capital for healthcare and health technology companies, held across two funds.
• Industry-experienced backers — a base of limited partners, most of whom have healthcare industry experience.
• Quintuple Aim framework — a method for judging the value a company brings to US healthcare, extending the usual Triple Aim to five sources of value.
• Co-investment — takes part in funding rounds shared with other firms, for example a Series A.

Who it works with

Healthcare entrepreneurs working on themes such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, the shift from fee-for-service to value-based care, care delivered at home, and healthcare data.

Key facts

• Portfolio: 45 companies across 2 funds
• Regions: US, Canada and Southeast Asia