Wavemaker Partners

Paul Santos is Co-founder and Managing Partner of Wavemaker Partners, Southeast Asia’s leading VC firm investing in early-stage Enterprise, Deep Tech, and Sustainability startups. Since 2012, Wavemaker has backed 200+ companies across the r…

Eric is a Co-Founder and General Partner of Wavemaker Partners. He started his career in management consulting in March 1991 at Arthur Andersen’s retail management division. Eric became a 2-time entrepreneur starting in 1996 when he founded…

Andy is a General Partner at Wavemaker Partners. He leads the firm’s early-stage fund, Wavemaker Ventures, working closely with the investment team and founders from fundraising to scaling. He also oversees Wavemaker’s corporate innovation…

Joel joined Wavemaker Partners in 2016. He is now one of Wavemaker’s Investment Principals, co-leading the firm’s Investment team. Joel has a soft spot for deep tech opportunities that provide that 10x improvement over the status quo, and a…

Prior to Wavemaker, Phuong was one of the founding members of Vietnam’s local VC VinaCapital Ventures, where she sourced, executed, and added value to Seed and Series A investments. She also worked as a project coordinator to develop a join…

John brings a decade of experience in high-growth startups, having held key operational and leadership roles in companies that successfully exited. Prior to joining Wavemaker Partners, he was Head of Growth & Chief of Staff at Skuad, where…

Junius is involved in sourcing and evaluation of deals, due diligence, and the preparation of investment proposal for the fund’s investment decisions. He focuses on Retail, Supply-chain and Fintech as well as the Indonesian market. Prior to…

Shannon is a Senior Associate at Wavemaker Partners, focused on investments across Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and New Zealand. She works closely with founders and leadership teams on strategy, go-to-market execution, operational scalin…

Chris is involved in sourcing and evaluating deals, conducting due diligence, and preparing investment proposals to support the fund’s investment decisions. Prior to joining Wavemaker, he was a Management Trainee at Generali Life Insurance.…

Paolo is involved in the sourcing and evaluation of deals, due diligence, and the preparation of investment proposals for the fund’s investment decisions. Prior to joining Wavemaker, he was part of the business development team at the Profe…

Yanna covers the Philippine market on behalf of the firm. She handles a selection of companies under the Investment Team, while playing an active role in deal sourcing, evaluation, due diligence, and the preparation of investment proposals…

Manuel oversees Wavemaker’s Portfolio Management Team (PMT) and Information Systems (IS). Prior to his current role, Manuel was Head of Research for the Firm. He was previously a Research Director for a regional IT Services advisory firm, w…