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WAVE Equity Partners
WAVE Equity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser in Boston, MA, registered since 2020. The firm manages approximately $564 million in regulatory...
Overview
WAVE Equity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser in Boston, MA, registered since 2020. The firm manages approximately $564 million in regulatory assets. It has 9 employees and 4 investment advisers. WAVE EQUITY PARTNERS was listed as registered with the SEC in the IAPD firm compilation observed on 2026-10-22. In Form ADV filed on 2026-10-21, it reported 9 employees; 17 advisory accounts; services including Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles; client categories including Pooled investment vehicles; compensation arrangements including A percentage of assets under management, Performance-based fees. These are dated adviser-reported facts, not independently verified by Altss. Registration does not constitute approval or endorsement. This historical filing does not establish current registration status or operations.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2013
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Boston
Corporate office
Boston, MA, United States
Frequently asked questions
What types of companies does WAVE avoid?
WAVE does not invest in software-as-a-service (SaaS), consumer apps, marketplaces, biotech, or pharmaceutical companies. Within climate and sustainability, it avoids project-finance infrastructure (solar farms, wind installations), carbon-credit platforms, and pre-revenue laboratory-stage science ventures that lack commercial manufacturing contracts or customer revenue. The firm's mandate is strictly revenue-stage industrial technology.
How does WAVE source proprietary opportunities in industrial tech?
The firm sources through relationships with university tech-transfer offices, national laboratories, corporate R&D spinouts, and its network of operating partners with manufacturing-industry backgrounds. Because its deal universe — revenue-stage, patent-backed industrial hardware — overlaps poorly with typical VC origination channels, WAVE's pipeline depends on domain-specific networks that generalist investors do not systematically cultivate.
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