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Wavemaker Impact
Wavemaker Impact is a climate-tech venture builder based in Southeast Asia, co-founding sustainability-focused businesses to address critical climate challenges. The organization operates in nine countries and aims to significantly reduce global carbon emissions.
Overview
What Wavemaker Impact does
What Wavemaker Impact is
Wavemaker Impact is a climate-tech venture builder based in Southeast Asia, co-founding sustainability-focused businesses to address critical climate challenges. The organization operates in nine countries and aims to significantly reduce global carbon emissions.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports funder and program host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Venture Studio
- Structured capabilities
- Funder · Program host
- Last reviewed
- March 27, 2026
What Venture studio means
A venture studio is an organization that systematically creates new startups by generating or sourcing ideas, validating them, building early products, recruiting founders or operators, providing shared resources, and retaining meaningful equity in the companies it helps create.
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Capability profile
Wavemaker Impact as a funder
Investment thesis
Wavemaker Impact is dedicated to building climate-tech ventures that significantly reduce global carbon emissions, aiming to create companies capable of abating 100 million metric tons of CO₂ and generating $100 million in revenue annually.
Focus narrative
Wavemaker Impact invests in climate-tech ventures across several key sectors: land use and carbon-sinks, agriculture and food, mobility, built environment, and industrial processes. The organization seeks to enhance agricultural efficiency, promote sustainable farming practices, improve energy efficiency in buildings, and reduce emissions from various transport modes.
Value beyond capital
Wavemaker Impact adds value to its portfolio companies by providing strategic guidance, access to resources, and expertise in scaling ventures that address critical climate challenges. The organization fosters innovation and collaboration among its portfolio companies to enhance their impact on reducing carbon emissions.
Focus and fit
- Regions
- Southeast Asia
Availability
- Currently deploying
- Not published
Portfolio and track record
Portfolio context
Wavemaker Impact's portfolio includes notable companies such as 10Ants, revitalizing urban spaces in Thailand; Agros, providing solar water pump systems to farmers; Arysun, making solar energy affordable; Bumibaru, regenerating degraded land in Indonesia; Elevate Foods, empowering food processors; Helios, facilitating rooftop solar installations; HiFeed, innovating cattle feed to reduce methane; MetroElectro, upgrading industrial parks to renewable energy; Nūl, assisting fashion brands with AI-driven inventory management; and Zentide, transforming seaweed into sustainable bioproducts.
Capability profile
Wavemaker Impact as a program host
Program thesis
Wavemaker Impact is dedicated to building climate-tech ventures that significantly reduce global carbon emissions, aiming to create a portfolio of companies capable of abating 100 million metric tons of CO₂ and generating $100 million in revenue annually.
Focus narrative
Wavemaker Impact invests in climate-tech ventures across several key sectors, including land use and carbon-sinks, agriculture and food, mobility, the built environment, and industrial processes. The organization operates in nine countries and aims to reduce 10% of the global carbon budget by 2035.
Value and support
Founders participating in Wavemaker Impact's program gain access to venture-building resources, industry expertise, and a network of partners focused on climate-tech innovation. The program supports startups in developing sustainable solutions that address critical environmental challenges.
Availability
- Application state
- Not published
Focus and fit
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed · Seed+
- Regions
- Southeast Asia
Alumni and track record
Alumni context
Wavemaker Impact's portfolio includes notable companies such as 10Ants, which revitalizes urban spaces in Thailand; Agros, providing solar water pump systems to farmers; and Arysun, making solar energy affordable for Southeast Asia's emerging middle class. Other alumni include Bumibaru, Elevate Foods, Helios, HiFeed, MetroElectro, Nūl, and Zentide, each contributing to sustainability and emissions reduction in their respective sectors.
Common questions
What to know about Wavemaker Impact
Upseed classifies Wavemaker Impact under the Venture Studio organization type. Its current public profile includes funder and program host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
March 27, 2026
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