Wonder Ventures

Wonder Ventures, founded in 2014 and based in Malibu, California, is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments in sectors such as financial services, consumer goods, healthcare, and technology. The firm targets innovative entrepreneurs who develop groundbreaking technology companies aimed at solving significant global challenges. With a particular emphasis on long-term solutions, Wonder Ventures actively invests in Southern California and other key markets, including Los Angeles, New York City, Silicon Valley, and Washington D.C. Its investment strategy typically involves funding ranges from $50,000 to $100,000, supporting visionary teams dedicated to creating impactful businesses.

Valentina Rodriguez

Investor

Dustin Rosen

Founder & Managing Partner

56 past transactions

Sensible Weather

Series A in 2022
Sensible Weather is a climate risk technology company that is de-risking weather for travelers and travel partners. It offers a partner-branded Weather Guarantee service that automatically reimburses travelers when bad weather impacts their in-trip experience through its proprietary climate data and risk analytics platform that calculates Weather Guarantee pricing in real-time, generates new revenue for partners, and enhances experiences for travelers.

TonDone

Seed Round in 2022
TonDone is the amazingly simple building and facility service software. Frontline employees can manage their assigned work with a single click. Managers get immediate and accurate insights into their complete business operations.

DIMO

Seed Round in 2022
[DIMO] connects the physical and digital world to produce useful work.

Sensible Weather

Seed Round in 2021
Sensible Weather is a climate risk technology company that is de-risking weather for travelers and travel partners. It offers a partner-branded Weather Guarantee service that automatically reimburses travelers when bad weather impacts their in-trip experience through its proprietary climate data and risk analytics platform that calculates Weather Guarantee pricing in real-time, generates new revenue for partners, and enhances experiences for travelers.

Topanga.io

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Topanga.io is building the digital infrastructure for the circular economy. Today, Topanga works with brands and restaurants to help them implement reusable packaging programs. Topanga’s Track & Trace technology ensures that operators see ROI and consumers see added value as we collectively shift towards sustainable, circular consumption.

Salted

Seed Round in 2021
Salted is the restaurant group of the future. Learn more at hellosalted.com.

Whatnot

Series A in 2021
Whatnot Inc. operates an online marketplace to buy and sell authenticated funkos and collectibles. The company also provides an application for buying and selling funko pops, grails, and collectibles. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California.

Taloflow

Venture Round in 2021
Taloflow (YC W21) is a buying insights platform for the tech stack. We help CTOs at digital-native companies pick the best cloud infrastructure and API products for their specific use case, saving them weeks of soul-sucking analysis and costly mistakes for every big decision they make.

Whatnot

Seed Round in 2020
Whatnot Inc. operates an online marketplace to buy and sell authenticated funkos and collectibles. The company also provides an application for buying and selling funko pops, grails, and collectibles. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California.

Field Complete

Seed Round in 2020
Field Complete Inc. is a provider of software as a service (SaaS) solutions focused on field service management. Founded in 2019 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the company offers a comprehensive suite of tools designed to assist businesses in various sectors, including property maintenance, construction, and clean energy. Its software features customer relationship management, estimation and quotes, scheduling and dispatching, job management, invoicing, and reporting capabilities. Additionally, Field Complete includes GPS tracking and job sharing functionalities, catering to diverse clients such as plumbing, electrical, and landscaping contractors. The company aims to bridge the gap between the needs of service providers and the available tools to enhance operational efficiency and success in their respective industries.

Toucan

Seed Round in 2020
Toucan develops a Google chrome extension for learning new languages and communicating with others. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

PocketList

Seed Round in 2020
PocketList Inc. is an apartment rental services company based in Marina Del Rey, California, specializing in a rental listings platform within the Los Angeles Metro area. The platform provides exclusive information about rental properties months before they become available on the market, enabling landlords to connect with prospective tenants immediately after receiving notice from current occupants. This proactive approach helps landlords minimize vacancy rates. Founded in 2017 and originally known as Block HQ Inc., PocketList underwent a name change in November 2019. The service also includes a marketplace featuring thousands of rental units, enhanced by verified feedback from current and past tenants, facilitating informed decisions for renters.

Dray Alliance

Series A in 2020
Dray Alliance is disrupting the multi-billion dollar drayage trucking industry with a technology platform that makes deliveries to warehouses simple, predictable, and transparent. Eliminating the friction in each step of the delivery process, Dray Alliance efficiently connects shippers, carriers, and truckers in real time.

Whatnot

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Whatnot Inc. operates an online marketplace to buy and sell authenticated funkos and collectibles. The company also provides an application for buying and selling funko pops, grails, and collectibles. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Marina Del Rey, California.

Modern Animal

Seed Round in 2019
Modern Animal, Inc. operates a veterinary clinic and provides home clinic services. The company provides an online mobile applications for its customers. It offers wellness, surgery, dentistry, ultrasound, radiology, diagnostics, nutrition, walk-in (no appointment) ,drop off service ,lab testing emergency, laser, and acupuncture services. Additionally, It provides memberships, unlimited exams, 24/7 virtual care, in-app prescription requests, and delivery, and more. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Assembly

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Assembly is a freemium peer to peer employee recognition platform

Dray Alliance

Seed Round in 2019
Dray Alliance is disrupting the multi-billion dollar drayage trucking industry with a technology platform that makes deliveries to warehouses simple, predictable, and transparent. Eliminating the friction in each step of the delivery process, Dray Alliance efficiently connects shippers, carriers, and truckers in real time.

Honeybee Health

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Honeybee Health is an online pharmacy selling prescriptions at fair, affordable prices. At Honeybee it only buys from FDA licensed US-based distributors and wholesalers. Consumers get the exact same generic drugs they get from other pharmacies. The company is a US-based pharmacy licensed in 40 states. It is a HIPAA compliant and a pharmacy-verified website.

WeRecover

Seed Round in 2018
WeRecover is an online platform that offers addiction treatment resources online. WeRecover makes finding the right provider easy, and a suite of tools for providers to help them focus on their clients. WeRecover helps people find the right addiction treatment center given their clinical needs, resources, insurance, gender, geography, and treatment center capacity at the right price, enabling individuals to effectively broaden their access to care.

Safari AI

Seed Round in 2018
curbFlow Inc. develops a platform that allows commercial vehicle operators, such as, UPS, DoorDash, and other on-demand food platform operators, to make real-time reservations at the curbside for pickups and drop-offs of passengers, parcels, and deliveries. The company provides a curbside management system to collect data and share it through an application. Its application provides air traffic control for the curbside in real time. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Arcadia

Series B in 2018
Arcadia, Inc. is an online platform based in Washington, D.C., that facilitates the management of energy accounts for residential and commercial users across the United States. Founded in 2013, the company connects subscribers to renewable energy sources, including wind farms and community solar projects. Through its application, users can easily sign up for clean energy options available in their area and monitor their energy usage and account activity. Arcadia aims to enhance the utility experience by providing seamless monthly billing and access to energy-efficient products, thereby promoting clean energy and cost savings for its customers.

Dray Alliance

Seed Round in 2018
Dray Alliance is disrupting the multi-billion dollar drayage trucking industry with a technology platform that makes deliveries to warehouses simple, predictable, and transparent. Eliminating the friction in each step of the delivery process, Dray Alliance efficiently connects shippers, carriers, and truckers in real time.

StreetCred

Seed Round in 2018
StreetCred Labs, Inc. develops blockchain based mapping software for location data. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

TruStory

Seed Round in 2018
TruStory is a social network that enables productive debate. To make progress on any issue, we need to learn from different perspectives, find common ground, and have the humility to change our minds. Our mission is to make the Internet more open-minded by incentivizing people to hear all sides of a debate.

Honey

Series B in 2017
Designed to help consumers save time and money, Honey’s 10 million users worldwide, shop over 30,000 retailers knowing that Honey is finding the best deals and coupons for their everyday needs. The free browser extension automatically finds and applies coupons at checkout, it also helps users save money on Amazon by showing price history, best price detection and a product called Droplist that watches select products and sends notifications when it drops below a selected price.

Wendi

Seed Round in 2017
Wendi operates an online platform designed to connect individuals seeking addiction recovery services with appropriate treatment centers. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, the company uses a unique matching algorithm that considers factors such as budget, insurance, clinical needs, and location to provide tailored recommendations for rehab centers with available beds. By simplifying the search and communication processes within the fragmented addiction treatment industry, Wendi aims to enhance accessibility and transparency for those in need of support.

Arcadia

Series A in 2017
Arcadia, Inc. is an online platform based in Washington, D.C., that facilitates the management of energy accounts for residential and commercial users across the United States. Founded in 2013, the company connects subscribers to renewable energy sources, including wind farms and community solar projects. Through its application, users can easily sign up for clean energy options available in their area and monitor their energy usage and account activity. Arcadia aims to enhance the utility experience by providing seamless monthly billing and access to energy-efficient products, thereby promoting clean energy and cost savings for its customers.

Salted

Angel Round in 2017
Salted is the restaurant group of the future. Learn more at hellosalted.com.

Shippabo

Seed Round in 2017
Shippabo is an online platform that provides its users with shipping rates and shipment scheduling solutions. The platform offers freight forwarding, government filings, and trucking and drayage services to its users. It features online bookings, online custom bond purchases, real-time notifications, and shipment management. Shippabo was launched by Calvin Lo, Nina Luu, Wes Chien, and Sam Luu and is based in California.

Stasis Labs

Seed Round in 2016
Stasis Labs, Inc. develops and manufactures vital signs monitoring systems aimed at improving patient care. The company offers a suite of products, including the Stasis Monitor, which provides real-time patient status through a bedside display, and the Stasis Tablet, a software tool that visualizes patient trends and manages alarms. Additionally, the Stasis Dashboard allows healthcare professionals to monitor patient vital signs via a computer interface. The devices measure essential health metrics such as heart rate, blood oxygen levels, ECG, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and skin temperature. Founded in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, Stasis Labs has transformed medical hardware into a cloud-connected platform to streamline vital signs monitoring, addressing the challenges posed by existing systems that are often complex and costly. The company is active in Indian hospitals, supported by grant funding from the International Finance Corporation to enhance medical technology in the region.

Joymode

Seed Round in 2016
Joymode, Inc. offers leisure equipment for periodic and short-term use on rent. It enables users to reserve and rent tents, sleeping pads, stoves, headlamps, etc. The company offers its services through its mobile applications and related services. Joymode, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

OmniVirt

Seed Round in 2016
OmniVirt's technology enables any digital marketer to create and distribute immersive ads (360° / 3D / VR / AR) that deliver 10X greater performance than traditional advertising. OmniVirt’s advanced technology in 360° / 3D rendering is ad platform agnostic, 99% browser compatible, and trusted by world-class publishers such as The New York Times, WSJ, Washington Post, Forbes, and more.

Arcadia

Seed Round in 2016
Arcadia, Inc. is an online platform based in Washington, D.C., that facilitates the management of energy accounts for residential and commercial users across the United States. Founded in 2013, the company connects subscribers to renewable energy sources, including wind farms and community solar projects. Through its application, users can easily sign up for clean energy options available in their area and monitor their energy usage and account activity. Arcadia aims to enhance the utility experience by providing seamless monthly billing and access to energy-efficient products, thereby promoting clean energy and cost savings for its customers.

Clutter

Series B in 2016
Clutter Inc. is a full-service storage company based in Culver City, California, that specializes in the pick-up, storage, and retrieval of customers' belongings. Founded in 2013, Clutter offers on-demand storage solutions for a variety of items, including boxes, furniture, bicycles, and seasonal decorations, while excluding liquids, illegal substances, perishables, and hazardous materials. The company prioritizes customer satisfaction by utilizing technology to streamline its operations and by providing insurance against theft, loss, natural disasters, and water damage. Through its focus on efficient service and innovative solutions, Clutter aims to offer hassle-free and affordable options for individuals needing extra space for their possessions.

Timber

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Timber Technologies, Inc., doing business as Timber.io, develops an application that aggregates and processes logs that helps users to understand how their app is performing. Timber Technologies, Inc. was formerly known as Technologies, Inc. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Bedford, New York.

Crexi

Seed Round in 2016
Crexi is a leading online marketplace for commercial real estate, established in 2015 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The platform serves as a comprehensive technology and data solution for commercial real estate professionals, facilitating streamlined management and accelerated deal closure. With millions of users, Crexi has become the most active marketplace in the sector, handling over 500,000 listings with a combined property value exceeding $1 trillion. The platform offers extensive features, including detailed property listings, deal management software, analytics, and reporting tools, all designed to enhance the buying and selling experience for brokers, buyers, and property owners. Employing more than 150 individuals, Crexi continues to support the commercial real estate industry and its stakeholders effectively.

Crexi

Seed Round in 2016
Crexi is a leading online marketplace for commercial real estate, established in 2015 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The platform serves as a comprehensive technology and data solution for commercial real estate professionals, facilitating streamlined management and accelerated deal closure. With millions of users, Crexi has become the most active marketplace in the sector, handling over 500,000 listings with a combined property value exceeding $1 trillion. The platform offers extensive features, including detailed property listings, deal management software, analytics, and reporting tools, all designed to enhance the buying and selling experience for brokers, buyers, and property owners. Employing more than 150 individuals, Crexi continues to support the commercial real estate industry and its stakeholders effectively.

Clutter

Series A in 2015
Clutter Inc. is a full-service storage company based in Culver City, California, that specializes in the pick-up, storage, and retrieval of customers' belongings. Founded in 2013, Clutter offers on-demand storage solutions for a variety of items, including boxes, furniture, bicycles, and seasonal decorations, while excluding liquids, illegal substances, perishables, and hazardous materials. The company prioritizes customer satisfaction by utilizing technology to streamline its operations and by providing insurance against theft, loss, natural disasters, and water damage. Through its focus on efficient service and innovative solutions, Clutter aims to offer hassle-free and affordable options for individuals needing extra space for their possessions.

Ledge

Seed Round in 2015
Ledge, Inc. provides users with a platform to facilitate crowdsourcing funding for direct personal loans that are intended to be used for personal, family, or household purposes between a borrower and one or more lenders, as well as to track the accrual of interest with respect to such loans, send notifications pertaining to the loans, and to manage the repayment of such loans. The company’s platform allows borrow money from friends and family, and automatically pay them back on the terms. Ledge, Inc. was formerly known as Tabulous, Inc. and changed its name to Ledge, Inc. in February 2014. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Clutter

Seed Round in 2015
Clutter Inc. is a full-service storage company based in Culver City, California, that specializes in the pick-up, storage, and retrieval of customers' belongings. Founded in 2013, Clutter offers on-demand storage solutions for a variety of items, including boxes, furniture, bicycles, and seasonal decorations, while excluding liquids, illegal substances, perishables, and hazardous materials. The company prioritizes customer satisfaction by utilizing technology to streamline its operations and by providing insurance against theft, loss, natural disasters, and water damage. Through its focus on efficient service and innovative solutions, Clutter aims to offer hassle-free and affordable options for individuals needing extra space for their possessions.

1DocWay

Seed Round in 2015
1DocWay is an online doctor's office. Rural, elderly, disabled and busy patients can schedule appointments online and see their doctor through our secure videochat platform. As a result, physicians increase scheduling flexibility and revenue opportunities by expanding their patient base, increasing reimbursement rates and replacing phone calls (not reimbursed)

AirMap

Seed Round in 2015
AirMap is helping make drones a part of everyday life by building the foundations for the low-altitude air navigation systems of the future. The emergence of small, powerful, and autonomous drones, is transforming society. Drones are being used for agriculture, public safety, aerial photography and cinematography, and soon, package delivery. The next century of aviation innovation is happening at the local level, not across oceans, and it's happening below 500 feet. AirMap is organizing this low altitude information so innovation can take flight. AirMap works collaboratively with industry partners to create the future for drones. It focuses exclusively on providing airspace information so that others in the nascent industry can build amazing vehicles and applications. AirMap is a member of the Small UAV Coalition and the NASA Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) program.

ProducePay

Seed Round in 2015
Produce Pay was first conceived at Cornell University. With strong support from experienced faculty and the student body, it was able to rapidly gain momentum. Produce Pay obtained recognition from Cornell’s entrepreneurial community and was soon dubbed "The Next Johnson Start-Up," in reference to Cornell’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Replicated

Seed Round in 2015
Replicated extends an existing cloud based SaaS product into a version that is easily installed, licensed, managed & supported in their customers' private environment (on-prem data center or private cloud). Unlike current substitutes (VMs), we do this without the SaaS vendor needing to maintain a secondary product/code base, or build licensing/updating/support features unnecessary for the public cloud version.

Clutter

Seed Round in 2015
Clutter Inc. is a full-service storage company based in Culver City, California, that specializes in the pick-up, storage, and retrieval of customers' belongings. Founded in 2013, Clutter offers on-demand storage solutions for a variety of items, including boxes, furniture, bicycles, and seasonal decorations, while excluding liquids, illegal substances, perishables, and hazardous materials. The company prioritizes customer satisfaction by utilizing technology to streamline its operations and by providing insurance against theft, loss, natural disasters, and water damage. Through its focus on efficient service and innovative solutions, Clutter aims to offer hassle-free and affordable options for individuals needing extra space for their possessions.

PicnicHealth

Seed Round in 2015
PicnicHealth is all about making medical records easy to access and using data to power the next frontier of medical research. We’re led by the belief that there’s power in medical information when it’s used well, and that every person has a right to their own theirs. And we've built award-winning machine learning to do it. How? PicnicHealth works directly with patients to give them the only tool anywhere that truly provides all of their medical records from any doctor or healthcare system in the US—in an easy-to-use, secure online dashboard. Not only that, but patients can choose to contribute their data to scientific research, which helps life sciences researchers accelerate breakthroughs in care. Researchers use this anonymized “real-world data” to understand how diseases are experienced by patients and treated by clinicians in the real world, going beyond the highly controlled setting of clinical trials. The goal is to create better treatments that can ultimately improve outcomes for patients. Whether you’re a scientist, engineer, or patient yourself, we’re looking for passionate people to join us in redefining an industry during our next stage of growth. To date we’ve helped tens of thousands of patients, partnered with some of the world’s largest biopharma companies, and raised more than $35M from Felicis Ventures, Amplify Partners, Foresite Capital, Refactor Capital, and Y Combinator.

Luxe

Series A in 2015
Luxe is a logistics platform focused on providing innovative real-time local services, starting with parking solutions. The Luxe app, available for iPhone, aims to enhance the parking experience by transforming it from a tedious necessity into a more enjoyable aspect of daily life. The company employs a skilled team with backgrounds from notable organizations, including Zynga, Tesla, Google, Yahoo, and Groupon. Luxe utilizes a fleet of pre-screened, friendly valets and offers access to numerous insured and secure indoor parking facilities. Their advanced technology platform monitors the entire parking process, ensuring a seamless experience from car drop-off to pick-up. By addressing the widespread challenge of urban parking, Luxe is setting a new standard in on-demand services.

Tala

Venture Round in 2015
Tala is a digital finance company that focuses on providing financial services in emerging markets through mobile technology and data science. The company has developed a smartphone app that allows users to access personalized loans, build digital credit histories, and receive instant credit scoring. With over 2 million borrowers, Tala streamlines the loan process from application to fund disbursement and status tracking entirely within the app. Founded in 2011, Tala is headquartered in Santa Monica and operates additional offices in key cities such as Nairobi, Manila, Dar Es Salaam, Mexico City, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

HelloTech

Seed Round in 2015
HelloTech is changing the way consumers purchase and get support for new technology. Utilizing a background-checked, vetted on-demand workforce, HelloTech provides in home support and consultation for consumers looking to manage and upgrade the technology within their home.

Sensay

Seed Round in 2015
Sensay, Inc., incorporated in 2014 and based in Los Angeles, California, focuses on developing innovative web-based applications that facilitate user connection and collaboration. The company's flagship product, Sense Chat, is a blockchain-enabled messaging solution that emphasizes enhanced encryption. Additionally, Sensay offers a language-learning platform powered by artificial intelligence, which assists English learners in practicing their speaking skills and provides feedback based on their performance. Through its diverse offerings, Sensay aims to foster community engagement and support among users while leveraging advanced technology to enhance communication and learning experiences.

Arcadia

Angel Round in 2014
Arcadia, Inc. is an online platform based in Washington, D.C., that facilitates the management of energy accounts for residential and commercial users across the United States. Founded in 2013, the company connects subscribers to renewable energy sources, including wind farms and community solar projects. Through its application, users can easily sign up for clean energy options available in their area and monitor their energy usage and account activity. Arcadia aims to enhance the utility experience by providing seamless monthly billing and access to energy-efficient products, thereby promoting clean energy and cost savings for its customers.