Wavemaker Partners

Founded in 2003, Wavemaker Partners is a venture capital firm headquartered in Singapore with dual offices in Los Angeles. It specializes in early-stage technology investments across Asia-Pacific and the United States, focusing on enterprise, digital media, deep technology, and consumer sectors.

Joel Ang

Senior Associate and Vice President of Investment

Harold Au

Investment Manager

Sui Ling Cheah

Operating Partner

Mac Hong

Principal

Mikal Hussain

Associate

Andy Hwang

General Partner

Mikal Khoso

Investor

Gavin Lee

General Partner

Eric Manlunas

Founder and Managing Partner

Phuong Tran

Principal, Investment

Past deals in Recruiting

Gapai

Seed Round in 2024
Gapai develops a platform that connects Indonesian workers with international job opportunities. It offers end-to-end training and recruitment solutions, involving potential migrant workers, training institutions, placement companies, and global recruiters.

Evrima Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Evrima Technologies provides clinical trial recruitment and trial management technology designed to speed up research by accelerating patient identification and enrollment. The platform combines recruitment tools, clinician search capabilities, and real-time data dashboards to help researchers, clinicians, and sponsors improve trial efficiency and outcomes globally. It reduces administrative burdens on investigators, enabling faster progression of medical development and broader access to new therapies.

Glints

Series C in 2021
Founded in Singapore in 2013, Glints is Southeast Asia's leading talent platform facilitating career growth and recruitment. With over 1.5 million professionals and 30,000 organizations empowered, Glints connects talent with opportunities and helps businesses build strong teams.

Sprout Solutions

Series A in 2019
Sprout is a technology company specializing in payroll and HR software for emerging markets. It automates timekeeping and attendance using biometrics, simplifies processing with single-click functionality, and employs prescriptive analytics. Sprout has a strong presence in the Philippines and is expanding into Singapore and Indonesia.

Glints

Series B in 2019
Founded in Singapore in 2013, Glints is Southeast Asia's leading talent platform facilitating career growth and recruitment. With over 1.5 million professionals and 30,000 organizations empowered, Glints connects talent with opportunities and helps businesses build strong teams.

Kalibrr

Venture Round in 2018
Kalibrr is an online recruitment platform based in Makati City, Philippines. Founded in 2012, it connects job seekers and employers across various industries and job levels through its comprehensive job search services and innovative hiring solutions.

Sprout Solutions

Seed Round in 2018
Sprout is a technology company specializing in payroll and HR software for emerging markets. It automates timekeeping and attendance using biometrics, simplifies processing with single-click functionality, and employs prescriptive analytics. Sprout has a strong presence in the Philippines and is expanding into Singapore and Indonesia.

Workmate

Seed Round in 2017
Workmate is a technology-driven company that offers an on-demand staffing platform designed to connect businesses with qualified frontline workers across various sectors, including logistics, warehousing, food and beverage, and hospitality. By leveraging detailed workforce performance data, Workmate facilitates quick and scalable hiring, helping companies streamline their recruitment processes, minimize no-show rates, and enhance worker performance. The platform enables individuals to find short-term job opportunities instantly, matching their skills and experience with local businesses seeking immediate staffing solutions. This approach not only simplifies the hiring process for employers but also reduces administrative costs associated with managing large-scale workforces.

Sprout Solutions

Seed Round in 2017
Sprout is a technology company specializing in payroll and HR software for emerging markets. It automates timekeeping and attendance using biometrics, simplifies processing with single-click functionality, and employs prescriptive analytics. Sprout has a strong presence in the Philippines and is expanding into Singapore and Indonesia.

BeTheBeast

Venture Round in 2017
Founded in 2011, BeTheBeast specializes in online recruitment services for high school athletes aspiring to play college sports. Its platform offers a college playing level rating system, online matching with colleges, progress tracking, and coaching services. Additionally, it provides solutions for parents, coaches, and athletic directors.

Kalibrr

Series A in 2017
Kalibrr is an online recruitment platform based in Makati City, Philippines. Founded in 2012, it connects job seekers and employers across various industries and job levels through its comprehensive job search services and innovative hiring solutions.

Workmate

Seed Round in 2016
Workmate is a technology-driven company that offers an on-demand staffing platform designed to connect businesses with qualified frontline workers across various sectors, including logistics, warehousing, food and beverage, and hospitality. By leveraging detailed workforce performance data, Workmate facilitates quick and scalable hiring, helping companies streamline their recruitment processes, minimize no-show rates, and enhance worker performance. The platform enables individuals to find short-term job opportunities instantly, matching their skills and experience with local businesses seeking immediate staffing solutions. This approach not only simplifies the hiring process for employers but also reduces administrative costs associated with managing large-scale workforces.

Glints

Series A in 2016
Founded in Singapore in 2013, Glints is Southeast Asia's leading talent platform facilitating career growth and recruitment. With over 1.5 million professionals and 30,000 organizations empowered, Glints connects talent with opportunities and helps businesses build strong teams.

BeTheBeast

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2011, BeTheBeast specializes in online recruitment services for high school athletes aspiring to play college sports. Its platform offers a college playing level rating system, online matching with colleges, progress tracking, and coaching services. Additionally, it provides solutions for parents, coaches, and athletic directors.

Yoi

Seed Round in 2014
Yoi Corp. is a provider of SaaS-based mobile digital tools specifically designed for line managers. Founded in June 2013 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Yoi offers a comprehensive solution that supports managers in various aspects of employee management, including onboarding, integration, engagement, evaluation, performance management, training, development, and exiting. Its platform utilizes behavioral science and decision-making algorithms to enhance workforce performance and engagement, facilitating a smoother transition for new employees and improving overall retention. The solution features automated templates that deliver assignments, meeting requests, and data collection assessments directly to managers' inboxes, streamlining the management process. Yoi Corp. previously operated under the name PocketCoach, Inc. and currently functions as a subsidiary of HighGround, Inc.

BeTheBeast

Seed Round in 2014
Founded in 2011, BeTheBeast specializes in online recruitment services for high school athletes aspiring to play college sports. Its platform offers a college playing level rating system, online matching with colleges, progress tracking, and coaching services. Additionally, it provides solutions for parents, coaches, and athletic directors.

Pollenizer

Venture Round in 2014
Pollenizer was an incubator based in Darlinghurst, Australia, with an additional office in Singapore. The firm focused on co-founding startup companies, particularly in the consumer and SaaS sectors, by partnering with strong founders and taking equity stakes at the concept stage. Pollenizer specialized in providing expertise in technology, marketing, and capital raising, and occasionally made seed investments. Its portfolio included several notable businesses such as Spreets, Posse, and TravelCandy. Founded by experienced professionals in the tech industry, Pollenizer aimed to foster innovation and growth in startups across Australia, Singapore, Manila, Bangkok, and Jakarta. However, the firm is currently out of business.

Kalibrr

Seed Round in 2013
Kalibrr is an online recruitment platform based in Makati City, Philippines. Founded in 2012, it connects job seekers and employers across various industries and job levels through its comprehensive job search services and innovative hiring solutions.

BeTheBeast

Seed Round in 2013
Founded in 2011, BeTheBeast specializes in online recruitment services for high school athletes aspiring to play college sports. Its platform offers a college playing level rating system, online matching with colleges, progress tracking, and coaching services. Additionally, it provides solutions for parents, coaches, and athletic directors.

NEUfast

Neufast is a talent assessment technology company focused on enhancing recruitment processes through its patented de-biased artificial intelligence for video assessments. Founded in 2018 by Agnes Wun and Dr. Dennis Lee, the company is headquartered in Singapore, with additional offices in Hong Kong and Malaysia. Neufast specializes in providing integrated intelligent recruitment cloud solutions aimed at helping organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, recruitment agencies, and educational institutions, identify high-performing candidates efficiently. By leveraging the expertise of industrial-organizational psychologists and data scientists, Neufast's tools enable businesses to streamline their hiring processes, reducing time-to-hire by up to 50%. The company has established itself as a leader in the AI video interview recruitment field across the Asia-Pacific region, including Greater China, and collaborates with major partners such as SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle, AWS, and Microsoft Azure to meet diverse client needs.
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