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Wave Sports + Entertainment: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Wave Sports + Entertainment is a media company built for the next generation of digital superfans. Through a portfolio of over 30 media brands, original content, talent, and a suite of products and services, WSE reaches more than 500M Gen Z and Millennial sports fans on a monthly basis. Our core content is consistently ranked as the most highly engaged across Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube where over 100 million followers engage with our brands.

www.wave.tv LinkedIn Los Angeles, United States 101-250 employees
Total raised
$59.0M
Rounds
2
Latest
Series B
Feb 2022

Wave Sports + Entertainment has raised $59.0M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series B of $27.0M announced in Feb 2022.

That round is above the $2.3M median round size for Community and Lifestyle companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Wave Sports + Entertainment Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$59.0M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Series B
$27.0M in Feb 2022
Employees
101-250
reported band
Headquarters
Los Angeles, United States

Latest funding round on record: Feb 2022.

Wave Sports + Entertainment Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series B
$27.0M
Undisclosed round
$32.0M

Wave Sports + Entertainment raised $32.0M in an undisclosed round announced in Jul 2020.

1.6 years later, a Series B of $27.0M was announced in Feb 2022.

Wave Sports + Entertainment Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Brian Verne
CEO
Locked
Ishaan Sutaria
CEO

Contact details for the Wave Sports + Entertainment team: 1 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Wave Sports + Entertainment Funding Compared to Other Community and Lifestyle Startups

Segment
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Median round
29,795
$7.5M
4,307
$30M

Wave Sports + Entertainment's latest round of $27.0M is above the median round in Community and Lifestyle. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Wave Sports + Entertainment Funding FAQs

What does Wave Sports + Entertainment do?

Wave Sports + Entertainment is a media company built for the next generation of digital superfans. Through a portfolio of over 30 media brands, original content, talent, and a suite of products and services, WSE reaches more than 500M Gen Z and Millennial sports fans on a monthly basis. Our core content is consistently ranked as the most highly engaged across Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube where over 100 million followers engage with our brands.

How much funding has Wave Sports + Entertainment raised?

Wave Sports + Entertainment has raised $59.0M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series B of $27.0M announced in Feb 2022.

When did Wave Sports + Entertainment last raise funding?

Wave Sports + Entertainment's most recent funding round on record is a Series B of $27.0M, announced in Feb 2022.

Who is the CEO of Wave Sports + Entertainment?

Brian Verne is listed as CEO at Wave Sports + Entertainment.

Where is Wave Sports + Entertainment headquartered?

Wave Sports + Entertainment is based in Los Angeles, California, United States.

How many employees does Wave Sports + Entertainment have?

Wave Sports + Entertainment is in the 101-250 employee band.

How does Wave Sports + Entertainment's funding compare to other Community and Lifestyle startups?

Wave Sports + Entertainment's latest round of $27.0M is above the $2.3M median round size for Community and Lifestyle companies on FundedIQ across 1,484 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Wave Sports + Entertainment Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Wave Sports + Entertainment is left off this page rather than filled in.

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