We bring people together through virtual entertainment. Our shows enable artists and audiences to collaborate in the creation of the most interactive live performance experiences in the world. Waves are live, interactive and immersive shows that are unlike any virtual concert you have ever experienced. We combine the best of live music, gaming and broadcast technology to transform the live music experience. Waves are live streamed globally on wave.watch and across popular social and gaming platforms including YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, TikTok, Facebook and Roblox.
Location: United States, California, Los Angeles
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $30M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 10
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 10.06.2020 | - | $30M | - |
Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.05.2022 | Teflon Sega Immersive, Interactive Concert On Wave Gets NFT Treatment Through Quincy Jones’ OneOf | (Image courtesy of OneOf) |
| 03.11.2021 | dot.LA Summit: The Concerts of the Future Will Be Hybrid, Says Wave Co-Founder | As the pandemic shut down, cancelled and delayed events people had been looking forward to, Wave co-founder and CEO Adam Arrigo saw an opportunity. His company was founded in 2016 at a time when brands like Oculus and PlayStation were looki... |
| 16.01.2021 | Virtual concerts to break through to the mainstream, or just a passing fad? | Last August 7, over 275,000 viewers got their phones connected at the same time to short-video platform TikTok to watch a virtual concert featuring Grammy award-winning singer The Weeknd, or to be more specific, a digital-avatar of the Cana... |
| 05.01.2021 | Omnivor raises $2.7M as pandemic spurs interest in holographic media from Nike, T-Mobile, others | Investors are putting more fuel behind Omnivor, a Seattle startup gaining traction with its 3D holographic content media production platform. Sway Ventures led a $2.7 million seed round, which included participation from Kernel Labs, the Se... |
| 19.11.2020 | Wave Gets Investment From Tencent Holdings | Los Angeles-based virtual reality startup Wave has scoreds an investment from Chinese company Tencent Holdings, as part of a partnership to bring Wave's animated concert technology to companies in China, the two said on Thursday. Financial ... |
| 19.11.2020 | Tencent Acquires Stake in LA-Based Concert Platform Wave | The Chinese majority-owned Tencent Music Entertainment is acquiring a minority stake in the L.A.-based virtual concerts company Wave, giving the startup a door into the country's state-controlled internet. Terms of the deal weren't disclose... |
| 19.11.2020 | Tencent Music Entertainment is backing Wave to bring virtual entertainment to China | Wave, the virtual concert platform that’s already produced events for John Legend and The Weeknd, has inked a deal to bring its virtual concerts to China through a partnership with Tencent Music Entertainment Group. The deal includes Tencen... |
| 14.10.2020 | Livestream Concerts Boomed During Lockdown. Are They Music's Future or Just a Pandemic Fad? | Takeaways The music industry has increasingly turned to livestreamed concerts to try to make up for the massive losses sustained from the cancellation and postponement of in-person events due to the pandemic. An ongoing experiment is underw... |
| 11.09.2020 | TechCrunch still brings the fun to Disrupt 2020 | We all know times are incredibly tough, and everyone’s working overtime on steroids to keep their startup dreams alive. Disrupt events have a reputation for serving up a tasty helping of fun along with the main dish: opportunity. We refuse ... |
| 11.09.2020 | A user’s guide to Disrupt 2020 | We’re coming down to the wire folks. Disrupt 2020 officially opens its virtual doors September 14 for five super-charged days of everything the early-stage startup community needs to build better, faster, stronger. Going virtual translates ... |
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