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WVV Capital
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WVV is a next-generation Venture Capital firm founded as a joint partnership between Advocate Health, Foxconn, Johnson Controls International, and Northwestern Mutual. WVV is Venture Capital for the Age of AI, believing AI startups need access to proprietary data sets to give them an edge. The firm works with the world's largest and most data-rich companies to build data partnerships with data-hungry startups. WVV provides startups with more than just capital - building relationships between leading Global 100 and Fortune 500 corporations in healthcare, manufacturing, building technology, insurance and financial technology and high-growth startups looking for an edge in the marketplace. The firm targets transformation and interdisciplinary innovations across these industries, as well as those with deeply-embedded AI.
Notable quotes
“WVV Capital is unique because it is backed by four corporates from diverse sectors, serving them equally by investing in companies that provide both strategic value and financial returns. This hybrid model allows for cross-sectoral investment opportunities, especially in emerging areas like AI, which have broad applicability.”
“The motivation for our unique approach to building data partnerships came to Dr. Franklin when he was a Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University working on data-intensive computing. He recognized that many of his academic projects worked on artificially small data sets and as a result had limited real-world applicability in the era of Internet-scale systems. Further he recognized that access to proprietary large scale data sets could be a key factor in research and commercial success.”
Team
Jason Franklin
CEO and Managing Director
Danielle D'Agostaro
Principal Partner
Matt Maurer
Partner
Steve Robinson
COO, Counsel
Laura Hill
Principal
Vijay Sankaran
Principal
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paxton AI | Series A | $22m | 2025-01-29 |
| Posterity Health | Series A | $13m | 2025-01-24 |
| Juno | Series A | $9m | 2024-07-18 |
| Vectara | Series A | — | 2024-07-16 |
| Bend Health | Series A | $32m | 2023-03-24 |
| Raeden | Seed | — | — |
| SignalWire | unknown | — | — |
| Measurabl | unknown | — | — |
| Caspar AI | unknown | — | — |
| Ongo | unknown | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| SteelSky Ventures | 2 |
| Unusual Ventures | 1 |
| 25Madison | 1 |
| Kyber Knight Capital | 1 |
| Spero Ventures | 1 |
| Maveron | 1 |
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