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Rick DeVos is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Wakestream Ventures. Driven by a desire to empower and connect others, Rick founded Wakestream Ventures to help launch innovative startup companies through early-stage investments. The investment focus is on founders working with physical products converging with the internet. Wakestream Ventures backs early-stage companies with deals ranging from $100Kâ300K in initial investment size with follow-on commitments for 2nd and 3rd rounds up to $1.5M cumulative. While based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Wakestream Ventures is active in supporting innovation in manufacturing and design in the IoT / technical physical product space. Rick DeVos has a track record in innovation and industrial design, with a strong partnership style that emphasizes community engagement and support.
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Country: Netherlands
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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Status: very-active
AI Reasoning: Searches found active investment activity by Rick DeVos/Wakestream Ventures within the past 6 months. Specifically, Wakestream Ventures has news and portfolio entries indicating recent investments (site news and Tracxn listing updated Aug 1, 2025). The most recent identified startup invested by Wakestream/Vakestream includes PlayVS (mentioned on Wakestream news). The time since that investment is less than 6 months, so classify as very-active.
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Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
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