Wildwood Ventures
wildwood.vcWildwood is an early-stage venture capital firm backing bold founders building the future of healthy and active lifestyles through B2C and B2B technology companies. They operate as a growth studio, addressing five core thesis areas: Improve My Health, Explore & Move, Train & Play, Connect With My People, and Focus My Mind & Spirit.
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Wildwood Ventures believes that investing in health—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual—is foundational to human flourishing. They recognize that despite unprecedented technological connectivity and resources, society faces historic levels of loneliness, chronic illness, anxiety, and disconnection from nature, bodies, communities, and purpose. Their investment philosophy centers on backing bold founders building technology solutions that address America’s health and wellness crisis by making healthy and active lifestyles more accessible, personalized, and joyful.
What Sets Them Apart
- Growth studio model providing hands-on operational support beyond capital across product, unit economics, team building, growth strategy, and fundraising
- Backed by VF Corporation with deep access to world-class brands (The North Face, Vans, Timberland, Altra, Smartwool, Icebreaker) and their leadership as advisors
- Team with unicorn-scale operating experience: Guild Education CTO scaled from 1 to 250 engineers ($10M to $4B valuation); former Nike and VF venture builders; Amazon and REI brand builders
- 22 specific investment hot spots across five thesis areas with detailed market inflections and predictions showing sophisticated vertical expertise
- Purpose-driven investment thesis addressing societal wellbeing rather than purely financial returns
- 5-Star Model framework covering product & consumer insights, unit economics, team building, growth & scale, and finance & fundraising
Portfolio Highlights
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Lifestyle Services
Meo Health
Wearables Health Tech
Outway
Explore Move
Perx Health
Health Tech
Roots
Digital Wellness
Out and Back Outdoor
Recommerce Digital Marketplace
Spark Sponsor
Lifestyle Services
360 Sierra
Phygital Sharing Economy
+ 4 more companies in their portfolio
Investment Team
7 Partners at Wildwood Ventures
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