Eric Manlunas

Founder & Managing Partner at Wavemaker Partners Co-owner of 2XU

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2023
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Founding Investor & Board Member
Apr 2023
Our consultation services offer solutions that unlock the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) by harnessing the foresight and precision of data and technology combined with deep strategic thinking and domain expertise to produce cutting-edge solutions with the potential to disrupt or transform major industries.
Investor
Jan 2023
SlamBall is a one-of-a-kind sports and entertainment property with a rich history of success in the United States and in markets around the world. SlamBall is a compelling hybrid combination of the best elements of basketball, football and hockey, infused with the essence of a video game come to life. Launched in 1999 by founders Mason Gordon and Mike Tollin, SlamBall returned for its sixth season in the summer of 2023 in Las Vegas. From its earlier iterations, SlamBall already has an enormous global audience across all major digital platforms. It has a large and passionate fan base that is clamoring for the sport’s comeback. The hashtag #BringBackSlamBall has garnered more than 500 million views on social media.
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2024
Co-Owner
Apr 2024
2XU (pronounced “Two Times You”) is the most technically advanced sportswear brand in the world, driven by a relentless pursuit to advance human performance. We are the global leader in sports compression. We convert scientific, independent, evidence-based research into the world’s best performance-enhancing sportswear. 2XU compression fabric is powerful, lightweight and flexible, delivering physiological benefits far beyond the competition. 2XU garments take athletes beyond what they thought possible, allowing them to train harder, perform stronger and recover faster. Launched in Australia in 2005, 2XU is now present in more than 70 countries. We’re proud to be the official compression partner of the Australian Institute of Sport and many of the world’s leading sports organisations. 2XU is the sportswear brand of choice for world champion athletes and teams across sports including athletics, basketball, cycling, rugby, running and triathlon. 2XU compression is backed by years of independent research showing significant physiological gains in training, performance and recovery. 2XU is Human Performance. Multiplied.
2023
Founding Investor & Board Member
Apr 2023
Our consultation services offer solutions that unlock the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) by harnessing the foresight and precision of data and technology combined with deep strategic thinking and domain expertise to produce cutting-edge solutions with the potential to disrupt or transform major industries.
Investor
Jan 2023
SlamBall is a one-of-a-kind sports and entertainment property with a rich history of success in the United States and in markets around the world. SlamBall is a compelling hybrid combination of the best elements of basketball, football and hockey, infused with the essence of a video game come to life. Launched in 1999 by founders Mason Gordon and Mike Tollin, SlamBall returned for its sixth season in the summer of 2023 in Las Vegas. From its earlier iterations, SlamBall already has an enormous global audience across all major digital platforms. It has a large and passionate fan base that is clamoring for the sport’s comeback. The hashtag #BringBackSlamBall has garnered more than 500 million views on social media.
2021
Co-Owner
Aug 2021
LAscoli Calcio F.C. 1898 è una società calcistica italiana con sede nella città di Ascoli Piceno. LAscoli è la più blasonata società delle Marche, vantando il maggior numero di stagioni in massima serie e numerosi trofei. Fondato nel 1898, lAscoli è il quarto club più antico dItalia. I colori sociali sono il bianco e il nero. Ha disputato 16 stagioni in serie A (miglior piazzamento il 4º posto nel 1979-80) e 19 in serie B. Dalla serie cadetta ha ottenuto cinque promozioni. Ha vinto due campionati di serie B, uno di serie C, uno di serie C1, una Mitropa Cup e una Supercoppa di Lega Serie C1. Ha giocato inoltre una finale del Torneo Anglo-Italiano contro il Notts County nel 1994-1995. Il 22 giugno 1980, a Hamilton in Canada, vinse il torneo internazionale The Red Leaf Cup, cui parteciparono anche Botafogo, Nancy e Rangers. Vanta il record assoluto dei punti totalizzati in un campionato di serie B a 20 squadre con 2 punti a vittoria: i 61 punti della stagione 1977-78 furono il risultato di 26 vittorie, 9 pareggi e 3 sconfitte. La squadra era guidata dal tecnico Mimmo Renna. LAscoli ha ottenuto i suoi maggiori successi sotto la presidenza di Costantino Rozzi (dal 1968 al 1994)
2012
Co-Founder & Chairman
Mar 2012
We are now Vebu Labs! Check out our new page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/vebu-labs Wavemaker Labs is a corporate innovation and product development incubator. We fund and build disruptive startups in partnership with the world’s most forward-thinking companies. We start by identifying corporate partners’ core problems and then with a focus on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics, we fund and develop advanced technologies that deliver impact-driven solutions. We are innovators, creators, and entrepreneurs. Were Hiring!! Looking to join? Here are a few quick facts about us: - We are at an early growth stage, having doubled our team in the last six months and raised over $10M. - We function in a project-based environment which means you get assigned to projects based on your interests and the project needs; approx. 2-3 projects at a time that are at different development stages. - We work in a variety of industries e.g. automotive, agriculture, and food tech. - Business formation and launch is part of our DNA and so you also get exposed to what is take to build real businesses, which is ideal for those who have an entrepreneurial mindset. - We have one of the most unique equity plans! Diversified equity is made up of the companies we build. - The projects/products we work on already have a market need, an end customer, and a standing order. - Meet some of the companies we are building from the ground up: https://www.grazemowing.com/ https://www.piestro.com/ https://www.futureacres.co/ https://www.bobacino.co/
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