Company

Intelligence for the moments and spaces that matter.

In-person moments and spaces are where culture happens, communities form, and brands earn lasting trust. We built WVN so marketers can measure them like every other channel.

Why we exist

The real world tells a story. We built the reader.

Digital marketing has had an analytics layer for twenty years. Every click, every scroll, every view is measured, structured, and acted on. Brands spend $139B a year on experiential marketing (PQ Media, 2025), and most of that spend still runs on intuition, delayed reports, and gut feel.

WVN was built to change that. We synthesize every signal into a unified intelligence layer that lives underneath your moments and spaces and acts like a member of your team.

“Spaces matter more to us now than ever. In-person experiences are where memories are made, trust is built, and identity is expressed. Brands that understand this earn a kind of loyalty that lasts.”

James Chester, CEO, WVN

Values

What we believe.

Our values are the principles that shape how we build the product, how we work with clients, and how we think about the physical spaces we serve.

Community

Physical spaces are fundamentally about people gathering. Activations, venues, and stores exist in service of community. WVN exists to make those spaces better for the humans inside them. We measure success in conversion points and in the quality of experience they deliver to real people.

Transparency

Every insight WVN surfaces shows its work. Attribution, confidence levels, and source signals are visible by default. Intelligence earns trust through transparency. Our clients deserve to know exactly why we are telling them something and how certain we are about it.

Innovation

There is no playbook for a persistent intelligence layer for the physical world. That requires genuine willingness to make things that do not yet exist, to follow what the data actually says, and to keep moving forward even when the path is not obvious.

Service

WVN is infrastructure. Infrastructure exists to serve. We take seriously the responsibility of being embedded in the daily operations of our clients' businesses. When something in their spaces needs attention, WVN acts. When something is working, WVN amplifies it. We are built to serve, and we take that seriously.

Team

Get to know our founders.

Our founding team shares an expertise in experiential technology, physical retail, go-to-market strategy, and brand building. We've designed, built, and deployed technology for brands like Nike, Google, Meta, Samsung, Lyft, Netflix, and TikTok.

James Chester

CEO

Architectural engineer turned technologist. James spent the last decade building marketing and data technology for Nike, Google, Meta, and Samsung. Published in Fast Company and Inc. Magazine.

Oscar Prom

CTO

15 years designing and building interactive installations and sensing systems. Oscar architected real-time data pipelines and reliability infrastructure for Samsung, Google, Nike, Meta, Netflix, and TikTok.

Katie Williams

CSO

Strategy and go-to-market leader for emerging technology platforms. Katie has built and negotiated multi-million dollar deals with global brands including Little League, US Lacrosse, and Nike.

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