OpenOcean
Investment Details
Investor Type
Venture Capital
Asset Class Focus
Venture Capital, Private Equity
Stage Focus
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C & Beyond
Geographical Focus
United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Austria, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Belgium, Greece, Finland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Albania
Industries Focus
- Software
- FinTech
- SaaS
- B2B
- Cybersecurity
- Quantum Computing
- Big Data
- Enterprise
- Deep Tech
- Enterprise Software
- Developer Tools
- Data Infrastructure
- Adtech
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- Marketing (MarTech)
Investment Size:
1,000,000 to 5,000,000 USD
Investor Details Founded: 2009
OpenOcean is a pan-European early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Helsinki and London. The firm specializes in leading or co-leading Seed and Series A investments, typically up to €5 million, in European companies advancing the data economy, including B2B platforms and enterprise software technology. The founding team comprises key individuals behind MySQL AB, which was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008, and MariaDB Corporation. OpenOcean's deep technical expertise and global scaling capabilities enable them to identify and invest in startups with unique solutions poised for rapid global adoption in an AI-driven world. Their investment philosophy emphasizes data as the ultimate moat in AI, targeting sectors such as AI/ML, quantum computing, databases, cloud, edge, data stack, and cybersecurity. The firm is committed to diversity and inclusion, fostering transparency, and building strong partnerships with founders through an open, direct, and transparent approach.
Requirements
- OpenOcean seeks to invest in European companies that have achieved early product-market fit and show clear traction, making investments of up to €6 million, typically at Seed or Series A level.
Contact
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Portfolio Companies
- Binalyze
- Booksy
- IQM
- MindsDB
- Supermetrics
- Truecaller
- Embeddable
- Dreamfold
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