OpenOcean

OpenOcean
Private
Industry Venture capital
Founded 2008
Headquarters Helsinki, Finland
London, United Kingdom
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Area served
 Europe
Website openocean.vc

OpenOcean is a European venture capital firm based in Helsinki, Finland, with offices in London and Amsterdam. The firm specializes in Series A investments in enterprise software, big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, adtech and fintech, and closed its €100 million fund in 2015.[1][2][3] It was established in 2008 by the founders and early investors of MySQL, Michael "Monty" Widenius, Patrik Backman and Ralf Wahlsten, later joined by former Nokia ad chief Tom Henriksson.[4][5]

Investments

Notable investments made by OpenOcean include MariaDB, Truecaller, RapidMiner, EyeEm and Import.io. Their active portfolio includes over 25 companies.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tech Crunch: Open Ocean Closes New 100 Million Euro Fund
  2. ↑ PerfectPitch Blog: VC Investment Thesis, OpenOcean
  3. ↑ The Register: OpenOcean raises 100 Million Fund
  4. ↑ Business Insider: Finnish Startup Raises from OpenOcean
  5. ↑ OpenOcean team
  6. ↑ Crunchbase: OpenOcean Portfolio Companies
  7. ↑ OpenOcean Portfolio


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