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Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
48
24 of them startups
Hiring now
20
153 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
2
$20M raised
Exits
8
Focusshare of its companies
Software 31%Artificial Intelligence 19%Information Technology 17%Data & Analytics 14%Sales & Marketing 11%Cybersecurity 6%Financial Services 6%Internet Services 6%
Where its companies are
United States 19%Finland 10%Germany 8%Sweden 6%Norway 4%United Kingdom 4%France 2%Poland 2%
Stage of its companies
Series A 50%Series B 25%Series C and later 13%Pre-seed & seed 13%
Sources: its portfolio page, read Oct 3; 2 rounds in the press that name it

Overview

OpenOcean is a European early-stage venture capital firm investing at seed and Series A. It backs B2B software companies across Europe, with particular depth in data infrastructure, open source, AI and intelligent automation. The firm was founded in 2011 by former MySQL executives including Michael Widenius and operates from offices in Helsinki and London.

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Shared investors1
Peak CapitalVia a fund
162 portfolio companies: Foreword, Adeline, Lette and 159 more

News

News siftedeu 3 months ago
17 physical AI startups to watch, according to VCs
AI models are coming into the physical world - and these startups are building technology to power the shift
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News siftedeu 4 months ago
IQM investors applaud 'very good' debut on public markets
The Finnish quantum scaleup became Europe's first publicly traded quantum company when it floated last week
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News Hufvudstadsbladet 4 months ago
Investeraren Tom Henriksson om IQM:s resa:
Klockan 10 på fredagen ringde klockan för IQM i börshuset. Kvantdatortillverkarens börsnotering är en av de största i…
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News TNW Business 4 months ago
IQM lists on Nasdaq: Europe's first public quantum firm
Finland's IQM began trading on Nasdaq as the first European quantum company on a major US exchange, keeping its Helsinki base and a €337M cash pile.
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News hsfi 4 months ago
Pörssilistautuminen Helsingin pörssiin listautuneen IQM:n osake nousi 13,3 prosenttia
Eläkeyhtiö Varma kertoo sijoittaneensa 40 miljoonaa euroa IQM:n listautumisannin yhteydessä. Myös valtion Tesi ja eläkeyhtiö Ilmarinen olivat sijoittajina IQM:n rahoituspaketissa.
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News Tech Funding News 5 months ago
The AI companies that will survive the next shakeout all have one thing in common and it's not the model - TFN
OpenOcean GP Tom Henriksson argues the AI companies that will survive the next shakeout aren't defined by their models, but by proprietary, defensible data that competitors can't replicate.
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News thetimes.com 5 months ago
Verifying Device
However, I strongly believe that it underplays the long-term impacts on business growth in the UK. Labour policies are not simply making hiring harder. They are forcing the next generation of tech pioneers abroad, particularly to the US, which already lea
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Press release PRNewswire 1 year ago
OpenOcean Launches
/PRNewswire/ -- OpenOcean, the leading DEX aggregator, announced the rollout of V4 Drift, its next-generation routing algorithm designed to deliver...
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News FinanzNachrichten.de 2 years ago
21shares Launches the 21shares Jito Staked SOL ETP (JSOL), Offering Enhanced Yield Exposure to Solana
The new ETP provides liquid access to JitoSOL, combining full Solana price exposure with a dual-source staking yield Zurich, 29 January 2026 - 21shares, one of the world's largest issuers of cryptocurrency
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Press release PRNewswire 3 years ago
DeFi Aggregator OpenOcean integrates zkSync to expand its road to ZK-Rollups
/PRNewswire/ -- OpenOcean, the top-notch DEX aggregator and web 3 middleware protocol, is proud to announce their launch and integration with the popular new...
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
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1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Helsinki Finland
HQ
Helsinki
Pohjoisesplanadi 33 00100 Helsinki Finland
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