OpenOcean

Venture capitalHelsinki, FinlandFounded 2008

OpenOcean is a pan-European early-stage venture capital firm partnering with technical founders at Seed and Series A stages. The firm focuses on European-founded companies in AI-native software, automation, and data-intensive technology.

Stages: Seed, Series A
Sectors: AI, Software and SaaS, Deep tech
Business model: Not stated
Invests in: Europe
Ticket size: “We typically lead or co-lead Seed and early Series A rounds, investing up to €5m tickets initially, in European-founded companies reshaping knowledge work and the systems required to scale it, across AI-native software, automation, and data-intensive technology.” (from their website)
Website: openocean.vc

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