Value proposition

Investing in relentless founders who are creating the data economy of the future.

OpenOcean is a pan-European early-stage Venture Capital investor with offices in Helsinki and London. Our investment strategy focuses on leading or co-leading Seed and Series A investments with initial ticket sizes up to €5m in European B2B software companies driving the data economy.

Our founding team members include key persons behind MySQL AB (sold to Sun Microsystems Inc. for $1 Billion in 2008), after which the team jointly built category leader MariaDB Corporation Ab, as well as forming and managing OpenOcean.

OpenOcean's DNA is rooted in having a deep understanding of the underlying technology and software stacks, which drive the growth of innovative new digital platforms and services. Our strong technical background and expertise allows us to identify and invest in the next game-changing and category winning start-ups at the early-stages, whose unique solutions can be rapidly scaled and adopted globally.

Software, B2B, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Developer Tools, Fintech, Adtech, Enterprise Software, Early Stage, Venture Capital, Deep Tech, Data Infrastructure, and Quantum Computing