OpenOcean
openocean.vc Direct investor
Early-stage venture investor in AI-native software, automation, and foundational technology infrastructure.
OpenOcean is a venture capital firm headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 2008. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series A, in AI, automation and deep technology. Its stated cheque size is up to €5m tickets initially.
“investing in technical teams reshaping knowledge work and the infrastructure required to scale it”
— OpenOcean, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Invests in
- EU
- Sectors
- AI, automation, deep technology
- Cheque size
- up to €5m tickets initially
- Founded
- 2008
Team, as OpenOcean publishes it
- Patrik Backman General Partner
- Tom Henriksson General Partner
- Ralf Wahlsten Chairman
- Lisa Edgar Strategic Advisor
- Duleepa “Dups” Wijayawardhana Venture Partner
- Sam Hields Partner
- Oliver Johnston-Watt Investment Associate
- Mirva Laatunen Senior Investment Associate
- Raoul Lehtonen Finance Director
- Adrien Levacic Investment Associate
- Tony Nysten Partner
- Toby Obstbaum Fund Controller
Names and roles exactly as listed on openocean.vc. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page OpenOcean publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- http://www.openocean.vc/is_investor, type, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, thesis_quote, invests_in_geographies
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60785190founded, hq_country
- https://www.openocean.vc/name, is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, status
- https://www.openocean.vc/teamhq_country, hq_city, people
- https://www.openocean.vc/aboutstage_min, stage_max, cheque_size
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