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    OpenOcean

    Helsinki, FinlandFounded 2009

    OpenOcean is a pan-European early-stage venture capital firm investing in B2B software across Europe, with offices in Helsinki and London. The firm focuses on AI-native software, automation, and data-intensive technology, partnering with technical founders from seed and Series A stages.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deals in the last 12 months vs 2 prior). Average disclosed round size is $31.7M (across 14 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    18

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    Patrik Backman

    Patrik Backman

    General Partner

    Tom Henriksson

    Tom Henriksson

    General Partner

    CV

    Crystal van Oosterom

    AI Venture Partner

    Duleepa “Dups” Wijayawardhana

    Duleepa “Dups” Wijayawardhana

    Venture Partner

    Sam Hields

    Sam Hields

    Partner

    Tony Nysten

    Tony Nysten

    Partner

    Raoul Lehtonen

    Raoul Lehtonen

    Finance Director

    Adrien Levacic

    Adrien Levacic

    Investment Associate

    Mirva Laatunen

    Mirva Laatunen

    Senior Investment Associate

    Oliver Johnston-Watt

    Oliver Johnston-Watt

    Investment Associate

    Ralf Wahlsten

    Ralf Wahlsten

    Chairman

    Toby Obstbaum

    Toby Obstbaum

    Fund Controller

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    22 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Sitegeist logoSitegeistPre-SeedFeb 2026
    Sitegeist logoSitegeistPre-SeedJan 2026
    Embeddable logoEmbeddableSeedDec 2024
    Surglogs logoSurglogsUnknownNov 2024
    Embeddable logoEmbeddableSeedJan 2024
    Droppe logoDroppeSeedJan 2024
    Bitrise logoBitriseSeries C$60MNov 2021
    Blockstack logoBlockstackSeed$4MJan 2017
    Tapdaq logoTapdaqSeries A$6.5MJan 2016
    Truecaller logoTruecallerGrowth$100MJul 2015
    Truecaller logoTruecallerSeries C$60MOct 2014
    VVerto AnalyticsSeed$2.4MSep 2014
    Import.io logoImport.ioSeed$3MSep 2014
    Truecaller logoTruecallerSeries D$100M
    kevin logokevinSeries A$65M
    Hygraph logoHygraphSeries A$10M
    Operations1 logoOperations1Series A$12.5M
    Workfellow logoWorkfellowSeries A$3.1M
    IIQM Finland OySeries A
    Strong.network logoStrong.networkUnknown
    Nosto Solutions Oy logoNosto Solutions OyUnknown$16M
    NearGroup Inc. logoNearGroup Inc.Seed$1.6M

    Top Co-Investors

    Atomico3 shared
    Eurazeo2 shared
    Tesi2 shared
    Techstars2 shared
    b2venture2 shared
    Zobito1 shared
    Y Combinator1 shared
    Fiedler Capital1 shared
    8VC1 shared
    BGF1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026