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Our Investment Into Purple Dot

We are excited to back Purple Dot, a London-based pre-ordering and waiting list platform.

Sam Hields

Partner

Our Investment Into Droppe

Portfolio Spotlight: Operations1

Macro and Market update 2023 – “Is this hangover finally over?”

OpenOcean Forecast: Trends & Predictions to Watch in 2024

From AI Surge to Unicorns: The State of Enterprise Automation in 2023

Meet the OpenOcean Team in Spring/Summer 2023 Events

"You can either retain your culture or have hyper-growth - getting both is a fool's choice.” – A Q&A with our Operating Advisor Kulpreet Singh

"London needs to demonstrate why it remains the best place for firms to raise funds and grow their business" – Naureen Zahid's Letter to the City AM Editor

How Supermetrics, a company with 40% annual growth, leads with two CEOs?

Lisa Edgar Joins OpenOcean as a Strategic Advisor to Empower Leaders of the Data Economy

2023 Technology Forecast: OpenOcean Technology and Investment Predictions to Watch

How product-led growth brought Supermetrics from 0 to 50M ARR

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Our Investment Into Droppe

We are proud to announce that OpenOcean led Droppe’s 3,9M€ seed funding round. Droppe, a pioneering Finnish company in B2B distribution, is changing the way how businesses source, order and manage supplies. Their platform enables direct shipments from suppliers to customers, making supply chains more efficient and sustainable.

Tom Henriksson

General Partner

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Portfolio Spotlight: Operations1

We are thrilled to share the story of Operations1, a company that revolutionises industrial operations with a user-friendly digital platform for work instructions, enabling companies to achieve operational excellence, improve quality and reduce costs.

Tom Henriksson

General Partner

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Our Investment Into Purple Dot

We are excited to back Purple Dot, a London-based pre-ordering and waiting list platform.

Sam Hields

Partner

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Macro and Market update 2023 – “Is this hangover finally over?”

In this update we will provide you with our assessment and view on the current macro and market environment, highlighting key changes, and how this has been impacting public and private investments.

Naureen Zahid

Investor Relations Director

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OpenOcean Forecast: Trends & Predictions to Watch in 2024

Every year, the OpenOcean team compiles its investment insights for the upcoming year by closely analysing the evolving global economic landscape and the technology developments of the previous year. Reflecting on 2023, it’s impossible not to mention the transformative and groundbreaking impact of Generative AI on the technology industry, affecting not just end-users but also many larger companies that have successfully integrated Large Language Models (LLMs) into their existing products and processes, thereby speeding up the digitalisation and automation of societies at large.

Tom Henriksson

General Partner

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OpenOcean ESG Report 2023: ESG Maturity at an All-Time High

We are now happy to share the results of our 5th annual ESG report with you to unpack the current ESG statistics of our portfolio companies and to establish transparently where and how we must continue to collectively push for greater progress. This year we achieved a 100% response rate and the survey was based on our internally developed ESG Starter Pack.

Patrik Backman

General Partner

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Podcast: Early-Stage Venture Capital, OpenOcean, with Patrik Backman

"I think we have only scratched the surface of what data software can do, for instance, in all enterprises, in all businesses, in all functions, and probably in society, there’s processes and functions that can be digitalized, automated, optimized and improved. We’ve only seen the beginning of that. And of course, with hyper on AI, it’s a much broader thing than that."

OpenSource Underdogs

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Global fintech investment slump worsens: UK suffers 'steep drop'

Naureen Zahid, Director of Investor Relations at OpenOcean commented on the UK market dynamics, which is prompting a growing number of firms to consider listing in the US.

The Stack

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Britain’s AI Startups Look To Record Year As Regulation Looms

In a statement responding to the government's statement of intent, OpenOcean urged the continuation of a light-touch approach to startups but acknowledged the need for regulation - and the possible benefits.

Forbes

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