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Hygraph Raises $30M Series B Funding Round for Federated Content Platform
March 29, 2023
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Hygraph Raises $30M Series B Funding Round for Federated Content Platform

OpenOcean portfolio company Hygraph, a leading federated content platform, announced the closure of a $30 million Series B funding round led by One Peak. OpenOcean is delighted to continue to be part of the journey since it led Hygraph’s Series A, and welcomes the participation of both existing and new investors, including Peak, SquareOne, and business angel Boris Lokschin, Co-Founder and CEO of Spryker Systems.

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Why are we still building development teams like it’s 2020?
February 4, 2026
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Why are we still building development teams like it’s 2020?

Twenty-five years ago, I could have written that same sentence and replaced “AI” with “the Web,” and forty years ago, “the personal computer.” This is not an article about needing to use Claude or other agentic AI tools; that is something you should be doing already. In this case, I’m talking about a fundamental restructuring of how software gets built and deployed.
Duleepa “Dups” Wijayawardhana
Venture Partner
Portfolio spotlight: Dreamfold
January 12, 2026
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Portfolio spotlight: Dreamfold

Welcome to our portfolio spotlight series, where we highlight the teams behind some of the most ambitious technical companies. A company is only as strong as the people behind it, which is why we share the stories of the teams driving these disruptive innovations.
Tom Henriksson
General Partner
What founders get wrong about speed and scale
October 30, 2025
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What founders get wrong about speed and scale

Every founder faces the same question: how fast should you go? In conversation with our Venture Partner, Duleepa “Dups” Wijayawardhana, we explored why so many startups struggle to balance speed, quality and scale, and how to get it right (at least most of the time). As Dups puts it, for every rule there is an exception, and for every exception there is something to learn.
Duleepa “Dups” Wijayawardhana
Venture Partner
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OpenOcean ESG Report 2024: Driving More Value From ESG
September 13, 2024
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OpenOcean ESG Report 2024: Driving More Value From ESG

We are happy to share the results of our 6th annual ESG report to unpack the current ESG statistics of our portfolio companies.
Tom Henriksson
General Partner
Leveling up AI: SW England tops list for average AI funding as North of England skyrockets
July 31, 2024
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Leveling up AI: SW England tops list for average AI funding as North of England skyrockets

New analysis from O3 platform highlights growing regional strength of UK AI startup ecosystem over last decade.
Macro and Market update 2023 – “Is this hangover finally over?”
January 9, 2024
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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.
Tom Henriksson
General Partner
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Why 2026 ends AI experimentation? Experts bet on vertical scale and human hurdles

If 2025 was defined by the speed of the AI boom, 2026 is set to be the year the market pivots from “AI tourism” to a focus on tangible value, robust infrastructure, and the human element.

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VCs predict strong enterprise AI adoption next year — again

It’s been three years since OpenAI released ChatGPT and kicked off a surge in innovation and attention on AI. Since then, optimists have regularly claimed that AI will become a critical part of the enterprise software industry, and so enterprise AI startups mushroomed on the back of immense amounts of investment.

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Europe’s founders and VCs share their New Year resolutions for 2026

As founders and investors look ahead to 2026, their New Year’s resolutions reveal a familiar challenge: how to scale a fast-moving startup without losing purpose, people or perspective.

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