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Europe can win the AI race - announcing first close of €100 million
March 11, 2025
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Europe can win the AI race - announcing first close of €100 million

Data will be the ultimate moat in AI development for years to come — and that is where we are focusing as early-stage investors.
Tom Henriksson
General Partner

Enterprise automation market industry update: automation after GenAI

How to manage high-performance individuals in 2025

Portfolio Spotlight: Embeddable

Why we invested in Embeddable

The market map for AI-enabled services: where to watch in 2025

Why we invested in Authologic

OpenOcean welcomes three new team members: Joanna Graiver, Katariina Marttinen and Cyrus Hessabi

Why are all SaaS companies AI now? Here’s what the statistics show

OpenOcean ESG Report 2024: Driving More Value From ESG

Leveling up AI: SW England tops list for average AI funding as North of England skyrockets

Our Investment Into Droppe

Portfolio Spotlight: Operations1

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Enterprise automation market industry update: automation after GenAI
May 2, 2025
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Enterprise automation market industry update: automation after GenAI

At OpenOcean, we’ve long believed in automation software’s potential. It’s been a core theme in our investment focus for years, giving us early and continued exposure to exciting developments in the field.
Mirva Laatunen
Investment Analyst
How to manage high-performance individuals in 2025
April 17, 2025
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How to manage high-performance individuals in 2025

Back in 2007, we held a short presentation while working at MySQL about a type of person we called a "Super Gold-Collar Worker." These were highly skilled individuals in growth companies who had become essential to business operations.
Ralf Wahlsten
Chairman
Europe can win the AI race - announcing first close of €100 million
March 11, 2025
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4
min read

Europe can win the AI race - announcing first close of €100 million

Data will be the ultimate moat in AI development for years to come — and that is where we are focusing as early-stage investors.
Tom Henriksson
General 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.
Ekaterina Almasque
Venture Partner
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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Letter: Flaws in Reeves’ Mansion House pension funds plan

Top-down mandates from governments rarely build great companies. This golden rule of business growth was sadly not on show at the splashy launch of UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ ambitious, but flawed Mansion House accord (Report, May 14) forcing pension funds to invest in the UK will not encourage growth, and as rightly noted in the follow-up piece by George Parker and Mary McDougall (Report, May 14) may have the opposite effect.

Financial Times
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16 European hardware startups to watch, according to VCs

A new generation of hardware startups is helping rebuild Europe’s industrial base

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"Unique data is really the key" – this veteran tech VC shares which AI is really worth investing in

AI solutions abound in the impact space, with algorithms purporting to be able to find emissions-reduction opportunities in supply chains, predict climate events and even direct farmers where to plant.

Impact Loop
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