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Where to find alpha in the post-covid era? Macro and market update Q4 2022

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IPO: MariaDB lands on the New York Stock Exchange

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Launching: State of Quantum 2022 Report

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New Automation Market Map is published – Software Automation private funding grew by 230% in 2021

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How MariaDB became the world-leading open-source database company

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Announcing LoopMe exit: celebrating the next chapter of a real Ad-Venture

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PassFort acquired by Moody’s Corporation

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The Truecaller IPO: nine years of “instant” success

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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.

Ekaterina Almasque

General Partner

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"Despite a difficult market, LPs remain bullish on the opportunity” – A Q&A with OpenOcean’s Strategic Advisor Lisa Edgar

At the beginning of the year, Lisa Edgar joined our team as our Strategic Advisor. We sat down with Lisa for a Q&A to pick her brain and hear her unique perspective on various topics related to the startup ecosystem and venture capital industry. From her thoughts on the current state of the European venture capital market to her belief in the importance of ESG, Lisa offers invaluable insights for entrepreneurs and investors alike.

Naureen Zahid

Investor Relations Director

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

Our portfolio company Supermetrics, , announced in early 2023 that it is moving to a shared CEO model – a practice used by roaringly successful companies like Netflix, Atlassian and Workday. To introduce the model, Anssi and Supermetrics better, we asked him a few crisp questions on the topic.

Patrik Backman

General Partner

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LatticeFlow raises $12M to eliminate computer vision blind spots

LatticeFlow, a startup that was spun out of Zurich’s ETH in 2020, helps machine learning teams improve their AI vision models by automatically diagnosing issues and improving both the data and the models themselves. The company today announced that it has raised a $12 million Series A funding round led by Atlantic Bridge and OpenOcean, with participation from FPV Ventures.

Techcrunch

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Quantum computing high on the enterprise agenda – study

Business leaders expect to see commercialised quantum computing within the next five years, a new study has revealed, with 61% of those responding saying they plan to invest $1m or more in the technology within the next three years and 10% planning to pump more than $20m into quantum resources.

TechMonitor

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OpenOcean updates its interactive market map for automation, adding 600+ companies

Early-stage venture capital firm OpenOcean returns with an updated version of its interactive market map for automation, adding some 600+ companies.

Tech.eu

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