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OpenOcean welcomes kevin. to the portfolio family

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OpenOcean welcomes kevin. to the portfolio family

kevin. has announced in November their raise of a $10 million funding round to disrupt the card payment infrastructure. It is our pleasure at OpenOcean to participate together with our friends at OTB Ventures and Speedinvest.

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Through their advanced account-to-account payment infrastructure solution, kevin. enables fast, secure and affordable payments in both online stores, mobile applications as well as POS terminals.With thousands of happy merchants already signed up, we’re with excitement looking forward to ushering in the era of smooth payments together with Tadas and Pavel!

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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.
Ekaterina Almasque
General Partner
"Despite a difficult market, LPs remain bullish on the opportunity” – A Q&A with OpenOcean’s Strategic Advisor Lisa Edgar
March 14, 2023
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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
How Supermetrics, a company with 40% annual growth, leads with two CEOs?
February 9, 2023
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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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