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November 25, 2019
Our legendary Poker Night brings together relentless entrepreneurs, investors, and trailblazers from the software, data
Relevant updates from our team, our network,
our strategic partners, and the media.
Our legendary Poker Night brings together relentless entrepreneurs, investors, and trailblazers from the software, data
–Deep Tech Gets Delicious– Delicious, rooted in data and deep technological innovation business software is
We are proudly announcing our newest investment in Finnish start-up Leadoo. An article and interview
Niklas Rosenberg will be joining TechBBQ September 18-19 in Copenhagen.
Yina Ye and Niklas Rosenberg will be joining STHLM Tech Fest this September again. In
We are proudly announcing our investment into IQM Finland Oy (IQM), a Finland-based startup with a
Dear OpenOcean Partners & Friends We're excited to announce that our portfolio company Bitrise has
Tom joins the Nordic Private Equity Summit (NPES). NPES provides insights on the latest industry
Tom is joining NOAH Berlin to have a fireside chat with Stephen Upstone, the CEO
Reid joins SaaStr Europe (Paris) to meet with relentless founders of data-intensive software startups!
Ekaterina Almasque will be moderating a fireside chat @Arctic15 with Harri Valpola, Co-founder & CEO
Janina is joining the annual Newscamp to discuss the use and monetisation of data in
May was packed with events. Patrik Backman and Niklas Rosenberg joined Pioneers´19 in Vienna to
Ekaterina Almasque and Mike Reiner joined TNW to judge innovative startups in the #PitchBattle, and
By publishing our anti-discrimination and harassment policy we share with our network important values that
April 9 Join us with 150 selected CEO, partners and visionaries to deep-dive into core
March 19-20 Niklas Rosenberg joined InsureTech Insights in London to connect and hear about innovation
March 19-20 Patrik Backman joined Wolves Summit to meet with innovative, data-intensive startups and scale-ups
Dec 4 Thank you for joining us at the 5th night of poker OpenOcean style
OpenOcean attended CogX London in full-force, hosting a interactive workshop conducted by Tom Henriksson on
The OpenOcean CEO Summit is our annual gathering of Europe's most ambitious entrepreneurs and visionaries
Niko Karstikko attended a Finnish startup conference in 2014 in hopes of garnering interest in his
On Tuesday, 5th December we co-hosted "The State of Blockchain" with TOA x Fabric Ventures
According to what has become a tradition over the past four years, we hosted another
Entrepreneurship is exciting. Entrepreneurship that impacts the lives of millions is incredible. It was an
Once again this year, we gathered our friends for a night of porto-tonics in the
'Delicious' software is not just easy to download, adopt or use - it’s software that
Vinay Gupta has followed cryptocurrency on its journey to the mainstream, aiding in disaster relief,
On Tuesday, 10th October we gathered some of the key players in the Finnish startup
Richard was joined by the excellent Irra Ariella Khi – CEO, Vchain Technology; Mariano Belinky – Managing Partner, Santander InnoVentures; Lex Sokolin –
Richard Muirhead flew over to Zurich to take part in the ICO Summit, speaking on
It seems that lately everyone wants to know about “The Blockchain”. Massive gains in token
The pace of innovation in decentralised technologies including blockchains is accelerating faster than anyone had
There’s a problem out there in Developer Land in that developers of apps in iOS,
Richard Muirhead gave a reverse pitch on what we look for at OpenOcean: relentlessly reckless
Helsinki-based ecommerce SaaS startup Nosto has received a €15 million loan from the European Investment
“Booksy is constantly developing new ways to make appointments easier for you and your clients.
Richard Muirhead participated in the London CryptoFinancing Conference, debating the future of VC in the
While visiting startups in Paris, our team hosted a dinner with a few exciting Parisian
Richard Muirhead participated in a panel discussion on investing in AI at the inaugural edition
RapidMiner won the CogX A.I. Award for “Best Innovation in Predictive Analytics” at CogX London 2017. The
Hosted by Mike Butcher of TechCrunch, Richard Muirhead joined him on the stage for two
During Pioneers17 in Vienna, Richard and Anastasiya gathered friends old and new for after-event drinks
On June 1st, Richard Muirhead appeared on stage at Pioneers’17 and gave a talk on cracking
Surpassing Facebook, leading communication app Truecaller has become the fourth most downloaded application in India
Unacast, the world’s largest network of proximity data and the creators of the Real World
During Consensus and Token Summit in New York, Richard, Max, and Christina could not miss
RapidMiner CEO Peter Y Lee was identified as one of the top 25 CEOs in
Our tech wizard Monty Widenius spoke about ways to create lasting opensource businesses at Oscon in Austin
As open source database architecture continues to grow in popularity, one of the bigger developers
Our partner Ralf Wahlsten joined Helsinki’s Arctic15, participating as a startup pitches jury.
Our partner Patrik Backman flew over to Warsaw to attend the Wolves Summit and join
Investing in AI – Getting the targets and the timing right With UK exits from
Richard Muirhead joined the jury panel at 4YFN in Barcelona, alongside Itamar Novick, Aurore Belfrage,
Richard and Anastasiya from our team were on the ground at MWC and 4YFN Barcelona,
OpenOcean hosted an informal drinks reception during Web Summit 2016 in Lisbon, bringing together the
OpenOcean have hosted two (legendary!) Poker Nights at Slush over the past two years, and
This morning Richard Muirhead met with the TechHub startup community to share his expertise as an investor and
Richard was invited to share his expertise in blockchain at a roundtable discussion hosted by
On April 5th Richard Muirhead hosted a panel debate at The O2 on How Bitcoin Can
In a recent interview with the Forbes journalist Trevor Clawson, Richard Muirhead states his
Criticism for UK Government lethargy when it comes to the support of UK tech companies
Yesterday, the PM outlined 12 objectives sought from a proposed "hard Brexit". Of particular interest
"It’s easy to start a tech company within the advertising industry. Finding the people with
“London represent! Continuing to demonstrate its strength as the centre for the UK and European
Faced with rising competition and the unrelenting need to evolve their user experience to match
On Saturday, VentureBeat published a post written by OpenOcean partner, Tom Henriksson, about the emergence of "strong anonymity". Over
Ready for VC funding? Online tool makes assessment simple for startups Free online quiz can
Richard Muirhead, General Partner of London, UK-based OpenOcean Venture Capital, commented on October, 2, 2016’s Article 50
"There is still plenty of money “flying around in Europe” to back solid tech start-up
How will Brexit will affect our technology businesses? Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined on
MySQL Phase 1 – Building the Product and User Community Key Innovation 1: Building Great
Last week we compared the 10 largest rounds from the 1st half of 2016 to the
Hello, I’m Juuso Koskinen, the newest member of the OpenOcean Investment Team. I’ll be joining
In November and December 2013, Richard Muirhead at Firestartr led due diligence into Bitstamp Ltd -
Berlin, 15 August 2016 – HeavenHR GmbH, a provider of a free cloud-based HR management
Unacast, the world’s largest network of beacon and proximity data, connecting the physical world to
As Software Seeps Into More Facets of the Enterprise—and into the Cloud–Dataloop.IO’s Next-Generation Monitoring Tools
Company expands its single-source audience measurement solution globally, providing transparent cross-platform measurement to digital media,
OpenOcean is today announcing a €100m* fund to accelerate the growth of Europe’s most successful software companies.
Both Firestartr and OpenOcean have as their purpose to seek and support extraordinary entrepreneurs in
Oppex is the world’s largest database of public bidding contests. Oppex, the Helsinki based startup
Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures invested in OpenOcean Portfolio company EyeEM. EyeEm has created a community of passionate photographers
What are the characteristics of unicorns at the idea stage? When companies start to grow
Verto Analytics, a pioneer in digital media measurement services, today announced additional funding of $2.4M
TapDaq is a community-driven marketing network for mobile apps. Founder Ted Nash has been creating