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Part 1 of Scaling AI: reflections on 2024 and expectations for 2025
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Part 1 of Scaling AI: reflections on 2024 and expectations for 2025

In the first part of our Scaling AI series, we reflect on the past 12 months and set our sights on the upcoming year.
Ekaterina Almasque
General Partner

Why we invested in Embeddable

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

Why we invested in Authologic

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

Macro and Market update 2023 – “Is this hangover finally over?”

OpenOcean Forecast: Trends & Predictions to Watch in 2024

From AI Surge to Unicorns: The State of Enterprise Automation in 2023

Meet the OpenOcean Team in Spring/Summer 2023 Events

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Part 1 of Scaling AI: reflections on 2024 and expectations for 2025
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4
min read

Part 1 of Scaling AI: reflections on 2024 and expectations for 2025

In the first part of our Scaling AI series, we reflect on the past 12 months and set our sights on the upcoming year.
Ekaterina Almasque
General Partner
Why we invested in Embeddable
December 13, 2024
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Why we invested in Embeddable

OpenOcean is proud to have led Embeddable's oversubscribed €6 million seed round, alongside Four Rivers and TechStars. Together, we’re supporting Embeddable’s mission to transform embedded analytics for developers.
Sam Hields
Partner
The market map for AI-enabled services: where to watch in 2025
November 29, 2024
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The market map for AI-enabled services: where to watch in 2025

The services industry is experiencing a rapid transformation driven by artificial intelligence (AI). AI-enabled services businesses are redefining traditional models by enhancing efficiency, improving client outcomes, and delivering exceptional value.
Cyrus Hessabi
Investment Associate
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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
General 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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A Conversation with Tom Henriksson: Navigating Venture Capital in 2024 and Beyond

In November 2023, Oleksandr Komarevych, Editor of Startupreporter.eu, sat down with Tom Henriksson, General Partner at OpenOcean, to discuss the challenges and opportunities awaiting venture capital in 2024. One year later, they reconvened to reflect on how those predictions unfolded, delving into lessons learned, unexpected outcomes, and the evolving dynamics of the startup ecosystem.

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What’s in store for deeptech in 2025? Experts weigh in

Sifted asked VCs to share their predictions for the deeptech sector in 2025 — and once more, it’s all about AI.

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Embedded data analytics startup Embeddable is still handpicking its customers despite strong demand

The result was a company called Embeddable, which is creating a developer tool kit to build interactive, customized, customer-facing data analytics dashboards without coding. These can be built using a library of templates contributed by users, not dissimilar to Notion’s or Airbyte’s community-driven approaches.

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