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Sam is based out of OpenOcean's London office and has a background working in software development and operations. Having studied Computer Science, he started his career at JPMorgan working on the world’s first real-time liquidity monitoring and flow control system which automatically managed in excess of USD 6 trillion in cash flows per day. He also spent some time in JPMorgan's Cyber Defence team focusing on application security. Sam's experience in high-growth startups came when he joined Uber as an Operations Manager helping to launch the product across the UK and as a member of the executive team at Community Fibre, joining on their seed round, which would later be acquired through a £400 million LBO.

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Why we invested in Ubitium

OpenOcean has invested $4 million in Ubitium’s $14 million seed round, led by US-based Ibex Investors with participation from Quantum Systems co-founder Florian Seibel and existing backers KBC Focus Fund, Runa Capital, and Inflection.
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IQM's dual listing is a blueprint for European deep tech

In July IQM Quantum Computers started trading on Nasdaq New York and Nasdaq Helsinki, on subsequent days.
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Three things the State of Quantum 2026 report tells an early-stage investor

The State of Quantum 2026 report shows quantum computing maturing into a real market. For investors, the biggest opportunities lie in enabling infrastructure today and commercial adoption tomorrow.