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Oceans leads pre-seed and seed-stage deals for founders with proven zero-to-one track records who can build exceptional teams. They invest in US-based companies (concentrated in NYC, SF, LA) with tech and data differentiation at their core, primarily B2B business models, and are generalists across sectors.

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Investment Thesis

Oceans invests in founders and teams as the primary focus, believing that people come first in their investment approach. They position themselves as ‘venture coaches, not just capital,’ providing hands-on operational support rooted in firsthand experience building companies from 0-1 through IPO. Their philosophy emphasizes empathy, having lived through the mistakes, pivots, and zero-to-one experiences themselves. They evaluate founders against the top 1% and assess founders’ uniqueness, self-awareness, empathy, endurance, and ability to attract talent.

What Sets Them Apart

  • Team-based support model with five complementary specialist partners (sales, recruiting, product marketing, operations, finance/M&A)
  • Deep NYC tech ecosystem network built over 25+ years, with early employee relationships from Facebook, Google, Apple acquisitions
  • Operational expertise spanning the full company lifecycle from 0-1 to IPO, navigated through major economic downturns
  • Highly hands-on involvement at seed stage - founders describe them as 'another high-functioning co-founder' versus typical transactional seed investors
  • All partners are former operators who empathize with founders and have complementary skill sets
  • Strong conviction investment approach - partners are fully committed and know when to be present and when to let founders operate independently

Portfolio Highlights

AgentAI

Ai Ml

Akooda

Enterprise Software

Aloe Care

Healthtech

Arya

Hr Tech

Carbon Counts

Climate Tech

Continuum

Hr Tech

dataroomHQ

Fintech

David Energy

Climate Tech

+ 37 more companies in their portfolio

Investment Team

6 Partners at Oceans

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