Our Approach

We help with what matters most at Seed

Oceans believes that the most critical support that investors and advisors can provide a founder is helping create a great team to bring their game-changing ideas to life.

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Building the best teams

We help founders and their teams learn how to recruit, retain, and grow world-class talent.

Go to market

We coach founders on business models and pricing; navigating enterprise contract deals; and developing new narratives and go-to-market presentations that help on the path to product market fit.  

Fundraising guidance

We help ensure founders set the right financial foundation to de-risk their next round of funding for Series A or multi-stage investors. 

Team

Oceans Team

The inner circle

We are built for this. We have the operational experience to identify and support outlier founders and teams. We started Oceans because founders kept approaching us individually to ask for help − they had capital but wanted guidance from people who had lived the journey. Steven built Quattro Wireless from the bottom up through to acquisition by Apple and led the pivotal transformation of Foursquare. Josh played an instrumental role in establishing Meta’s first satellite office in NYC and helped launch several key early products. Glenn architected world class teams and opened up Sales / Marketing and Engineering offices globally for Meta and Google. Sara ran engagements, designed and implemented software solutions, and built and led global development teams at software companies such as ClearForest, acquired by Refinitiv. And, Brian led corporate development and M&A efforts across the Time Warner ecosystem, including acquiring startups and putting over $3 billion of capital to work. We have the operational expertise that only comes with experience.

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Focus Areas

Our focus

While every new company is different, Oceans invests in founders and teams that share certain key attributes.

People

We invest in founders and teams with high integrity, intense curiosity, a maniacal focus on growth, and commitment to building the best teams. Our founders also have strong technical backgrounds and deep domain expertise.

Geography

We are headquartered in New York and invest in US-based companies. We focus on cities with exceptional talent, including New York, San Francisco, LA, and Boston.

Stage

We focus on Pre-Seed and Seed Stage companies

Sector

We are generalists and invest in Post Future of Work companies that are typically B2B, SaaS, Cloud, AI, Web 3 Infrastructure and Platforms. We save room for opportunistic investments in extraordinary teams and finding what’s next as it evolves.  

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