About Oceans
Oceans is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Sep 2026, Oceans is an active investor, having invested in 64 companies, with 9 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and HealthTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Helogen Overall, Oceans portfolio has seen 7 acquisitions including key companies like Lang, Aloe Care and Kit. A lot of funds co-invest with Oceans, with names like Alumni Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Oceans has team of 7 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Oceans' List of Top Investments
Oceans has a portfolio of 64 companies. Their most notable investments are in Improfit and Workgrounds.Their portfolio spans across United States, Spain, Canada and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, HealthTech and 24 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Oceans:1. Lang
Provider of an AI-based automation platform for customer support. It allows businesses to collect and analyze information related to patents from legal documents to improve customer experience. It provides an algorithm that enables users to extract business insights from unstructured text such as surveys, legal docs, social media, internal documents, and the web.
Key facts about Lang
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Madrid (Spain)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $15M
- Employee Count: 9 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Mundi Ventures, Hilltop Venture Partners and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 09, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Aloe Care
Provider of medical alert systems featuring voice activation and sensors. These devices monitor home environments for motion, temperature, and air quality while facilitating communication between individuals and emergency response teams. The hardware includes wearable buttons and mobile units equipped with fall detection technology. Caregivers access updates and connectivity through a mobile application. The system functions without requiring local internet connectivity by utilizing cellular networks for emergency calls and status alerts.
Key facts about Aloe Care
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $12.1M
- Employee Count: 37 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: RiverPark Ventures, Redwood Partners and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 20, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Teal
Cloud-based platform for applicant tracking. It offers tools for job tracking, resumes building, reviewing LinkedIn, etc. It also allows users to bookmark the job from the job boards.
Key facts about Teal
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $20.7M
- Employee Count: 287 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Zelkova Ventures, Alpaca and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jun 20, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Exer
Provider of AI-based app for tracking fitness activities. The application helps in tracking fitness data in real time. The smart camera is used to track the exercise motion which is analyzed by the app in real-time using AI technology. It analyses the motions to provide audio and visual feedback and coaching to correct the motion or postures in real-time.
Key facts about Exer
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Denver (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $11M
- Employee Count: 26 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: AME Cloud Ventures, Signia Venture Partners and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 04, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Kit
Kit is a community-based product discovery platform. The platform offers category focused communities like art, biking, photography etc. Users can recommend and review products they like in the communities. Users earn affiliate revenue on the products recommended by them, from the company's partnered retailers. As of Nov. 2016, they have not started to monetize the platform. Users include influencers such as professional travel vlogger Peter Bragiel, makeup artist and beauty vlogger Claire Marshall etc. They also allow influencers to collaborate with brands and create sponsored content for community users. The company was launched as a project backed by Expa, which helps develop and launch companies.
Key facts about Kit
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $5.82M
- Employee Count: 201 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Advantas Capital Ventures, StartX and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 26, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Oceans' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Oceans has invested in 64 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 2 investments, while as of Sep 2026, it has made 8 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Helogen and most recent follow-on round was in Lang.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2021 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Oceans' Investments by Stage
Oceans has made 30 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5.97M, 5 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $45.2M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $12M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 30 |
Series A | 5 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Oceans' Investments by Sector
Oceans has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech, Vertical SaaS and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 57 Tech companies, 43 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 40 Software companies and at least 22 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 24 |
High Tech | 8 |
FinTech | 6 |
Vertical SaaS | 5 |
Consumer | 4 |
Others | 31 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Oceans' Investments by Geography
Oceans has made most investments in United States (34), followed by Spain where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 34 |
Spain | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Oceans' recent investments
Oceans has made 8 investments in 2026 so far. Helogen and NEBEX are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Oceans:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 04, 2026 | United States | Seed | 9489 | [+2] | |
Jun 29, 2026 | United States | Seed | 7998 | [+9] | |
Jun 10, 2026 | United States | Series A | 8822 | [+3] | |
May 27, 2026 | United States | Seed | 5428 | [+5] | |
Apr 28, 2026 | United States | Series B | 4978 | [+2] |
Acquired companies in Oceans' Portfolio
7 companies from Oceans' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was RiskFrontAI in Jun 2026 by K2 Integrity for $*****.Here are Oceans' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 12, 2026 | Jan 21, 2026 | Seed | 3639 | |
Apr 21, 2026 | Feb 10, 2021 | Seed | 2491 | |
Apr 16, 2026 | - | - | 1022 | |
Nov 18, 2025 | - | - | 3438 | |
Apr 14, 2025 | - | - | 3422 |
Team profile of Oceans
Oceans has a team of 7 members including 5 Partners and 1 Principal located in United States. Oceans' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Oceans:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | Brooklyn | - | ||
Partner | California | - | - | |
Partner | Boston | - | - | |
Principal | New York City | - | - |
Co-investors of Oceans
Over the past 6 years, 273 investors have co-invested in Oceans's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Oceans: S Capital VC, Cerca Partners and 17 others have invested in rounds before Oceans. There is 1 company where S Capital VC has invested before Oceans and 1 company where Cerca Partners has invested before Oceans.
- Top Co-investors of Oceans: 181 investors entered a company along with Oceans. These include investors like Alumni Ventures (4 companies).
- Invested after Oceans: A total of 73 investors have invested in Oceans's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Gaingels (2 companies), Andreessen Horowitz (2 companies) and Flexport Fund (1 company).
Recent News related to Oceans
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Helogen Raises $7.1M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Sep 04, 2026•RRE Ventures, Blisce, Helogen, Oceans and 1 other
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Jedify Secures $24 Million in Series A Funding for Enterprise AI Infrastructure PlatformStartup Log•Jun 11, 2026•Jedify, Norwest, S Capital VC, Oceans and 4 others
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Star Catcher Industries Raises $65M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•May 12, 2026•Star Catcher, B Capital, Helena, Shield Capital and 6 others
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Windmill, the AI Company That Bets on Humans, Raises $12MPR Newswire•Apr 28, 2026•Windmill, Inspired Capital, Primary Venture Partner, Founder Collective and 4 others
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Aviv Frankel's AI company raised $10 millionWalla!•Oct 21, 2025•Moonshot AI, Oceans, CTech, Mighty Capital and 4 others
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Promising Luzid raises US$3 millionFusoes & Aquisicoes•Sep 30, 2025•Quiet Capital, Oceans, NXTP Ventures, Luzid Technologies
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Finnish company SuperGround raises €1.15M to scale operations and commercialize seafood products with Ocean Next
Ain•Sep 04, 2025•SuperGround, Propeller, Oceans, Hatch Blue and 1 other
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Workgrounds Raises $2.6M in FundingFinSMEs•Nov 06, 2024•Workgrounds, Oceans, Hannah Grey VC, VoLo Earth Ventures
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Etched Raises $120M in FundingFinSMEs•Jun 26, 2024•Etched, Primary Venture Partner, Positive Sum, Hummingbird and 25 others
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Hark Raises $3.5M Seed Round to Reinvent Voice-of-Customer Programs for the AI EraPR Newswire•Jun 18, 2024•Hark, Oceans, Converge, Atman and 3 others
