Cross Ocean Ventures
VC Fund
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cross Ocean Ventures is a VC fund in Amsterdam focused on Software and Information Technology. Cross Ocean Ventures invests in and helps European and Israeli startups expand to the US market. We see our strength as finding and helping companies that can be in a position to raise Series A by mainly US investors in the 12-24 months range.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 11%
Last updated:
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Industries Cross Ocean Ventures invests in
Stages Cross Ocean Ventures invests in
Countries Cross Ocean Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$16M
- Pre-Seed
- $200k–$400k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (33%)
- Information Technology 3 (33%)
- Internet 2 (22%)
- E-Commerce 2 (22%)
- CRM 1 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (56%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (22%)
- Series A 1 (11%)
Country
- United States 3 (33%)
- Mexico 1 (11%)
- Turkey 1 (11%)
- Philippines 1 (11%)
- The Netherlands 1 (11%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Haydar Nur
Analyst
|
Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primeclass is the fastest, most efficient way to master the skills you need. 100% online, part-time & self-paced. Our industry-leading programs in Visual Studies (Photo, Video, Fashion and Design) recognized by top companies worldwide.Your success is our goal, we reinvented online learning for you. Only at Primeclass:-PersonalizedCurriculum -Tiered Professional Networking -Learn by Doing -Job Focused Content and Assignments -Real-Life Projects -1:1 Mentorship and Coaching when you need it -100% Placement Rate PromiseWe strive to make quality education affordable, our learning tracks start from $49 per monthCustomers love what we do and our 2020 traction metrics prove that our model works: 340% YoY Growth LTV/CAC>3 $40K MRR almost half of our $700K round signed or spoken aboutThe scalability of our model relies on the platform we created and the process of wrapping educational content in tracks, which creates a sufficient starting barrier between us and competitors who want to repeat us. We have an absolutely clear roadmap on how to get to 100M ARR in our segment in 5-7 years.In the bottom line, metrics and growth achieved without external investment demonstrate the quality of the product (our metrics are better than much more mature projects that have invested> 10x on product creation), and thanks to the process and platform, we can add tracks faster and cheaper than competitors, showing better unit economics.primeclass is DBA (doing business as) name of Heartbeat Education, corporation registered in Delaware, US | $200K / Pre-Seed / Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Advance Tech Lending is an online salary loans provider. They help employees cover their daily financial needs with a click of a button. They don’t charge interest, just a processing fee to get funds to you immediately. | $16M / Series A / Mar 29, 2023 | ||
| Advance Tech Lending is an online salary loans provider. They help employees cover their daily financial needs with a click of a button. They don’t charge interest, just a processing fee to get funds to you immediately. | $3.9M / Seed / Dec 22, 2022 | ||
| Commerce is being revolutionized throughout Latin America. Increasingly, SMBs are restructuring themselves to rely on online conversational platforms (like WhatsApp) as their primary channel for acquiring and servicing their clients. LeadSales is building the platform that will be the dominant operating system for this entire new industry - andwill help businesses manage all of their interactions with consumers ranging from conversational sales, CRM, to order fulfillment, even to payments. | $400K / Pre-Seed / Oct 31, 2022 | ||
| DAtAnchor develops a novel crypto-technology that anchors the data consumption within the network boundaries, serving as a backstop against inevitable breaches. It provides a secure gateway to access the files in the cloud and the database, with the added features of revocability and physical access control, enabling efficient and automated datagovernance.DAtAnchor is a result of a multi-year research activity, developed at Ohio State University. The development team currently has 6 members, 4 of which are full-time. We have seed level funding for >1M and an advisory board with members at the senior vice president level in Fortune 500 companies. | $500K / Seed / Jun 03, 2022 | ||
| Indicio provides companies and markets the ability to create, develop, and launch new Trusted Data Ecosystems, marketplaces, and business models for the exchange of high value information and data assets. Specializing in financial, healthcare, and travel markets, Indicio provides customers with technology and a decentralized network to issue, hold,and verify data contained in encrypted digital credentials. With Indicio’s privacy-preserving software, companies can confirm data authenticity repeatedly and efficiently from its source without the expense or risk of direct integrations—resulting in a boost to their bottom-line profit and information privacy reputation. | $3.5M / Seed / Apr 25, 2022 | ||
| Octovan is an online leading platform that combines reliable movers with users who need moving. | Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| Dinlebi is an audio streaming service offering subscription-based access to audiobooks and short-form content through mobile apps. Founded in 2019, it launched its services in August 2020 in Turkey and is the fastest growing platform in its launch territory and category. | $578.9K / Seed / Nov 22, 2021 | ||
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FAQ
What does Cross Ocean Ventures invest in?
Cross Ocean Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Cross Ocean Ventures's check size?
Cross Ocean Ventures typically joins rounds of $500k–$16M at Seed and $200k–$400k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Cross Ocean Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at Cross Ocean Ventures?
The team at Cross Ocean Ventures includes Haydar Nur (Analyst). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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