# Oceanic Partners

> Oceanic Partners is a VC fund in Sausalito backing Software and Automotive. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sausalito, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18467822/
- Website: http://www.oceanic.us

Oceanic Partners is a VC Firm dedicated to making investments in mid-to late-staged private technology companies focused on strong teams and fundamentals, with meaningful opportunities for liquidity. The team at Oceanic has an unparalleled mastery of the private markets, both as successful principals as well as intermediaries. The Firm'sManagement has executed thousands of private transactions, valued at over $3 Billion, across hundreds of companies. Oceanic Partners investment approach is unconstrained by deal size, geography, "style box," and/or market phase.Share

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 36% |
| Automotive | 2 | 18% |
| Electronics | 2 | 18% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 18% |
| Transportation | 2 | 18% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 27% |
| Secondary Market | 2 | 18% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |
| Series C | 1 | 9% |
| Series D | 1 | 9% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Billy Brandreth | Managing Director | 0 | — |
| Jaclyn Strife | COO | 0 | — |
| Tim Sullivan | CEO | 0 | — |
| Tim Sullivan | CEO & Founder | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Astera Labs | Astera Labs is a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley and is a leader in purpose-built connectivity solutions for data-centric systems. The company’s product portfolio includes system-aware semiconductor integrated circuits, boards, and services to enable robust PCIe connectivity. Partnering withprocessor vendors, cloud service providers, seasoned investors, and world-class manufacturing companies, Astera Labs is helping customers remove performance bottlenecks in compute-intensive workloads.Established in 2017 by Jitendra Mohan and is based in Santa Clara, California, United States. | $150M | Series D | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| Epic Games | Epic Games is an American video game and software company that creates games and offers its game engine technology to other developers. It specializes in developing games and engine technology and operates a game store that empowers others to make quality games and 3D content, thereby providing game developers the ability to build high-fidelity,interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality devices. | $1B | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 13, 2021 |  |
| New Age Meats | New Age Meats is a biotechnology company that develops healthy cultivated meat grown from animal cells instead of animal slaughter. | $2M | Seed | Feb 10, 2021 |  |
| SyncThink | SyncThink is a leading neuro-technology company with foundational IP in eye-tracking analytics and devices. The Company was founded in 2009 by Dr. Jamshid Ghajar, Neurosurgeon, founder of the Brain Trauma Foundation and director of the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance center. SyncThink is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA with an affiliateoffice in New York City. Highlights of the Company include:- World Class Partnerships: Partnered/affiliated with leading research institutions and practitioners including the Brain Trauma Foundation (“BTF”), Stanford University, Mass General Hospital and the Pac-12.- Millions in R&D: SyncThink and BTF have successfully secured over $36 million in technology development and research contracts from US Department of Defense since 2008. - Numerous Applications with FDA Approval: Initial focus on neuro-diagnostics (primarily concussions) in military and athletics. Broader set of potential applications include attention development in children,, enhancing brain performance, fatigue evaluation, pharmacuetical, among others. The EYE-SYNC device has been FDA approved.- Proprietary Software Technology: Eleven issued patents (with additional six patents pending) covering hardware, analytics, market applications and scientific platform.TECHNOLOGYThe EYE-SYNC device is a fully-integrated, head-mounted eye-tracking device for rapid, reliable screening of attention focus. The device is non-invasive, low-risk, and highly reliable. As a subject tracks a predictable moving target that follows a circular trajectory on a screen within the head mounted device, eye movements are recorded by high speed cameras. Embedded systems software characterizes eye-target synchronization and the results are displayed and stored on a handheld peripheral for instant concussion screening. The benefits of the EYE-SYNC technology are speed (takes less than 60 seconds), accuracy, portability, and proven metrics. | $3.5M | Seed | Jan 10, 2018 |  |
| Lyft | Lyft designs, markets, and operates a mobile application that matches drivers with passengers who request rides, and also allows payment through the app. It also allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance.Its services are primarily focused on college, university, and corporate communities. Lyft is a fast-growing ridesharingcompany in the U.S. and is available to 95 percent of the US population.Lyft was founded in June 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer in San Francisco, California. | $500M | Series H | Dec 05, 2017 |  |
| Nomadic | Nomadic is the immersive entertainment company delivering tactile and walkable VR adventures to neighborhoods everywhere. Our turnkey platform enables content and venue partners to continuously wow a broad community. At Nomadic, we’re blurring the line between virtual and reality. | $6M | Seed | Jun 12, 2017 |  |
| Palantir Technologies | Palantir Technologies offers a suite of software applications for integrating, visualizing, and analyzing information. Palantir software allows analysts within and between government organizations to collaborate and analyze large quantities of data. Palantir Technologies was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. |  | Secondary Market | Jan 01, 2017 |  |
| EverQuote | EverQuote is an independent insurance marketplace and is a free service that helps consumers compare quotes on auto insurance. It operates an online insurance marketplace connecting consumers with insurance providers. The company's data and technology platform matches and connects consumers seeking to purchase insurance with relevant optionsfrom the company's broad direct network of insurance providers, saving consumers and providers time and money. EverQuote was founded with the vision of applying a scientific, data-driven approach to help consumers find the best price and coverage for their individual insurance needs. | $23M | Series B | Oct 04, 2016 |  |
| Efficient Drivetrains | Efficient Drivetrains Inc. (EDI) designs and manufactures high-efficiency continuously variable transmissions (CVT) for electric vehicle developers, manufacturers, and suppliers. EDI's hybrid electric drivetrain systems and technologies provide significant cost and efficiency advantages by using parallel drivetrain architectures, uniquecomponents, proprietary control software and algorithms. The company's products have direct applications in Electric Vehicles (EVs), Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), and Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), across nearly all platforms classes and configurations including trucks, buses and cars. | $7.9M | Series C | Jun 20, 2016 |  |
| Lyft | Lyft designs, markets, and operates a mobile application that matches drivers with passengers who request rides, and also allows payment through the app. It also allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance.Its services are primarily focused on college, university, and corporate communities. Lyft is a fast-growing ridesharingcompany in the U.S. and is available to 95 percent of the US population.Lyft was founded in June 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer in San Francisco, California. | $1B | Series F | Dec 28, 2015 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Oceanic Partners invest in?

Oceanic Partners invests primarily in Software, Automotive and Electronics startups, most often at Seed and Secondary Market stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Oceanic Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Oceanic Partners?

The team at Oceanic Partners includes Billy Brandreth (Managing Director), Jaclyn Strife (COO) and Tim Sullivan (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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