# Patrik Backman

> Patrik Backman is a Series A investor at OpenOcean (Helsinki) backing Software and SaaS. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [OpenOcean](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/open-ocean)
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrikbackman/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/patrikbackman
- Website: https://x.com/patrikbackman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/backmanpatrik

Patrik Backman is a Series A investor at OpenOcean in Helsinki focused on Software and SaaS. Patrik Backman is based out of Helsinki, Southern Finland, and is the General Partner of OpenOcean. Patrik previously worked at Strong Network Inc as a Board Member. Patrik Backman attended the Aalto University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$6.8M |
| Series A | $4M–$13M |
| Series B | $7.4M–$42M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 29% |
| SaaS | 3 | 9% |
| Big Data | 3 | 9% |
| Internet | 3 | 9% |
| Analytics | 3 | 9% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 35% |
| Seed | 7 | 21% |
| Series B | 6 | 18% |
| Series C | 3 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 18% |
| Finland | 4 | 12% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Norway | 1 | 3% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Surglogs | Surglogs streamlines and automates the administration of logbooks, medications, supplies, in-services, and drills in healthcare facilities. The outdated pen-and-paper method is replaced with a HIPAA compliant state of the art digital application, complemented with a desktop portal that serves as an administrative dashboard.Surglogs was founded in2015 and headquartered in California, United States. |  |  | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Mindly | Mindly is a platform for mental health therapy online. They provide services that include social media and mental health problems. They offer resources and tools to support mental wellness and personal growth. | $2M | Seed | Dec 22, 2023 |  |
| MindsDB | MindsDB utilizes machine learning so its users can ask predictive questions of their data and receive accurate answers from it. Adam Carrigan and Jorge Torres founded the open source company with a mission to democratize machine learning.MindsDB was a graduate of YCombinator's recent Winter 2020 batch and was recently recognized by Forbes asone of America's most promising AI companies. | $5M | Seed | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| api.video | api.video is an API-first platform which enables developers to build, scale and operate on-demand and live video streaming in their own apps and platforms in minutes, with just a few lines of code. The service handles the end-to-end workflow, from video ingestion to worldwide video delivery. | $12M | Series A | Dec 13, 2022 |  |
| Claims Carbon | Claims Carbon is climate and insurtech startup that helps insurance industries in reaching out the net zero emissions targets. | $1.1M | Seed | Nov 18, 2022 |  |
| kevin. | kevin. aims to evolve traditional card, pay by link, POS, direct debit, and online payments. Offering fully customisable solutions which scale to the size of any business, kevin. helps improve customer experience and thereby conversion, while also saving money on the cost of payment acquiring services for the merchants. | $65.1M | Series A | May 03, 2022 |  |
| Strong Network | Strong Network was founded by two engineers with long experience in cybersecurity, Laurent Balmelli and Ozrenko Dragic. The company raised a EUR 5.1m Seed round in March 2022 and won two awards in Cybersecurity since its inception, including the 2022 best startup award from the International Forum on Cybersecurity (FIC). The company is active inthe European, Asian and US markets and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with operations in Serbia and US California. Its largest clients include Broadcom in San Jose California and WeBank in China. | $5.8M | Seed | Mar 18, 2022 |  |
| Surglogs | Surglogs streamlines and automates the administration of logbooks, medications, supplies, in-services, and drills in healthcare facilities. The outdated pen-and-paper method is replaced with a HIPAA compliant state of the art digital application, complemented with a desktop portal that serves as an administrative dashboard.Surglogs was founded in2015 and headquartered in California, United States. | $10.5M | Series A | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| MindsDB | MindsDB utilizes machine learning so its users can ask predictive questions of their data and receive accurate answers from it. Adam Carrigan and Jorge Torres founded the open source company with a mission to democratize machine learning.MindsDB was a graduate of YCombinator's recent Winter 2020 batch and was recently recognized by Forbes asone of America's most promising AI companies. | $6.8M | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| MindsDB | MindsDB utilizes machine learning so its users can ask predictive questions of their data and receive accurate answers from it. Adam Carrigan and Jorge Torres founded the open source company with a mission to democratize machine learning.MindsDB was a graduate of YCombinator's recent Winter 2020 batch and was recently recognized by Forbes asone of America's most promising AI companies. | $6.8M | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/institutional-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Tesi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tesi) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Wellington Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wellington-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [MMC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mmc-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Piton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/piton-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About OpenOcean

VC Fund · Helsinki, Finland

OpenOcean is a thesis driven pan-European early-stage Venture Capital investor with offices in Helsinki and London. Our investment strategy focuses on leading or co-leading Series A investments in European companies driving the data economy with a focus on B2B platforms and Enterprise Software technology. Our investments are driven by three coretheses: Automation, Data Infrastructure and Future of Software Development, with initial average investment sizes of €5m. ‍ Our founding team members include key persons behind MySQL AB (sold to Sun Microsystems Inc. for $1 Billion in 2008), after which the team jointly built category leader MariaDB Corporation Ab, as well as forming and managing OpenOcean. Our DNA is rooted in having a deep understanding of the underlying technology and software stacks, which drive the growth of innovative new digital platforms and services. Our strong technical background and expertise allows us to identify and invest in the next game-changing and category winning start-tups at the early-stages, whose unique solutions can be rapidly scaled and adopted globally.

5 contacts available at OpenOcean.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Naureen Zahid | Investor Relations Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/naureen-zahid |
| Patrik Backman | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrik-backman |
| Ralf Wahlsten | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ralf-wahlsten |
| Tom Henriksson | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-henriksson |
| Tony Nysten | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-nysten |

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## FAQ

### What does Patrik Backman invest in?

Patrik Backman invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Big Data startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 34 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 Patrik Backman's check size?

Patrik Backman typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$6.8M at Seed, $4M–$13M at Series A and $7.4M–$42M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Patrik Backman participates in.

### When did Patrik Backman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Patrik Backman closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 34 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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