Oceans Management, LLC

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Oceans we’ve been in your seat. now we’re in your corner. An operator-led venture firm built in New York. We lead and co-lead pre-seed and seed and co-invest at Series A. With empathy, candor, and 25 years of operating muscle, we bring New York DNA to every company we back, and show up when it matters most. See how we show up WE SHOW UP The bet is always the people. We ve spent 25 years hiring, scaling, and shipping at companies like Apple, Facebook, and Google. That s the operator experience we bring to every founder we back. And the empathy, because we ve sat in your seat. We don’t just advise, we solve problems. From candidate interviews and customer intros, to hard conversations and the 11pm therapy call. We see you as a person, not a lottery ticket. We optimize for founder outcomes. We stay close long after the check clears, through pivots, down rounds, and late nights. We tell you what we think, not what you want to hear. 100 + founders in our community $2T + Market Cap created by our network 60 + investments since inception 1000 + hires leading the next generation WHERE WE GO TO WORK PEOPLE Your first hires set culture, velocity, and trajectory. We ve made zero-to-one hires for 25 years across internet, mobile, social, and AI. We help you source, interview, and close the people other founders are chasing. GO TO MARKET Product-market fit isn t a slide. We help you find it, pressure-test it, and build a sales motion repeatable enough to hire against and defensible enough

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