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Ocean Ventures Fund

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Ocean Ventures Fund is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Healthcare, SaaS. The firm typically writes $100K–$250K checks and has 38 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$250K
Portfolio
38 companies on record
Partners
15 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, Healthcare, SaaS, Developer Tools, Consumer
HQ
New York, NY
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-12

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$100K – $250K

Portfolio

38+ companies

Team

15 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Targets investments in early-stage watersport and travel technology companies facilitating direct consumer engagement.

How Ocean Ventures Fund invests

Ocean Ventures Fund is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Healthcare, SaaS, Developer Tools, Consumer. It does not invest in Consumer Products.

Ocean Ventures Fund typically writes checks of $100K–$250K per investment.

Ocean Ventures Fund has backed 38 companies in our records, including WindSurf, DiveIn, tulip interfaces.

Partners & Team

BL

Brian Lew

Managing Partner

SB

Sara Barek

Managing Partner

SR

Steven Rosenblatt

Co-Founder

GH

Glenn Handler

Co-Founder

EC

Emily Chen

General Partner

Watersports
TravelTech
KS

Kunal Sarda

Founder

Arya Oceans

RW

Robert Wachen

Founder

Etched

TH

Tony Haile

Investor

Filament

ES

Erik Salazar

Founder

Iconic

ES

Erik Shani

Founder

Jedify

DR

Dan Roelker

Founder

Observable Space

KZ

Kathy Zhu

Founder

Streamline

BD

Brian Distelburger

Founder

Windmill

S

Steven

GP

operator mindset
hands-on support

Oceans GPs

J

Josh

Team Member

Oceans Team

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Healthcare
SaaS
Developer Tools
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Products

Portfolio Companies (38)

Other

WI

WindSurf

Watersports
DI

DiveIn

TravelTech
TU

tulip interfaces

Operations·Seed
AG

agentaiapp

Healthcare·Pre-Seed
AR

aryaworks

Healthcare·Pre-Seed
AT

atum works

Semiconductors·Seed
LA

lang ai

Defense·Pre-Seed
NA

nadavshoval

Finance·Pre-Seed
DA

dataroomhq

Finance·Pre-Seed
DA

david energy

Energy·Pre-Seed
How to pitch Ocean Ventures Fund
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Healthcare, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $250K check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Brian Lew, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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