Investors / United States / Common Ocean
Common Ocean
Venture capital · New York, NY, United States · North America
Common Ocean is a hybrid venture capital firm that invests in fintech founders. It supports portfolio companies with fundraising, growth and networking, drawing on its own experience as operators.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
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Or find every investor that fitsCommon Ocean lists 4 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (25%), Fintech (25%) and Cybersecurity (13%). It invests most often alongside 01A, Astir Ventures and Better Capital.
No funding round on record names Common Ocean yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Fintech | 25% | 12% |
| Cybersecurity | 13% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 13% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 8% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 01A | 1 |
| Astir Ventures | 1 |
| Better Capital | 1 |
| Draft Ventures | 1 |
| Emergent Ventures | 1 |
| Frontier Ventures | 1 |
| Lakewest Venture Partners | 1 |
| Lofty Ventures | 1 |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Common Ocean head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its sitePortfolio
4 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides document AI software to classify, extract, and route documents. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Equi provides alternative investment solutions for investors. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Observe.AI develops and provides AI agents for customer support and operations | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| UpSwot delivers actionable underwriting insights for digital banking and provides business management tools for financial institutions to help their business customers make data-informed decisions. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- commonocean.co
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 4
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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