Oceans
- 10/11/2022
- Unknown
- $6,500,000
We are a new kind of venture capital firm: a team of early-stage investors and mentors focused on giving startups the hands-on support they need to succeed.
We started Oceans because founders kept approaching us individually to ask for help − they had capital but wanted guidance from people who had lived the journey. Steven built Quattro Wireless from the bottom up through to acquisition by Apple and led the pivotal transformation of Foursquare. Josh played an instrumental role in establishing Facebook’s first satellite office in NYC and helped launch several key early products. Glenn architected world class teams and opened up Sales / Marketing and Engineering offices globally for Facebook and Google. Sara ran engagements, designed and implemented software solutions, and built and led global development teams at software companies such as ClearForest, acquired by Thomson Reuters. And Brian led corporate development and M&A efforts across the Time Warner ecosystem, including acquiring startups and putting over $3 billion of capital to work. Drawing on this depth and breadth of experience, we team together to serve as an “inner circle” to founders.
- Industry Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Website https://oceans.ventures/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/oceansventures/people/
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Joshua RahnCo Founder
Joshua Rahn is a serial start up entrepreneur, with 2 successful exists including the sale of his first tech startup to Sony 550 Ventures. In 2007 Joshua was hired as the seventh person in Facebook’s New York office to inspire, evangelize and empower partners to maximize Facebook's evolving platform and audience base.
Joshua used a unique blend of marketing acumen, performance optimization and relentless passion to help grow the Facebook monetization efforts. By understanding the nuances of working with people from different backgrounds and the value a diverse and offbeat team holds, Joshua built, managed, and mentored Facebook’s first $100M office, surpassing year-over-year growth 100% for five consecutive years.
During his 9 yr tenure he managed the development and implementation of integrated Facebook marketing partnerships as the company scaled from 20 million to 1.5 billion monthly active users. Joshua was a top performing culture carrier for the US sales organization, growing and empowering his teams to excel with a consistent approach of inspiration, confidence building and long-term solution guidance.
Joshua was a lead contributor in the development of some of Facebook’s most successful teams and joint business partnerships with Facebook’s top partners. He was a leader in the transformation of Facebook’s market presence from a media sales organization to a market leading team of trusted business partners.
Since his departure at Facebook, Joshua has been supporting a number of not for profits, including Hudson River Park Friends and most recently The Gun Safety Alliance and the March for Our Lives team as well as mentoring a variety of startup CEOs in New York and San Francisco.