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Okeanos

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Washington · Seed–Late Stage · 13 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Okeanos operates as a community-driven membership group that provides members with exclusive access to high-profile private investments spanning venture capital, private equity, and real estate. Rather than a traditional fund, it offers members total flexibility over where and when they invest, with no fund structure or minimum capital commitments. Members pool their collective experience and networks for mutual benefit, and the group focuses on backing high-growth 'compounders.' Its 300+ national members are active across sectors including technology, government contracting, professional services, real estate, and consulting.

Invests inSector AgnosticNorth AmericaWashington

Source: firm website, verified Oct 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Late Stage
HQ
Washington, US
Instruments
Equity
Tracked investments
25
Unicorns
15
IPOs
3

Team · 13 people

from the firm's website
Jason Parikh· Co-Founder & Managing Partner, CFO
Brandon Leitner· Partner, Growth
Kim Ziesemer· Partner, Diligence & Communications
AJ Mushtaq· Advisor, PE
Dr. George Kartalian· Advisor, Med Tech
Drew Fearson· Advisor, Cyber
Justin Heaton· Associate, Finance & Investment Operations
Michelle Leyden Li· Advisor, Tech
Shap Bashar· Chair, Advisory Board
Steve Touw· Advisor, AI/Data/Cloud
Summer Myers· Executive Operations Manager

What they invest in

from 22 of 25 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×16Enterprise Software ×6Data & Infrastructure ×4Deep Tech ×4SaaS ×4Cloud Computing ×3Defense Tech ×3Developer Tools ×3

HQs:United States×20Canada×1

Investments · 25 tracked

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Cavacava.comNYSE: CAVA

CAVA Group operates a chain of fast-casual Mediterranean restaurants serving customizable bowls and pitas, with 439 locations across 28 states and Washington, D.C., and manufactures and sells Mediterranean dips, spreads, and dressings in retail grocery channels.

Ted Xenohristos(Founder)inIke Grigoropoulos(Founder)inBrett Schulman(Chief Executive Officer and President)Theodoros Xenohristos(Chief Concept Officer)Ron Shaichin

Co-investorsCamino PartnersDeclaration PartnersDopamine VenturesRevolutionRiverbend CapitalSWaN & Legend Venture Partners+1 more

Cerebras Systemscerebras.aiin𝕏NASDAQ: CBRS

Cerebras designs and manufactures wafer-scale AI processors and systems for data centers, enabling high-speed AI training and inference workloads.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSunnyvale, US

Andrew Feldman(Founder)inGary Lauterbach(Founder)inMichael James(Founder)inSean Lie(Founder)inJean-Philippe Fricker(Founder)in

Co-investors2080 VenturesAlpha Wave GlobalArtisanal VenturesAurum Venture PartnersAzure Ventures GroupB Capital+45 more

SpaceXspacex.comNASDAQ: SPCX

Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary

Hawthorne, US

Elon Musk(Founder)inBret Johnsen(Executive Officer)inGwynne Shotwell(Executive Officer, Director)Tom Mueller(Founder)

BoardAntonio Gracias(Director)inSteve Jurvetson(Director)in

Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures1802 Ventures2080 Ventures3Spoke Capital4DX Ventures+206 more

Adipo Therapeuticsadipotherapeutics.comin

Adipo develops investigational therapeutics that promote weight loss by activating brown fat to increase energy expenditure, offering an alternative to appetite-suppressing drugs like GLP-1s.

BiotechHealthtechLongevityIndianapolis, US

Keith Johns(Executive Officer)inKaren Wurster(Executive Officer, Director)inMeng Deng(Director)

BoardMichael Clayman(Director)

Co-investorsElevate VenturesIU VenturesRiverbend Capital

Aletheaalethea.cominOct 2022

Alethea provides Artemis, an AI-powered risk management platform that detects and contextualizes information manipulation, coordinated influence operations, and online disinformation threats.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWashington, US

Lisa Kaplan(Founder & CEO)Fiona Taylor(Executive Officer)in

BoardTed Schlein(Director)inCarl Smith, Jr.(Director)

Co-investorsBallistic VenturesBitkraft Esports VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Hakluyt CapitalNascentOwl Capital+2 more

Cognition AIcognition.aiin𝕏

Cognition develops Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer agent that plans, writes, tests, and deploys production code within existing development environments to augment human engineering teams.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Scott Wu(Founder)inWalden Yan(Founder)inSteven Hao(Founder)in

Co-investors137 Ventures20VC8VCAbstract VenturesAlpha Wave GlobalAndreessen Horowitz+28 more

Coherecohere.comin𝕏

Cohere builds foundational AI models and enterprise solutions that help businesses automate tasks, accelerate workflows, and enhance decision-making.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSToronto, CA

Aidan Gomez(Co-founder & CEO)Ivan Zhang(Founder)inNick Frosst(Founder)inAidan N. Gomez(Founder)Rahul Sengottuvelu(Founder)inYunyu Lin(Founder)in

Co-investors1802 VenturesAccess Ventures (New York)Advaita CapitalAju IB InvestmentAlumni VenturesBasecamp Fund+36 more

Crusoecrusoe.aiin𝕏

Crusoe builds energy-first AI infrastructure, using innovative and renewable energy sources to power hyperscale AI factories and a cloud platform for AI workloads.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnergyDenver, US

Cully Cavness(Founder)inChase Lochmiller(Founder)inCharles Cavness(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew DeNezza(Executive Officer)inJamey Seely(Executive Officer)inMichael Gordon(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSAdvaita CapitalAir Street CapitalAkkaAlkeon Innovation+70 more

Function Healthfunctionhealth.comin𝕏

Function Health provides routine whole-body lab testing, advanced imaging, and access to top doctors to help individuals achieve preventive health awareness and disease avoidance.

Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness

Mark Hyman(Founder)inJonathan Swerdlin(Founder)inPranitha Patil(Founder)inSeth Weisfeld(Founder)inDan Swerdlin(Founder)inEmi Gal(CEO, Ezra)in

Co-investors1843 Capital53 StationsAble PartnersAgeTech CapitalAglae VenturesAlumni Ventures+36 more

Fundamentalfundamental.ai

Fundamental.ai develops large language models built from first principles, with each component designed around explicit mathematical understanding rather than opaque emergent behavior.

AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech

Bertrand(Co-Founder & CEO)inGreg(Co-Founder & COO)in

Co-investorsRiverbend CapitalBattery VenturesHetz VenturesOak HC/FTSalesforce VenturesValor Equity Partners

Gleanglean.comin𝕏

Glean provides an AI-powered workplace search and knowledge management platform that connects company data across documents, messages, tickets, and systems to help teams access information and complete work.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSilicon Valley, US

Arvind Jain(Founder)inTony Gentilcore(Founder)inT.R. Vishwanath(Founder)inPiyush Prahladka(Founder)inTR Vishwanath(Founder)Vishal Gupta(Founder)

Co-investorsAdvaita CapitalCategory VenturesCoatue ManagementCold Start VenturesCraft VenturesDash VC+31 more

Groq Incgroq.comin𝕏

Groq designs and manufactures the LPU (Language Processing Unit), a chip purpose-built for AI inference, and operates GroqCloud, a platform for running inference workloads with low latency and cost efficiency across global data centers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingSemiconductorsPalo Alto, US

Jonathan Ross(Founder)inDouglas Wightman(Founder)

BoardChamath Palihapitiya(Director)in

Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)Acequia Capital (AceCap)Alumni VenturesAxiom PartnersB CapitalBanca Investis — Family Office+73 more

Harveyharvey.aiin𝕏

Harvey provides domain-specific AI products for legal and professional services firms, enabling contract analysis, due diligence, compliance, and litigation tasks.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSan Francisco, US

Winston Weinberg(Founder)inGabe Pereyra(Founder)inGabriel Pereyra(Founder)inWinston Weinberg Gabriel Pereyra(Founder)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzKleiner PerkinsOpenAI Startup FundArtisanal VenturesCaesar VenturesCoatue Management+28 more

Lambda Labslambda.aiin𝕏

Lambda operates cloud infrastructure and supercomputers purpose-built for AI training and inference, serving hyperscalers, enterprises, and frontier AI labs.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US

Stephen Balaban(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)Alumni VenturesBasecamp FundCRESCENT COVE CAPITALDigerati Investmentsfutureland ventures+12 more

Odys Aviationodysaviation.comin𝕏Seed

Odys designs and builds long-range, hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft for defense, logistics, and civil applications.

Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechDefense TechLogistics & Supply ChainSpace TechLos Angeles, US

James Dorris(Founder)inAxel Radermacher(Founder)in

Co-investorsGiant Ventures Global LlpOlive Tree CapitalOUTBOUND CAPITALSoma CapitalY CombinatorZillionize+13 more

Open Evidenceopenevidence.com

AI company developing a medical search engine used by physicians for clinical decision support.

Daniel Nadler(Founder)inZachary Ziegler(Founder)Daniel Nadler Zachary Ziegler(Founder)Zack Ziegler(Founder)

Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationAmity VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBas1s VenturesBond Capital ManagementBreyer Capital+26 more

Ouraouraring.com

Oura Ring is a wearable smart ring that collects and analyzes 50+ personal health metrics to provide insights on sleep, fitness, and wellness for individual users.

HardwareHealthtechWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US

Ashley Colley(Founder)Virpi Tuomivaara(Founder)inTom Hale(CEO)inKari Kivela(Founder)Markku Koskela(Founder)Petteri Lahtela(Founder)

Co-investors125 VenturesA-Rod CorpAble PartnersAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBold Capital Partners+36 more

Overtimeovertime.tv𝕏

Overtime creates and operates new sports leagues and media IP — including OTE and OT Select in basketball and OT7 and OT Nationals in football — while producing over 150 weekly pieces of original sports content for its global audience of next-generation fans and athletes.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSports TechBrooklyn, US

Zachary Weiner(Founder)inZack Weiner(Founder)inDan Porter(Founder)

Co-investors359 CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBezos ExpeditionsBlack CapitalSpark CapitalWinslow Capital+30 more

Saronicsaronic.comin𝕏

Saronic builds autonomous surface vessels — including the 180-foot, long-range Marauder — along with Echelon, a command-and-control software layer for planning, simulating and operating single vessels or fleets.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRoboticsAustin, US

Dino Mavrookas(Founder)inRob Lehman(Founder)inVibhav Altekar(Founder)inDoug Lambert(Founder)inPatrick DePriest(Chief Financial Officer)inSoo Cho(Chief People Officer)in

Co-investors1Flourish Capital8VCAdvent InternationalAlpha PartnersAndreessen HorowitzAnti+37 more

Scale AIscale.comin𝕏

Scale provides high-quality training data, model evaluations, and full-stack AI systems for enterprises and governments to build and deploy AI applications.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Alexandr Wang(Founder)inLucy Guo(Founder)inFrancis deSouza(CEO)in

Co-investors1435 CapitalAccelAdit Ventures Management, LlcAIspace VenturesAlpana VenturesAlpha Square Group+100 more

Shield AIshield.ai

Shield AI develops AI pilot systems for military applications including aircraft, drones, ships, satellites, and submarines.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSan Diego, US

Brandon Tseng(Founder)inRyan Tseng(Founder)inAndrew Reiter(Founder)inKingsley Afemikhe(Executive Officer)inGary Steele(Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardKeith Dunleavy(Director)

Co-investors515 Ventures645 VenturesAdvaita CapitalAF WPartnersAlpha PartnersAltra Venture+47 more

Starlab Spacestarlab-space.comin𝕏

Starlab is developing a commercial space station intended to support microgravity research, commercial innovation, and international collaboration in low-Earth orbit.

Deep TechSpace TechHouston, US

Marshall Smith(CEO)inBob EssinBrad Henderson(Chief Commercial Officer)inPaul Schauer(Chief Procurement Officer)in

Co-investorsFrontera Technology VenturesMercury FundRiverbend Capital1789 CapitalVoyager Technologies

Stordstord.coin𝕏

Stord operates a connected platform for supply chain orchestration, letting brands manage, scale, and optimize logistics and warehousing from a single system rather than stitching together separate 3PLs and software.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSAtlanta, US

Sean Henry(Founder)inJacob Boudreau(Founder)inJacob Boudrea(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardJohn Lagomarsino(Director)Ilya Fushman(Director)inScott Dorfman(Director)

Co-investorsKleiner Perkins137 VenturesArcher Capital GroupArcher Venture CapitalB Capital GroupB4 Capital+16 more

Vedadatavedadata.comin𝕏

H1 operates an AI-powered platform that identifies and connects users with healthcare providers, offering data and analytics across clinical trials, medical affairs, commercial engagement, and provider data management.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital Health

Co-investorsRiverbend Capital

Worldcoinworld.orgin𝕏

World provides a system for verifying that online users are real, unique humans, combining privacy-preserving proof-of-human identity with financial infrastructure and a digital token.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechSector AgnosticSan Francisco, US

Sam Altman(Founder)Alex Blania(Founder)inMax Novendstern(Founder)inAlex Bania(Founder)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBain Capital CryptoBlockchain CapitalKhosla Ventures1confirmationa16z crypto+21 more

Exits · 3

3 IPOs

CavaNYSE: CAVACerebras SystemsNASDAQ: CBRSSpaceXNASDAQ: SPCX

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Okeanos made?
Okeanos has 25 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited.
What stage does Okeanos invest at?
Okeanos invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does Okeanos focus on?
Okeanos focuses on Sector Agnostic.
Where is Okeanos located?
Okeanos is headquartered in Washington, US.

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