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Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Oceans Management, LLC
Oceans Management, LLC
Pre-seed and seed venture capital with 25 years of operating muscle. We help founders hire, find product-market fit, and raise capital.
name or self-description says seed
Importance
15
moderate
Active deployment
35
elevated
Emerging
51
elevated
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
24
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- unknown
- Office address
- unknown
- Business phone
- 646-389-3673adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://oceans.ventures/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 29, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 3 (3 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $84.3Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- Strong Hire Group LLC (Assignee), C; Contrastanorahn LLC (Assignee), C
- business email
- hello@oceans.venturesoceans.venturespublished by the subject
- business phone
- 646-389-3673adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
no observed deals yet
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, healthcare, energy, hardware, space, industrial
- Stages
- pre seed, seed, series a, multi stage
- Geography
- new york
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- seed
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors: no observed deals yet
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 0
Funds and vehicles
3 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceans Ventures II, LP | Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $29.8M Mar 20, 2024 | 110 | $25.9M of $75.0M | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Oceans Ventures I, LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $11.9M Mar 20, 2024 | 95 | $0 of $10.0M | Oct 29, 2019 |
| Oceans Ventures III, L.P. | Fund | unknown | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $0 of $100M | Feb 13, 2026 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
9 current, 0 departed
Brian Lew
AssociateWhether you're a founder, an LP, or a co-investor — we read every email.
Steven Rosenblatt
General partnerCo-Founder & General Partner
Glenn Handler
Managing partnerFounding Partner, Operations
Sara Barek
Managing partnerFounding Partner, Finance
Steven Rosenblatt
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Jan 1, 2018
Glenn Andrew Handler
PartnerMember · since Aug 1, 2017
Jessica Contrastano
PartnerMember · since Apr 1, 2016
Joshua Rahn
PartnerMember · since Apr 1, 2016
Josh Rahn
Platform and operationsCo-Founder & Chief People Officer
Investments on record
0 edges, 0 companies, 0 partner-attributed
No investment on record yet. Edges arrive from the firm’s portfolio page, financing announcements, and Form D board seats.
Co-investors
0 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
No co-investor relationship yet: these are derived only from rounds and portfolio listings the graph has seen both investors on.
Limited partners
1 disclosed
- New York State Common Retirement Fund in Oceans Ventures III, L.P. $25.0M Feb 17, 2026 osc.ny.gov
Timeline
4 dated events
- Sep 13, 2026Oceans Management, LLC: MICRO_VC -> SEED_FUND_MANAGER (name or self-description says seed)Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
- Oct 25, 2022Oceans Management, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Oct 25, 2022Oceans Ventures II, LP first reported on Form ADV by Oceans Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $25,880,857Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactOceans Ventures II, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Oct 25, 2022Oceans Ventures I, LP first reported on Form ADV by Oceans Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $13,970,414Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactOceans Ventures I, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 14, 2026Seed fund manager (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)name or self-description says seed
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $41.6M across 3 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $41.6M across 2 vehicles
Evidence
44 observations from 3 sources