{"id":2453,"date":"2022-07-17T21:42:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T21:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/investnew\/?page_id=2453"},"modified":"2023-09-07T09:49:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:49:12","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2453\" class=\"elementor elementor-2453\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de5bc6f pt-3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de5bc6f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb21447\" data-id=\"eb21447\" 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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-875b9e0\" data-id=\"875b9e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd4ead1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd4ead1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.7 - 20-09-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/banner-about-page.png\" title=\"banner-about-page\" alt=\"About-us\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac0517a\" data-id=\"ac0517a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6691ffa elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"6691ffa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"whatwedo\">\r\n    <p class=\"mb-0\" style=\"font:inherit;\">\r\n        The Cross Ocean Ventures is the premier early-stage investor for:\r\n        <ol style=\"font:inherit\" type=\"a\">\r\n            <li>Ambitious high-growth technology companies that got their start in Europe. <\/li>\r\n            <li>That now plan to launch or expand their footprint in the US market. <\/li>\r\n            <li>And are currently on a feasible growth path to receive US Venture Capital led Series-A funding within the next 12-24 months. <\/li>\r\n        <\/ol>\r\n    <\/p>\r\n    <p class=\"mt-2\" style=\"font:inherit !important\">\r\n        We love to help our portfolio companies reach their goal in the below areas:\r\n        <ol style=\"font:inherit\" type=\"1\">\r\n            <li><b>Commercialization:<\/b>  Product-market refit to the US market, go-to-market strategies customized to the US market, channel partnerships, and business modeling.<\/li>\r\n            <li><b>Recruitment Support:<\/b> Including a interim chief commercial officer who will jumpstart the US commercialization and expansion. <\/li>\r\n            <li><b>Expansion: <\/b> With industry connections, sales and marketing provider network and strategic channel partner development. <\/li>\r\n            <li><b>Fundraising: <\/b> Introduce and work with portfolio companies for further fund raise.  <\/li>\r\n        <\/ol>\r\n    <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e02696 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e02696\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67aee88\" data-id=\"67aee88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3418767 pt-3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3418767\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c9b212\" data-id=\"7c9b212\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22ccdeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-invest-main-title\" data-id=\"22ccdeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"invest-main-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container text-center\">\r\n            <h6 class=\"sub-title\">OUR FOCUS<\/h6>\r\n            <h2 class=\"sect-title mb-50\">What We Believe<\/h2>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8b47ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8b47ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b62af4\" data-id=\"3b62af4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22eca15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"22eca15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"whatwedo\">\r\n    <p class=\"mb-2\" style=\"font:inherit;\">\r\n    At Cross Ocean Ventures we believe in the opportunity of bringing the best of both worlds in our investment approach.<br><br>\r\n    Europe is great place for startups to sprout their solutions, validate their value propositions and develop their business models with:\r\n    <\/p>\r\n    <ol type=\"a\">\r\n        <li style=\"color: inherit;\">Fragmented market structure in most verticals<\/li>\r\n        <li style=\"color: inherit;\">Ideal economy size with significant innovator &amp; early adopter customer segments<\/li>\r\n        <li style=\"color: inherit;\">Less costly resources and talent than the US<\/li>\r\n        <li style=\"color: inherit;\">Easier to access corporate partnerships<\/li>\r\n    <\/ol>\r\n    <p class=\"mt-2 mb-2\" style=\"font:inherit;\">\r\n    The USA is a great place to scale up validated solutions with a limited amount of adjusted work of product-market-fit and go-to-market strategies with:\r\n    <\/p>\r\n    <ol type=\"a\">\r\n        <li style=\"color: inherit;\">Consolidated market structure in most verticals<\/li>\r\n        <li style=\"color: inherit;\">A huge economy with a faster than Europe growth rate<\/li>\r\n        <li style=\"color: inherit;\">Single or few-layer distribution models<\/li>\r\n        <li style=\"color: inherit;\">Channel partnership-friendly structure<\/li>\r\n    <\/ol>\r\n    <div class=\"content-header text-center mt-4\">\r\n        <div class=\"btn-quote\"><a class=\"bla-1 btn bt-banner\" href=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\"\r\n                rel=\"noopener\">LET'S TALK<\/a><\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8084f2\" data-id=\"f8084f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5464f84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5464f84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/about-page-banner.png\" title=\"about-page-banner\" alt=\"about-page-banner\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e48765e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e48765e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4970bc\" data-id=\"a4970bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5343aa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5343aa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3e0747 elementor-widget elementor-widget-invest-main-title\" data-id=\"a3e0747\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"invest-main-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container text-center\">\r\n            <h6 class=\"sub-title\">How<\/h6>\r\n            <h2 class=\"sect-title mb-50\">We Support Our Portfolio Companies<\/h2>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7877eb elementor-section-full_width features   elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7877eb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-494ab86\" data-id=\"494ab86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bb55bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-invest-features4\" data-id=\"0bb55bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"invest-features4.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n            <div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t                    <div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\r\n                    <div class=\"icon-box r-mb-30 mb-30\">\r\n                        <i class=\"icon-browser\"><\/i>\r\n                        <h4 class=\"h4-heading\">A quick expansion framework to the US ecosystem<\/h4>\r\n                        <p><ol style=\"text-align: left\" type=\"a\">  \t<li><p>For earlier stage portfolio companies we start by finding the best match accelerator for the portfolio company stage, valuation and industry<\/p><\/li>  \t<span class=\"more\"><li><p>Support in terms of strategic advice and facilitating\/recruiting an interim chief commercialization officer in the US to help with product-market-fit adjustment and developing a robust go-to-market strategy. This interim chief commercial officer will be a former founder (or a former executive in a VC-backed company) with experience in the subject matter and often an investor\/mentor. The same individual could also take an active part in follow-on funding rounds as a part of the leading team and often fill the gaps in the founders\u2019 team background. <\/p><\/li><\/span> \t<br> \t<button style=\"margin: 0; left: 50%; position: absolute; transform: translate(-50%, -50%); background:none; border:none;\" name=\"readMore\">Read more<\/button> <\/ol><br><\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\r\n                    <div class=\"icon-box r-mb-30 mb-30\">\r\n                        <i class=\"icon-briefcase\"><\/i>\r\n                        <h4 class=\"h4-heading\">Additional funding support<\/h4>\r\n                        <p>As active participants in Southern California, Silicon Valley, New York, and European startup ecosystems, we collaborate, deal-share, and co-invest with many investment companies.<span class=\"more\">We are members of various angel investor network groups, are LPs at different VC firms and connected to many other US and European VC firms. We use our network to help our portfolio companies to further fund raise. <\/span> <br><br><button style=\"background:none; border:none;\" name=\"readMore\">Read more<\/button> <br><br><\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\r\n                    <div class=\"icon-box r-mb-30 mb-30\">\r\n                        <i class=\"icon-presentation\"><\/i>\r\n                        <h4 class=\"h4-heading\">Support to prepare for future Series A round<\/h4>\r\n                        <p>High-quality venture capital firms that lead Series A funding rounds in the US have high expectations from European startups. These investors do not like noise in business models and financials, <span class=\"more\">expect established corporate governance and data rooms and would like to see specific plans of entity restructuring and cap table adjustments for a successful round. As Cross Ocean Ventures, we see this support as one of our most critical value adds. After all, without a successful Series A round and the proper growth partners, it is tough to scale up an organization to the following main inflection point.<\/span> <br><br> <button style=\"background:none; border:none;\" name=\"readMore\">Read more<\/button><\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36eccee features g-white-bg pt-80 pb-80 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36eccee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19d310f\" data-id=\"19d310f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d57aabf mt-n5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-invest-main-title\" data-id=\"d57aabf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"invest-main-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container text-center\">\r\n            <h6 class=\"sub-title\">Our<\/h6>\r\n            <h2 class=\"sect-title mb-50\">Connections<\/h2>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b83bc74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"b83bc74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"whatwedo\">\r\n    <p style=\"font:inherit; text-align:center;\">\r\n        Cross Ocean Ventures is very connected with various early stage investors, accelerators and Venture Capital firms. These connections include:\r\n    <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c175dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4c175dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf89b40 mt-n3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-invest-features\" data-id=\"cf89b40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"invest-features.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n            <div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t                    <div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 r-mb-30\">\r\n                    <div class=\"item-services box-number\">\r\n                        <h4 class=\"h4-heading number-img-one\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/demo-eighteen-001.png') !important;\">VC firms<\/h4>\r\n                        <p>Cross Ocean Ventures General Partners invest as Limited Partners across different VC firms in AI, SaaS, Digital Identity and Digital Health<\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 r-mb-30\">\r\n                    <div class=\"item-services box-number\">\r\n                        <h4 class=\"h4-heading number-img-one\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/demo-eighteen-002.png') !important;\">Angel Groups<\/h4>\r\n                        <p>We are members of various Venture Funds and Angel Investor groups<br><br><br><\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 r-mb-30\">\r\n                    <div class=\"item-services box-number\">\r\n                        <h4 class=\"h4-heading number-img-one\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/demo-eighteen-003.png') !important;\">Accelerators<\/h4>\r\n                        <p>We mentor and support various accelerator programs that are large and global, as well as vertical focus and\/or non-dilutive.<br><br> <\/p>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3760ce2 mt-3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3760ce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"whatwedo\">\r\n    <p style=\"font:inherit; text-align:center;\">\r\n        We have a long list of business advisors, strategic service providers, interim chief commercial officers, key high-level team members, subject matter expert advisors, and non-dilutive or high-value creating accelerators.  \r\n    <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16833f7 elementor-section-full_width about bx-shadow g-white-bg pt-5 pb-80 elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16833f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9db2f84\" data-id=\"9db2f84\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4091207 elementor-widget elementor-widget-invest-main-title\" data-id=\"4091207\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"invest-main-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container text-center\">\r\n            <h6 class=\"sub-title\">OUR<\/h6>\r\n            <h2 class=\"sect-title mb-50\">capabilities<\/h2>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00037b1 mt-n5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-invest-about4\" data-id=\"00037b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"invest-about4.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n        <div class=\"container\">\r\n            <div class=\"row\">\r\n                <div class=\"col-sm-12 co-md-6 col-lg-6\">\r\n                    <div class=\"about-left-content\">\r\n                        <div class=\"about-left-content-fix\">\r\n                            <h6 class=\"sub-title-one text-left blue-clr\"><\/h6>\r\n                            <h2 class=\"sect-title mb-20 text-left\"><\/h2>\r\n                            <p class=\"mb-25\">Cross Ocean Ventures work with you to prepare yourself for Series A by focusing on business model improvements, progressing corporate governance, and fixing investor-related challenges that could become handicaps while raising further institutional capital.<\/p>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"box-about\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t                            <div class=\"box-item mb-20\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"http:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/icon1.png\" alt=\"\">                            <h3 class=\"box-text\">Develop deep industry relationships<\/h3>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"box-item mb-20\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/icon4.png\" alt=\"\">                            <h3 class=\"box-text\">Utilize extensive industry networks<\/h3>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"box-item mb-20\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"http:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/icon2.png\" alt=\"\">                            <h3 class=\"box-text\">Accelerate your growth and provide mentorship.<\/h3>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"box-item mb-20\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"http:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/icon3.png\" alt=\"\">                            <h3 class=\"box-text\">Deep subject expertise in combining integral skills.<\/h3>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"col-sm-12 co-md-6 col-lg-6\">\r\n                    <div class=\"about-right-content text-center\">\r\n                        <div class=\"image-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/matteo-vistocco-Dph00R2SwFo-unsplash-scaled-e1665392653632.jpg\" alt=\"\">                        <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fb9a32 team team-style-two pt-5 pb-80 text-center elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fb9a32\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14eb790\" data-id=\"14eb790\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38de174 elementor-widget elementor-widget-invest-main-title\" data-id=\"38de174\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"invest-main-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container text-center\">\r\n            <h6 class=\"sub-title\">Our Team<\/h6>\r\n            <h2 class=\"sect-title mb-50\">Meet with Our team<\/h2>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75f510e mt-n5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"75f510e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"whatwedo\">\r\n    <p style=\"font:inherit; text-align:center;\">\r\n        COV investment and advisory team have over 100 years of industry experience in business management, commercialization, and investment. We work closely with our portfolio companies to help strengthen their team, raise follow-on investment and increase market traction while helping build their operational excellence. Every single member of our team cares deeply about the success of founders, because we are founders first.\r\n    <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98ab476 d-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-invest-team\" data-id=\"98ab476\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"invest-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n        \t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n            <div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t                    <div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4 r-mb-30\">\r\n                    <div class=\"item-team\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Serhat-Pala.jpg\" alt=\"img\">                        <div class=\"grid-content\">\r\n                            <h4 class=\"h4-subheading\">Serhat Pala<\/h4>\r\n                            <h6 class=\"h6-subheading\">General 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href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/milan-saes-73b7a2172\/\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <\/ul>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4 r-mb-30\">\r\n                    <div class=\"item-team\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Haydar-nur2.png\" alt=\"img\">                        <div class=\"grid-content\">\r\n                            <h4 class=\"h4-subheading\">Haydar Nur<\/h4>\r\n                            <h6 class=\"h6-subheading\">Analyst<\/h6>\r\n                            <ul class=\"social-team\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/haydar-nur-14036316a\/\"><i class=\"mdi 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src=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-7-400x400.png\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Serhat Pala\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"grid-content\"><h4 class=\"h4-subheading\"><a data-id=\"3240\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Serhat Pala\" href=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/team\/serhat-pala\/\">Serhat Pala<\/a><\/h4><h6 class=\"h6-subheading\">General Partner<\/h6><ul class=\"social-team\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/serhatpala\/\" title=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-3 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12   even-grid-item rt-grid-item rt-ready-animation animated fadeIn\" data-id=\"3242 \"><div class=\"single-team-area\"><div class=\"item-team\"><figure><a class=\"\" data-id=\"3242\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/team\/zeynep-ilgaz\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" 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width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-9-400x400.png\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Alex Altomare\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"grid-content\"><h4 class=\"h4-subheading\"><a data-id=\"3565\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Alex Altomare\" href=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/team\/alex-altomare\/\">Alex Altomare<\/a><\/h4><h6 class=\"h6-subheading\">Venture Partner<\/h6><ul class=\"social-team\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexaltomare\/\" title=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-3 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12   even-grid-item rt-grid-item rt-ready-animation animated fadeIn\" data-id=\"3717 \"><div class=\"single-team-area\"><div class=\"item-team\"><figure><a class=\"\" data-id=\"3717\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/team\/scott-jablonski\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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src=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Copy-of-Untitled-Design.png\" class=\"img-responsive rt-team-img\" alt=\"Kenan Pala\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"grid-content\"><h4 class=\"h4-subheading\"><a data-id=\"3722\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Kenan Pala\" href=\"https:\/\/crossoceanfund.com\/team\/kenan-pala\/\">Kenan Pala<\/a><\/h4><h6 class=\"h6-subheading\">Research Specialist<\/h6><ul class=\"social-team\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kenan-pala-670b89106\/\" title=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading-overlay full-op\"><\/div><div class=\"rt-loading rt-ball-clip-rotate\"><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bef38a pt-5 pb-80 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bef38a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe488a5\" data-id=\"fe488a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ebc396 elementor-widget elementor-widget-invest-main-title\" data-id=\"8ebc396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"invest-main-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container text-center\">\r\n            <h6 class=\"sub-title\">We know<\/h6>\r\n            <h2 class=\"sect-title mb-50\"> that it is about<\/h2>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c11b117 mt-n4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c11b117\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.7 - 20-09-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor 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