Startups
Open Core Ventures (OCV) is a venture capital firm that starts commercial open source software companies. Our team identifies open source software projects with traction, recruits passionate project founders and contributors, and launches companies together. OCV companies aim to create tangible value for the open source community by providing access to resources and reducing the barrier to entrepreneurship.
Overview
Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Employees
1-10
Founded date
2020
Mentions in press and media 4
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| Mar 20, 2024 | Mermaid Chart, a Markdown-like tool for creating diagrams, raises $7.5M | Mermaid, the open source diagramming and charting tool, has long been popular with developers for its ability to create diagrams using a Markdown-like language. As is often the case, Mermaid founder Knut Sveidqvist created the project becau... |
| Feb 13, 2023 | Недельный геймдев: #108 — 12 февраля, 2023 | Из новостей: первый релиз‑кандидат Godot 4, VK Play выделил 300 миллионов рублей на поддержку российских разработчиков игр, опенсорсная имплементация Fallout позволяет играть на мобилках, Godot Editor 3 вместе с Godot Editor 4 теперь доступ... |
| Nov 3, 2022 | FlowForge nabs $7.2M to help companies integrate IoT using Node-RED | A new company from one of the original creators of the open source Node-RED project is setting out to make it easier for companies to bridge the gap between incompatible IoT ecosystems at scale. Node-RED, for the uninitiated, is a low-code,... |
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FAQ about Open Core Ventures
When was Open Core Ventures founded?
Open Core Ventures was founded in 2020.
What has the press written about Open Core Ventures?
Parsers VC has collected 4 articles mentioning Open Core Ventures, among them “Mermaid Chart, a Markdown-like tool for creating diagrams, raises $7.5M” (Mar 20, 2024) and “Недельный геймдев: #108 — 12 февраля, 2023” (Feb 13, 2023).
Is Open Core Ventures still active?
Yes, Open Core Ventures is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 19, 2025.