Venturewave Capital Portfolio Series · October 2025
James Ives, CEO of XOCEAN, shares his experience as a Venturewave Capital portfolio company. He reflects on how Alan Bryan and the Venturewave team provided practical support, expertise and guidance through the company’s early growth stages and beyond. This short film is part of the Scaling Impact: Venturewave Portfolio Stories series, highlighting how purposeful capital accelerates innovation with measurable outcomes.
Transcript
“We had the pleasure of working with the Venturewave Capital team over a number of years. We’ve always found Alan Bryan and the rest of the team to be incredibly helpful and supportive. Growing a business is challenging there are good times and difficult times but their experience and guidance really helped us through.”
Key Insights
Venturewave Capital provided consistent, hands-on support to XOCEAN as it scaled globally. Venturewave’s Capital leadership and experience were instrumental in guiding the company through early challenges. XOCEAN exemplifies impact-driven innovation in ocean data collection using uncrewed surface vessels.
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Venturewave Capital invests in high-growth companies committed to measurable impact. XOCEAN’s mission to transform ocean data collection represents the alignment of technology, sustainability and purpose-led innovation.
