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What does OCA Ventures invest in?
OCA Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (68% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Army, Cybersecurity and Deep-tech.
OCA Ventures highlights
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73 rounds on record
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Mostly Series A and Seed: 68% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 13 rounds, median $1.1M
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8 exits from the portfolio
What they do
OCA Ventures have been incredible partners on our journey from Genvid’s first days as a seed stage company to now its Series CFrom their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $300K – $5.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- ArmyCybersecurityDeep-tech
- Based in
- Chicago, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first73 appearances
- 2019
4 rounds
- Nov
- Sept
- Jun
- May
- 2018
1 round
- Aug
- 2016
2 rounds
- Dec
- Jun
- 2015
14 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Aug
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- 2014
6 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Jun
- Jun
- Mar
- Feb
- 2013
8 rounds
- Oct
- Jun
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Jan
- Jan
- 2012
7 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- Jun
- May
- May
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration7 named
DZDave ZyerExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
IDIan DruryManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JFJames Francis DuganManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JJJohn Joseph DuganGeneral PartneriForm ADV
PAPeter Anthony IanelloManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
RSRobert SaundersManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
TATamim Abdul MajidManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 16 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$316Massets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- OCA Ventures, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 161160
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed8 in all
CleversafeBought by IBM (International Business Machines)$1.3BOct 2015
Automated InsightsBought by Vista Equity Partners$80MFeb 2015
Power2SwitchBought by Choose EnergyUndisclosedSept 2013
BrightNestBought by Angie's List$6.3MAug 2013
FeeFightersBought by GrouponUndisclosedMar 2012
BrickfishBought by Social MeccaUndisclosedApr 2011
Univa UDBought by Univa UDUndisclosedOct 2007
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.