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OCA Ventures

Investor type

VC

Founded

1999

AUM

$150 M

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investment Ticket

$1-5 m

Investment Stage

Seed Series A

Region of investment

North America
Investor profile last updated: 25 September, 2025

Profile

We're a hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneur friendly early stage venture capital firm. We focus on equity investments in companies with dramatic growth potential, primarily in technology and highly-scalable services businesses.

Industry

Education Fintech Marketing and Advertising Software Consumer Products Consumer Services (B2C) Financial Services Healthcare Services SaaS Technology

OCA Ventures Funds

Name Type
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Industry
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Stage
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Region
Size AUM Launch date
OCA Ventures IV, L.P.
Venture Capital (VC)
Consumer Products
Consumer Services (B2C)
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
SaaS
Software
Technology
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$91 M
May 2019

Contacts

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Title
Email
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Bob Saunders General Partner
General Partner
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Dave Zyer General Partner
General Partner
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FAQs about OCA Ventures

OCA Ventures is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Seed and Series A, writing tickets of $1-5 m.
OCA Ventures is located in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
OCA Ventures was founded in 1999.
OCA Ventures invests in companies and startups in Education, Fintech, Marketing and Advertising, Software, Consumer Products, Consumer Services (B2C), Financial Services, Healthcare Services, SaaS, Technology.
OCA Ventures invests in companies and startups in North America.
OCA Ventures invests in companies and startups at Seed, Series A.
OCA Ventures usually invests $1-5 m on average.
OCA Ventures has around $150m assets under management.
OCA Ventures last fund was created/launched in 2019-05-14
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