Investment Team
Team
The members of the OCA Ventures team have a passion for building early-stage companies into market leaders, have long histories working with one another, and share common core personal and professional beliefs, while at the same time contributing different skills and perspectives.
This cohesive group has close business and personal relationships dating back more than 25 years. John Dugan, Peter Ianello and Marc Berman were partners in the 1980s when they led O’Connor & Associates. Jim Dugan is John Dugan’s third son and Eddie Lou and Jason Heltzer both joined the team in 2001.
Jason Heltzer - Principal
Before OCA, Jason spent three and a half years as a management consultant and technical architect for Deloitte Consulting. He also led engineering and business teams at 1stUp, a CMGI company that provided technology to 130 web properties.
Jason holds an MBA in finance and entrepreneurship, with high honors, from Chicago GSB, where he was selected as a Siebel Scholar. As an alumnus, Jason continues his involvement at the GSB as a guest lecturer in the Private Equity Lab, judge in the New Venture Challenge and as a founder and board director of the Chicago Private Equity Network (CPEN).
Jason also holds a BS in computer science, with highest distinction, from the University of Michigan, where he founded a fraternity, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was selected as the University of Michigan Fraternity President of the Year.
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