About Us – OCA Ventures

OCA Ventures is an early stage (Seed, Series A, and Series B) venture capital firm focused on equity investments in companies with dramatic growth potential, primarily in technology and highly-scalable services businesses. OCA invests in many industries, with a preference for technology, financial services, education and healthcare technology. Founded in 1999, the firm is investing out of its fourth fund in companies spread throughout the United States.

Philosophy

OCA supports innovative entrepreneurs who are obsessed with building great companies that stand the test of time. We recognize that this is no easy task. As investors our goal is to become an extension of the team and use our resources and experiences to help companies jump to the next level. We are not just a source of capital– we are long-term strategic partners and active investors.

First Institutional Capital

We back world class entrepreneurs early, often helping companies attract their first customers and filling out investment rounds with our extensive network.

Investments in pharmaceutical companies bring high profits, the launch of the generic Viagra on the market has increased the company’s capitalization many times over.

We Lead Investments

We are not the type of firm that waits for others to rally around an idea or team. OCA typically leads investments with initial checks between $1M – $4M for main deals and $50K-$200K for seed deals.

Syndication As You Grow

As our companies grow, OCA continues to provide extensive support. Over our history, OCA has helped syndicate over $700M of financing with hundreds of top co-investors.

OCA Investment Focus

Technology

OCA invests in companies that take advantage of the disruption caused by computing infrastructure and business model shifts, such as mobile, cloud and enterprise SaaS.

Financial Services

Our history with O’Connor and Associates allows us to be prudent investors in financial services sectors like trading, payments, and structured finance businesses.

Education

Education is in need of an overhaul. OCA has a strong track record of investing in post-secondary education startups changing the lives of thousands of students.

Healthcare Technology

The innovation driven by the Affordable Care Act makes healthcare ripe for disruption. OCA is actively investing in solutions that take advantage of new regulations to improve quality of care.

OCA Investment Profile

OCA invests in world class business that have the ability to scale efficiently.

Investment Characteristics:

Capital-efficient/scalable business models
Differentiated products or services
Proven management teams
Dramatic growth potential

Initial Rounds

Lead Investor

OCA Edge

OCA EDGE is OCA Ventures’ seed investing program. OCA EDGE was created in response to the increase of attractive seed-stage investment opportunities and continued decline of the initial capital requirements for technology businesses.

Size: OCA EDGE aims to invest amounts of $50K – $200K in rounds of roughly $1.5M or less. These constitute seed or very early stage investments in highly scalable technology businesses.

Team: OCA EDGE seeks teams with at least one technical founder and with demonstrated past success.

Business Model: OCA EDGE has a strong preference for companies with highly-iterative business models that rely on flexible infrastructure and can obtain and react to customer feedback very rapidly.

Leadership: OCA EDGE invests alongside other trusted value-added investors such as super angels or other early stage venture funds. OCA EDGE will either lead or follow other investors.

Initial Rounds

Initial Investments

What Our Entrepreneurs Say About Us

I would rank OCA Ventures as one of the two best VCs nationally. OCA adds value where needed while otherwise respecting a management team’s ability to do their job.

Chris GladwinFounder and CEO of Ocient (Formerly CEO of Cleversafe)

OCA really has gone above and beyond! The team helped us prepare for subsequent funding rounds and have made countless intros that have been both fruitful for business deals and on the financing side.

Mark LawrenceCEO, SpotHero

Since Balto first partnered with OCA 3 years ago, OCA has been my first call every time I’ve needed to start a capital raise. OCA has their finger on the pulse of the venture market and has been indispensable in putting together a compelling story for each of Balto’s raises. I can actually think of a number of times where their support has directly boosted Balto’s valuation. OCA is the real deal and I couldn’t be more grateful to have them on Balto’s cap table.

Marc Bernstein Founder and CEO, Balto

Fresh out of YC, having OCA at our side has been instrumental in our growth as a business and as first-time founders. There is so much that goes into building a company (beyond just the necessary sweat and tears): being able to talk through our ideas with Alex at OCA has allowed us to leverage OCA’s experience to the benefit of Zumo Labs.

Elena Ponte Co-Founder, Zumo Labs

OCA has continuously been a great thought partner and has been instrumental in connecting us with key healthcare leaders.

Ryan Van WertCEO, Vynca

In addition to capital, OCA has provided us with both insightful advice and impactful introductions that have paved the way for the future success of our business. They are a true partner, and we consider ourselves fortunate to be part of the OCA ‘family’.

Brad Weisberg Founder and CEO, Snapsheet

Philosophy

First Institutional Capital

We Lead Investments

Syndication As You Grow

OCA Investment Focus

Technology

Financial Services

Education

Healthcare Technology

OCA Investment Profile

Initial Rounds

Lead Investor

OCA Edge

Initial Rounds

Initial Investments

What Our Entrepreneurs Say About Us

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