OCA Ventures is a Chicago-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1999, focused on equity investments in companies with dramatic growth potential, primarily in technology and highly-scalable services businesses. The firm typically invests in Seed and Series A rounds, writing $1M–$3M checks with follow-on capacity, and focuses on enterprise software, consumer software, fintech, and digital health.
Average disclosed round size is $15.2M (across 90 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
62
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Dave Zyer
Venture Partner
Sarah Manasevit
Senior Associate
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
101 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| GGrayMatter | Series B | $45M | Jun 2024 |
 Ocient | Series B | $49.4M | Jan 2024 |
 GrayMatter Robotics | Series B | $45M | Jan 2024 |
 Pair Team | Series A | $9M | Oct 2023 |
 Atalan Tech | Seed | $2.5M | Oct 2023 |
 Snapsheet | Series E | $29M | Jul 2023 |
 Betty | Seed | $5M | Feb 2023 |
 SpiderOak | Series C | $16.4M | Jan 2023 |
 RhythmScience | Series A | $6M | Jan 2023 |
| BBetty Gaming | Seed | $5M | Jan 2023 |
| GrayMatter Robotics | Series A | $20M | Aug 2022 |
| GGrayMatter | Series A | $20M | Aug 2022 |
 Crafty | Series A | $10M | Apr 2022 |
| RRoqad | Series A | $7M | Jan 2022 |
| GGray Matter Robotics | Seed | $4.1M | Sep 2021 |
 Cake AI | Seed | $3.7M | Jul 2021 |
 Genvid | Growth | — | Jul 2021 |
 Genvid | Series C | $113M | Jul 2021 |
| GGenvid Technologies | Growth | — | Jul 2021 |
| GGenvid Entertainment | Growth | — | Jul 2021 |
| OOsso VR | Series B | $27M | Jul 2021 |
 Ringle | Series A | $18M | Jun 2021 |
 Votive Health | Seed | $2.5M | Apr 2021 |
 Moving Analytics | Unknown | $6M | Apr 2021 |
 eBlu Solutions | Series A | $11.4M | Apr 2021 |
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Last updated: 7 October 2026