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OCA Ventures portfolio
OCA Ventures has 4 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in Chicago, US, founded in 1999. It led 3 of the 6 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Ocient's $49.4M Series B+ round in March 2024, which it led, alongside Alumni Ventures, Gaingels, Greycroft and 4 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Commerce and retail (2) and AI agents (1). It has co-invested with IrishAngels, Greycroft and Initialized Capital, most often IrishAngels (3 rounds).
About OCA Ventures
What OCA Ventures invests in
- Commerce and retail · 2 · 50%
- AI agents · 1 · 25%
- Data and analytics · 1 · 25%
- HR and recruiting · 1 · 25%
- Cybersecurity · 1 · 25%
- Stablecoins · 1 · 25%
- Fintech · 1 · 25%
OCA Ventures recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B+ · $49.4M · lead | Alumni Ventures, Gaingels, Greycroft (lead) +4 | ||
| Series B+ · $80M | Initialized Capital, Stardust Equity, Grotech Ventures +5 | ||
| Series B+ · $40M · lead | Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Illinois Ventures, Northwestern University +6 | ||
| Series A · $15M · lead | Greycroft, IQT, TechNexus Venture Collaborative +1 | ||
| Series A · $8M | Atlanta Seed Company, Initialized Capital (lead), Grotech Ventures (lead) +6 | ||
| Seed · $2.6M | Atlanta Seed Company (lead), Service Provider Capital, Engage +5 |
How OCA Ventures invests
OCA Ventures portfolio companies
OOcient$49.4MSeries B+ · Mar 2024
TThe Mom Project$80MSeries B+ · Oct 2021
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| Company | Round with OCA Ventures | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
AI agents |
Series B+ · $49.4M · lead | $346.4M | Nov 5, 2026 Series B+ |
HR and recruiting |
Series B+ · $80M | $90.6M | Jul 13, 2026 Series B+ |
Cybersecurity |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Stablecoins |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Most frequent co-investors
IIrishAngels3 shared rounds · last Oct 6, 2021
GGreycroft2 shared rounds · last Mar 11, 2024
IInitialized Capital2 shared rounds · last Oct 6, 2021
GGrotech Ventures2 shared rounds · last Oct 6, 2021
TTechNexus Venture Collaborative2 shared rounds · last Jan 25, 2021
VVITALIZE Venture Capital2 shared rounds · last Dec 17, 2018
AAtlanta Seed Company2 shared rounds · last Dec 17, 2018
EEngage2 shared rounds · last Dec 17, 2018
TTech Square Ventures2 shared rounds · last Dec 17, 2018
BBBG Ventures2 shared rounds · last Dec 17, 2018
GGaingels1 shared round · last Mar 11, 2024
AAlumni Ventures1 shared round · last Mar 11, 2024
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Commerce and retail).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 6 rounds on Recent Funding that name OCA Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists OCA Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/oca-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.