OCA Ventures

Founded in 1999, OCA Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments primarily in technology and highly-scalable services businesses. The firm's investment focus areas include digital health, fintech, consumer software, and enterprise software.

Michelle Cao

Associate

Ian Drury

General Partner

James Dugan

Managing Partner

Peter Ianello

Chairman and Co-Founder

David Kokonas

Senior Associate

Tamim Abdul

General Partner

Bob Saunders

General Partner

Dana Sun

Senior Associate

Taylor Whittaker

Associate

David Zyer

Partner

Past deals in Missouri

Balto Software

Series B in 2024
Balto develops AI-powered real-time guidance and conversation analytics for contact centers. Its SaaS platform listens to live calls and provides instant prompts, tips, and corrective suggestions to sales and service agents to identify pain signals, handle objections, and balance talk time, with dashboards for managers to monitor performance and compliance. The solution aims to prevent missed opportunities and costly compliance mistakes by guiding agents during calls and flagging non-compliant language. The platform serves sales, customer service, accounts receivable, and compliance quality use cases. Balto was founded in 2017 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

SpiderOak

Series C in 2023
SpiderOak, Inc. is a cybersecurity company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, with an additional office in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2007, SpiderOak develops technology aimed at mitigating various categories of cyberattacks while addressing compliance, security, and usability needs. Its flagship product, SpiderOak CrossClave, enables secure file exchange and synchronization through no knowledge encryption, allowing users to share sensitive data safely. The company also offers The SpiderOak, a secure messaging and file-sharing solution, and SpiderOak One Backup, a desktop application for data backup across multiple operating systems, including Linux, macOS, and Windows, as well as mobile platforms. Furthermore, SpiderOak provides enterprise-level solutions such as SpiderOak Enterprise Backup, which focuses on ransomware protection and disaster recovery. The company serves a diverse clientele that includes defense and intelligence sectors, civilian government, government contractors, and enterprises, emphasizing confidentiality, integrity, and availability in its offerings.

Balto Software

Series B in 2021
Balto develops AI-powered real-time guidance and conversation analytics for contact centers. Its SaaS platform listens to live calls and provides instant prompts, tips, and corrective suggestions to sales and service agents to identify pain signals, handle objections, and balance talk time, with dashboards for managers to monitor performance and compliance. The solution aims to prevent missed opportunities and costly compliance mistakes by guiding agents during calls and flagging non-compliant language. The platform serves sales, customer service, accounts receivable, and compliance quality use cases. Balto was founded in 2017 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Balto Software

Series A in 2020
Balto develops AI-powered real-time guidance and conversation analytics for contact centers. Its SaaS platform listens to live calls and provides instant prompts, tips, and corrective suggestions to sales and service agents to identify pain signals, handle objections, and balance talk time, with dashboards for managers to monitor performance and compliance. The solution aims to prevent missed opportunities and costly compliance mistakes by guiding agents during calls and flagging non-compliant language. The platform serves sales, customer service, accounts receivable, and compliance quality use cases. Balto was founded in 2017 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Balto Software

Seed Round in 2019
Balto develops AI-powered real-time guidance and conversation analytics for contact centers. Its SaaS platform listens to live calls and provides instant prompts, tips, and corrective suggestions to sales and service agents to identify pain signals, handle objections, and balance talk time, with dashboards for managers to monitor performance and compliance. The solution aims to prevent missed opportunities and costly compliance mistakes by guiding agents during calls and flagging non-compliant language. The platform serves sales, customer service, accounts receivable, and compliance quality use cases. Balto was founded in 2017 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Balto Software

Seed Round in 2018
Balto develops AI-powered real-time guidance and conversation analytics for contact centers. Its SaaS platform listens to live calls and provides instant prompts, tips, and corrective suggestions to sales and service agents to identify pain signals, handle objections, and balance talk time, with dashboards for managers to monitor performance and compliance. The solution aims to prevent missed opportunities and costly compliance mistakes by guiding agents during calls and flagging non-compliant language. The platform serves sales, customer service, accounts receivable, and compliance quality use cases. Balto was founded in 2017 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

SpiderOak

Series A in 2015
SpiderOak, Inc. is a cybersecurity company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, with an additional office in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2007, SpiderOak develops technology aimed at mitigating various categories of cyberattacks while addressing compliance, security, and usability needs. Its flagship product, SpiderOak CrossClave, enables secure file exchange and synchronization through no knowledge encryption, allowing users to share sensitive data safely. The company also offers The SpiderOak, a secure messaging and file-sharing solution, and SpiderOak One Backup, a desktop application for data backup across multiple operating systems, including Linux, macOS, and Windows, as well as mobile platforms. Furthermore, SpiderOak provides enterprise-level solutions such as SpiderOak Enterprise Backup, which focuses on ransomware protection and disaster recovery. The company serves a diverse clientele that includes defense and intelligence sectors, civilian government, government contractors, and enterprises, emphasizing confidentiality, integrity, and availability in its offerings.
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