# Ian Drury

> Ian Drury is a seed investor at OCA Ventures backing Retail, Handmade and 3D Printing. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [OCA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oca-ventures)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2019
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-drury-0559053/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/iandrury

Ian Drury is a seed investor at OCA Ventures focused on Retail and Handmade. Ian is a General Partner at OCA Ventures. He has 25+ years experience as a business operator and entrepreneur with a background in technology in the financial services, data services, insurance, communications and retail industries. He has started businesses, raised money, bought/sold/integrated companies, pivoted to new business models,scaled businesses/teams, restructured companies and successfully led companies/teams through the Internet bubble bursting and the Great Recession.His leadership experience includes partnership positions at Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Diamond Management & Technology Consultants (NASDAQ: DTPI), co-founder and President of BigEdge /MVP.com, President of a subsidiary of InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI), Chief Information Officer of a $500M P&C insurance company, and most recently prior to joining OCA Ventures, Ian was Chief Information Officer for TransUnion’s US business. During his 5 years at TransUnion, he optimized a budget of $170M+ and more than 700 employees/contractors, created alignment across IT/Sales/Analytics, restructured the IT department and implemented IT best practices driving improvements in execution/quality, supported entry to new industry verticals, integrated 8 acquisitions, supported two sales of the $1B+ revenue company as the technology co-lead – first to Madison Dearborn in 2010 and to Goldman Sachs & Advent International in 2012.His advisory and board responsibilities for OCA Ventures include: Impossible Objects, dv01, Trim, Falcon Insurance Group, SpiderOak and Levyx.Ian has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois in Champaign, where he was a two time varsity letter winner in wrestling. He enjoys running, fishing and playing golf.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| Handmade | 1 | 33% |
| 3D Printing | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Impossible Objects | Impossible Objects is a developer of a 3D printing technology used to make objects from sheets of kevlar, carbon fiber, and fiberglass. Its composite-based additive manufacturing (CBAM) technology combines high-performance polymers like nylon and PEEK with long-fiber carbon and fiberglass sheets to deliver complex parts at production speeds andvolumes that enable clients to churn out parts that are ready to use in cars, planes, computers, and more.It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. | $4.1M | Series B | May 21, 2019 |  |
| Impossible Objects | Impossible Objects is a developer of a 3D printing technology used to make objects from sheets of kevlar, carbon fiber, and fiberglass. Its composite-based additive manufacturing (CBAM) technology combines high-performance polymers like nylon and PEEK with long-fiber carbon and fiberglass sheets to deliver complex parts at production speeds andvolumes that enable clients to churn out parts that are ready to use in cars, planes, computers, and more.It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. | $6.4M | Series A | Oct 10, 2017 |  |
| Impossible Objects | Impossible Objects is a developer of a 3D printing technology used to make objects from sheets of kevlar, carbon fiber, and fiberglass. Its composite-based additive manufacturing (CBAM) technology combines high-performance polymers like nylon and PEEK with long-fiber carbon and fiberglass sheets to deliver complex parts at production speeds andvolumes that enable clients to churn out parts that are ready to use in cars, planes, computers, and more.It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. | $2.8M | Seed | Nov 16, 2014 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Huizenga Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/huizenga-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IDEA Fund Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idea-fund-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mason Avenue Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mason-avenue-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About OCA Ventures

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

We're an early stage venture capital firm focused on equity investments in companies with dramatic growth potential, primarily in technology and highly-scalable services businesses. Our focus investment areas are digital health, fintech, consumer software, and enterprise software.

5 contacts available at OCA Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Saunders | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-saunders |
| Ian Drury | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-drury |
| Jim Dugan | CEO, Co-Founder, and Founding Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-dugan |
| John Dugan | Chairman Emeritus & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-dugan |
| Dana Sun | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dana-sun |

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## FAQ

### What does Ian Drury invest in?

Ian Drury invests primarily in Retail, Handmade and 3D Printing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ian Drury last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ian Drury closed in May 2019. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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