# Jim Dugan

> Jim Dugan is a Series B investor at OCA Ventures backing Big Data and Software. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [OCA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oca-ventures)
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-dugan-b4369a3/

Jim Dugan is a Series B investor at OCA Ventures focused on Big Data and Software. Jim Dugan is the CEO, Co-Founder, and Founding Managing Partner at OCA Ventures and a Venture Investor at Cleversafe. He previously worked as a Fixed Income Options Trader at the Chicago Board of Trade and a Financial Analyst at Continental Bank. Jim attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and the University of Rochester.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 2 | 12% |
| Software | 2 | 12% |
| Analytics | 2 | 12% |
| Marketing | 2 | 12% |
| Lending | 1 | 6% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 29% |
| Seed | 4 | 24% |
| Series C | 3 | 18% |
| Series A | 2 | 12% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ocient | Ocient is a startup building a near-real-time database and data analytics platform for petabyte- to exabyte-scale data sets. Ocient was founded by the talent behind the largest software startup exit in Chicago’s history. Ocient is a well-funded company, with an engineering team comprised of brilliant computer scientists hailing from the world’s topuniversities and organizations. | $49.4M | Series B | Mar 11, 2024 |  |
| Alembic | With Alembic you will discover audience-first, cross-brand insights that provide you: Predictive forecasting Media and brand valuation Augmented analytics Correlation analysis | $5M | Seed | Oct 07, 2021 |  |
| The Mom Project | Mom Project is the platform unlocking the potential of moms in the workforce, connecting its community of over 500,000 moms, dads and allies with flexible work opportunities at F500s and small businesses. The Mom Project is committed to building a better workplace for mothers and the businesses they support, changing the way women work andredefining career structures by providing women with opportunities that are in balance with their personal goals. | $80M | Series C | Oct 06, 2021 |  |
| ML Tech | ML Tech is a FinTech startup building the next-generation trading platform within the crypto asset space. | $1.8M | Seed | Aug 31, 2021 |  |
| Ocient | Ocient is a startup building a near-real-time database and data analytics platform for petabyte- to exabyte-scale data sets. Ocient was founded by the talent behind the largest software startup exit in Chicago’s history. Ocient is a well-funded company, with an engineering team comprised of brilliant computer scientists hailing from the world’s topuniversities and organizations. | $40M | Series B | Jan 25, 2021 |  |
| The Mom Project | Mom Project is the platform unlocking the potential of moms in the workforce, connecting its community of over 500,000 moms, dads and allies with flexible work opportunities at F500s and small businesses. The Mom Project is committed to building a better workplace for mothers and the businesses they support, changing the way women work andredefining career structures by providing women with opportunities that are in balance with their personal goals. | $25M | Series B | Jul 01, 2020 |  |
| Ocient | Ocient is a startup building a near-real-time database and data analytics platform for petabyte- to exabyte-scale data sets. Ocient was founded by the talent behind the largest software startup exit in Chicago’s history. Ocient is a well-funded company, with an engineering team comprised of brilliant computer scientists hailing from the world’s topuniversities and organizations. | $15M | Series B | Jun 11, 2020 |  |
| dv01 | dv01 is the world’s first end-to-end data management, reporting and analytics platform offering loan level transparency and insight into lending markets, making them more efficient for institutional investors and safer for the world. In a nutshell, we’re doing our part to prevent a repeat of 2008.As the technological hub between lenders andcapital markets, dv01 provides all parties with unprecedented data transparency, insight, and analytics. dv01 has integrated data from 16 marketplace lending platforms, including LendingClub, Prosper and SoFi and multiple mortgage servicers. To date, dv01 has provided reporting and analytics on $105 billion of online lending and mortgage loans and $35 billion of securitization coverage. | $15M | Series B | Jan 30, 2019 |  |
| The Mom Project | Mom Project is the platform unlocking the potential of moms in the workforce, connecting its community of over 500,000 moms, dads and allies with flexible work opportunities at F500s and small businesses. The Mom Project is committed to building a better workplace for mothers and the businesses they support, changing the way women work andredefining career structures by providing women with opportunities that are in balance with their personal goals. | $8M | Series A | Dec 17, 2018 |  |
| The Mom Project | Mom Project is the platform unlocking the potential of moms in the workforce, connecting its community of over 500,000 moms, dads and allies with flexible work opportunities at F500s and small businesses. The Mom Project is committed to building a better workplace for mothers and the businesses they support, changing the way women work andredefining career structures by providing women with opportunities that are in balance with their personal goals. | $2.6M | Seed | May 30, 2018 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [High Alpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-alpha-llc) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [IrishAngels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/irishangels) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [VITALIZE Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vitalize-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Engage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/engage-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Grotech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grotech-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Initialized Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/initialized-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals 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 Jim Dugan invest in?

Jim Dugan invests primarily in Big Data, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 17 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 Jim Dugan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jim Dugan closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 17 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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