# OCAS Ventures

> OCAS Ventures is a VC fund in Zelzate backing Fuel, Energy and Fuel Cell. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zelzate, Belgium
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.ocasventures.com

OCAS Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, start-up, and early-stage investments. The firm also provides growth funding. It does not invest in technology in search of an application. The firm prefers to invest in industrial solutions in energy, chemicals, and advanced materials, industrial process innovation,environment, industrial products and services, industrial automation, manufacturing, nanotechnology, appliances, construction, transportation, metal processing, and steel-related materials solutions. It invests globally but with a focus on Western Europe. The firm prefers to invest up to €10 million ($14.53 million) including follow-on rounds and below €0.1 million ($.14 million) in the incubation phase. It seeks to make both majority and minority equity investments. The firm prefers to invest in both industrial models (production) and commercial models (e.g. licensing) with high growth value creation and sustainable competitive advantage. OCAS Ventures is based in Zelzate, Belgium.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fuel | 1 | 50% |
| Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Fuel Cell | 1 | 50% |
| Industrial | 1 | 50% |
| Advanced Materials | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 1 | 50% |
| Belgium | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Guaranteed | Guaranteed provides a repair and rebuild service for large industrial components using direct energy deposition technologies. It allows the repairing and rebuilding of large slow movers, reducing the long lead times, eliminating the need for large amounts of new raw materials, and avoiding storage or transportation costs. |  |  | Jul 18, 2019 |  |
| PowerCell Sweden | Powercell Sweden AB develops and distributes fuel cell systems for the transport industry and selective high technology markets. It also develops a fuel processor, which converts existing fuel into clean hydrogen that is used to fuel the company's fuel cell system. The company's products are used in trucks and the marine segments.Powercell Sweden AB was founded in 2008 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden. | $26M |  | Jul 02, 2009 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Finindus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finindus) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ArcelorMittal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arcelormittal) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Midroc New Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/midroc-new-technology) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Swedish Energy Agency](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swedish-energy-agency) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Volvo Group Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/volvo-group-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does OCAS Ventures invest in?

OCAS Ventures invests primarily in Fuel, Energy and Fuel Cell startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did OCAS Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for OCAS Ventures closed in Jul 2019. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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