# Peter Ianello

> Peter Ianello is a Series A investor at OCA Ventures backing Travel. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [OCA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oca-ventures)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2015
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/PeteIanello

Peter Ianello is a Series A investor at OCA Ventures in Chicago focused on Travel and E-Commerce. Peter Ianello is the Chairman and Co-Founder at OCA Ventures and a Board Member at Options Away. He attended Mount St Mary's University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Options Away | Options Away revolutionize the way people research, plan, and book travel by providing a level of flexibility not yet available in today's travel booking life cycle. Options Away leverage the concepts and technologies of the financial options markets and apply them to the travel industry; giving consumers the ability to hold a flight for aperiod of time while they finalize their travel plans. Backed by multiple patents in the airline options space, Options Away will market directly to travel planners with a low-cost item (Option) that can help inspire travel and motivate a buying decision. Partner airlines can sell an option on their main product (Airline Seat), thus leading with a much lower cost item than the traditional airline reservation process. Finally, partners such as Online Travel Agencies, meta-search, travel technology providers, and travel planning sites can offer value add value via integration with the Options Away pricing and options management system. | $3.5M | Series A | Mar 03, 2015 | http://www.optionsaway.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Pritzker Group Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pritzker-group-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Thayer Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thayer-ventures) — 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 |
| Peter Ianello | Chairman & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-ianello |

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## FAQ

### What does Peter Ianello invest in?

Peter Ianello invests primarily in Travel and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Peter Ianello?

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### When did Peter Ianello last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Peter Ianello closed in Mar 2015. Shizune tracks 1 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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