Steve Shein is a first-generation American who founded and successfully exited ReVal, a fintech trading platform, before becoming a venture investor at OCA Ventures where he focuses on democratizing opportunity for small businesses and professional-services entrepreneurs. He co-founded Franklin Alliance, a platform for accounting firms that uses patient capital and flexible ownership structures instead of traditional private equity roll-ups, while building collaborative ecosystems and peer-learning formats around his portfolio companies. Steve Shein is a first-generation American who founded and successfully exited ReVal, a fintech trading platform, before becoming a venture investor at OCA Ventures where he focuses on democratizing opportunity for small businesses and professional-services entrepreneurs. He co-founded Franklin Alliance, a platform for accounting firms that uses patient capital and flexible ownership structures instead of traditional private equity roll-ups, while building collaborative ecosystems and peer-learning formats around his portfolio companies.