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Opto Investments

Investor type

VC

Founded

2020

AUM

$565 M

Location

New York, New York, United States

Investment Ticket

$10-50 m

Investment Stage

Pre-seed Seed

Region of investment

North America
Investor profile last updated: 29 May, 2026

Profile

Opto Investments (“Opto”) is engineering the future of private markets, offering the solution for wealth managers to efficiently build and manage differentiated private investment programs.

Opto’s end-to-end technology solution dramatically streamlines building, fundraising for, and managing a bespoke private markets fund or program, allowing independent investment advisors, family offices, and private banks to scale their offerings without scaling their team.

Founded by Joe Lonsdale, the entrepreneur behind Palantir and Addepar, and backed by investors including 8VC and Michael Dell’s DFO Management, Opto set out to forge a business free from the faulty legacy incentives on which private markets investing is built. Opto is not compensated by fund managers to offer funds, which enables an undiluted focus on quality. When Opto recommends an investment, it's with purpose. When they pass, it's with conviction. Clients can combine their best ideas with Opto’s in a bespoke partnership tailored to their needs.

Opto’s platform automates admin processes across the entire private markets investment journey, saving advisors hours of time inputting client data, creating compelling proposals, completing subscription documents, managing capital calls, and delivering client communications.

See applicable disclosures at https://www.optoinvest.com/disclaimers.

Industry

Industrial Real Estate Infrastructure Energy Logistics Financial Services Fintech

Opto Investments Funds

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Opto Investments AI Fund
Venture Capital (VC)
Financial Services
Fintech
Industrial
Real Estate
Logistics
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
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May 2026

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FAQs about Opto Investments

Opto Investments is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Pre-seed and Seed, writing tickets of $10-50 m.
Opto Investments is located in New York, New York, United States.
Opto Investments was founded in 2020.
Opto Investments invests in companies and startups in Industrial, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Energy, Logistics, Financial Services, Fintech.
Opto Investments invests in companies and startups in North America.
Opto Investments invests in companies and startups at Pre-seed, Seed.
Opto Investments usually invests $10-50 m on average.
Opto Investments has around $565m assets under management.
Opto Investments last fund was created/launched in 2026-05-28
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