Optum Ventures
General contacts
Investor type
VC
Founded
2017
AUM
$2 000 M
Location
Menlo Park, California, United States
Investor profile last updated: 14 May, 2025
Profile
At Optum Ventures, we look for exceptional teams with data-driven technologies and services that are poised to deeply disrupt the status quo. By investing in early-stage companies with a transformative vision for making health care better for everyone, we will affect change. Our portfolio companies gain an unparalleled advantage with access to Optum’s incomparable data resources, channel relationships and understanding of how health care really works. We have a goal to connect, accelerate and grow the incredible ideas developed by our portfolio companies with the key health care players that need them most.
Industry
Optum Ventures Funds
| Name | Type |
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Size | AUM | Launch date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Optum Ventures Fund II
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Corporate VC (CVC)
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Digital
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
SaaS
Software
Sports/SportsTech
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Seed
Series A
Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
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North America
Europe
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$5-10 m
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$600 M
|
April 2021
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FAQs about Optum Ventures
Is Optum Ventures a venture capital or private equity firm?
Optum Ventures is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Seed, writing tickets of $0-1 m.
Where is Optum Ventures located?
Optum Ventures is located in Menlo Park, California, United States.
When was Optum Ventures founded?
Optum Ventures was founded in 2017.
What sectors and industries does Optum Ventures invest in?
Optum Ventures invests in companies and startups in Education, Edtech, Financial Services, Fintech, Healthcare Services, Industrial, IT Services, Media and Entertainment, Other, SaaS, Software, Telecommunications, Blockchain/Crypto, AI, Life Sciences, HealthTech, HRTech, Digital, Sports/SportsTech.
What is Optum Ventures geographical focus of investments?
Optum Ventures invests in companies and startups in North America, Europe.
At what stages of companies and startups does Optum Ventures typically invest in?
Optum Ventures invests in companies and startups at Seed.
What is the usual amount of Optum Ventures investment?
Optum Ventures usually invests $0-1 m on average.
What is the amount of assets of under management (AUM) for Optum Ventures?
Optum Ventures has around $2 000m assets under management.
When was Optum Ventures last fund created?
Optum Ventures last fund was created/launched in 2021-04-15
What are the contacts of Optum Ventures?
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