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    Optum Ventures

    Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesFounded 2017

    Optum Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on transforming healthcare by investing in innovative digital health companies, particularly early to growth-stage startups that leverage data-driven technologies to enhance healthcare delivery, access, and payment systems. Their strategy involves providing capital, along with Optum's extensive healthcare expertise and market presence, to accelerate the growth and market adoption of their portfolio companies' solutions.

    83% of their portfolio is in Healthcare. Deal activity increased 300% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $66.1M (across 46 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    46

    Fund Size

    $2B

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    VB

    Vijay Barathan

    Partner, Global

    LR

    Larry Renfro

    Managing Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    46 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Chamber Cardio logoChamber CardioSeries A$60MFeb 2026
    GGydeSeries C$60MJan 2026
    RRISA LabsSeries A$11.1MJan 2026
    Ambience Healthcare logoAmbience HealthcareSeries C$243MJul 2025
    NNema HealthSeries A$14.5MJan 2025
    Ambience Healthcare logoAmbience HealthcareSeries B$70MFeb 2024
    Cortica, Inc. logoCortica, Inc.Growth$75MApr 2023
    BBehaVRSeries B$13MDec 2022
    DispatchHealth logoDispatchHealthGrowth$259MNov 2022
    Alma logoAlmaSeries D$130MAug 2022
    Digital Diagnostics logoDigital DiagnosticsSeries B$75MAug 2022
    Greater Good Health logoGreater Good HealthSeed$10MMay 2022
    Loop logoLoopSeries B$25MApr 2022
    Brightline logoBrightlineSeries C$105MMar 2022
    Vira Health logoVira HealthSeries A$12MMar 2022
    SSomatusSeries E$325MFeb 2022
    Secureframe logoSecureframeSeries B$56MFeb 2022
    Equip logoEquipSeries B$58MFeb 2022
    Future logoFutureSeries C$75MFeb 2022
    Garner Health logoGarner HealthSeries B$45MDec 2021
    Alma logoAlmaSeries C$50MAug 2021
    Ultromics logoUltromicsSeries B$33MAug 2021
    Rey logoReySeries A$10MJul 2021
    Brightline logoBrightlineSeries B$72MJun 2021
    Kaia Health logoKaia HealthSeries C$75MApr 2021
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    Top Co-Investors

    Oak HC/FT7 shared
    Humana3 shared
    Deerfield3 shared
    Longitude Capital3 shared
    Symphony Ventures3 shared
    HLM Venture Partners2 shared
    Transformation Capital2 shared
    TI Platform2 shared

    Last updated: 15 April 2026