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Optica Venture Partners

VC
Cambridge, UKWebsite

Optica Venture Partners is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Cambridge, UK investing in AI / ML, Other, Healthcare. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$5.0M
Portfolio
7 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Other, Healthcare, Consumer, Real Estate, Developer Tools
HQ
Cambridge, UK
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-27

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $5.0M

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Optica Venture Partners focuses on investing in cutting-edge optical computing technologies and AI infrastructure advancements.

How Optica Venture Partners invests

Optica Venture Partners is a vc firm based in Cambridge, UK. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, Healthcare, Consumer, Real Estate. It does not invest in Consumer, Media.

Optica Venture Partners typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment.

Optica Venture Partners has backed 7 companies in our records, including LetsGetChecked, Kaia Health, SteadyMD.

Partners & Team

JF

Jagrati Flynn Lawson

Partner

CF

Colleen Flynn Lawson

Partner

AD

Alxis Domingo

Fund Manager

DE

Dr. Elara Newton

GP

Optical Computing
AI Infrastructure

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Other
Healthcare
Consumer
Real Estate
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Consumer
Media

Portfolio Companies (7)

Other

LE

LetsGetChecked

Digital Health·Optum Ventures

A healthcare platform providing direct-to-consumer diagnostic testing.

KA

Kaia Health

Digital Health·Optum Ventures

A digital therapeutics company focusing on musculoskeletal and respiratory conditions.

ST

SteadyMD

Healthcare IT·Optum Ventures

A B2B telehealth infrastructure provider for digital health companies.

DE

Depop

E-commerce·Octopus Ventures

A peer-to-peer social shopping marketplace for fashion.

ZO

Zoopla

PropTech·Octopus Ventures

A property portal and real estate services company.

MA

ManyPets

InsurTech·Octopus Ventures

A pet insurance provider utilizing data-driven technology.

PH

Photon Future

Optical Computing
How to pitch Optica Venture Partners
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jagrati Flynn Lawson, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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