Optics Ventures
Optics Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, Healthcare. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 8 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Healthcare
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-20
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $3.0M
8+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Investing in cutting-edge optical and sensor technologies for industrial use.
How Optics Ventures invests
Optics Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Healthcare. It does not invest in Digital Media.
Optics Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.
Optics Ventures has backed 8 companies in our records, including Sensorix, Venture Optics, Optum Ventures.
Partners & Team
Mark Johnson
Lead Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (8)
Other
Sensorix
Venture Optics
Optum Ventures
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- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mark Johnson, Lead Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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