Option3 Ventures
Option3 Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Security, Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.5M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Security, Other
- HQ
- New York, NY
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-15
Seed, Series A
$500K – $2.5M
2+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Investing in the cybersecurity and critical infrastructure innovation space, focusing on pre-seed startups tackling enterprise-level risks.
How Option3 Ventures invests
Option3 Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Security, Other. It does not invest in Consumer.
Option3 Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.5M per investment.
Option3 Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including PacketViper, SecureCo.
Partners & Team
Manish Thakur
Managing Partner
Karl P. Kilb III
Partner
Member of Option3's investment and operating team, which plays an active role in portfolio companies and holds multiple board seats on recent investments.
Pravin Patil
Partner
Member of Option3's investment and operating team focused on cybersecurity investing.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
PacketViper
SecureCo
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Security, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Manish Thakur, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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