Optum Ventures

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Boston, United States

Total investments

93

Average round size

49M

Portfolio companies

53

Rounds per year

13.29

Lead investments

18

Follow on index

0.43

Exits

3

Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Areas of investment
SoftwareAnalyticsInformation TechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsHospitalWellnessMedicalPersonal HealthmHealth

Summary

The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Boston.

This organization was formed by Larry C. Renfro.

Opposing the other organizations, this Optum Ventures works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The top activity for fund was in 2019. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 33 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline IDx, Mindstrong Health, Shyft For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Artificial Intelligence, Health Diagnostics.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Optum Ventures, startups are often financed by GE Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, MATH Venture Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Illinois Venture Capital Association, Wintrust Financial, Qiming Venture Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Illinois Venture Capital Association, Wintrust Financial, Pritzker Group Venture Capital.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
HealthcareAnalytics
Stage focus
Series ASeries BSeed
Geo focus
Generalist

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Investments analytics

Last fund

Fund size
USD 600000000
Fund raised date
2021-07-20

Analytics

Total investments
93
Lead investments
18
Exits
3
Rounds per year
13.29
Follow on index
0.43
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (90)
  • Medical (31)
  • Wellness (21)
  • Information Technology (16)
  • Health Diagnostics (14)
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Investments by region
  • United States (84)
  • United Kingdom (4)
  • India (1)
  • Singapore (2)
  • Belgium (1)
Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
4
Number of Decacorns
4
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
191M
Group Appearance index
0.91
Avg. company exit year
8
Strategy success index
0.60

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Greater Good Health 18 May 2022 Health Care, Hospital Seed 10M United States, California, Los Angeles
Vesta Healthcare 06 Apr 2021 Elder and Disabled Care, Outcome Management (Healthcare), Information Technology, Health Care, Home Health Care, Elder Care Late Stage Venture 65M United States, New York, New York

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