The OPTIM Circle
A curated community of founders, investors, and operators investing together in Real-World AI, where software meets the physical world.
We're a tight-knit group of people across Berkeley, Stanford, and the Bay Area who share deal flow, review opportunities together, and make collective bets into the most compelling early-stage companies we see.
Time and attention are our most valuable assets. Optimizing who we spend them with leads to better conversations, outcomes, and opportunities.
Marya Unwala
ALM Ventures
inRuddick Lawrence
Bee Partners
inCaleb Appleton
Bison Ventures
inMichael Paniccia
Catapult Ventures
inJonathan Tan
Coreshell
inFrancesco Favaro
Crosscourt Ventures
inPavlo Pikulin
Deus Robotics
inPaulina Szyzdek
E12 Ventures
inRyan Cunningham
Edgerunner
inAnil Achyuta
Energy Impact Partners
inSaman Farid
Formic
inIvy Nguyen
GFT Ventures
inNick Halla
GigaClimate
inXiaoming Yin
Grit Ventures
inJennifer Gill Roberts
Grit Ventures
inBenjamin Bolte
K-Scale Labs
inAndrew Hsieh
liminalinsights.com
inBrock Csira
Matter Venture Partners
inMeaghan O'Neill
Matter Venture Partners
inMike Xia
Anvil Robotics
inFinn O’Kelly
ohmnow.com
inSimon Lancaster
Omni Venture Labs
inSabrina Paseman
Omni Venture Labs
inQuanting (Daniel) Xie
Origami Robotics
inEahab Naga
Pura
inGary Chen
Raise Robotics
inEdi Danalache
Scale Venture Partners
inJohnson James
Skillfully
inAsad Tirmizi
T-robotics
inMichael Raybman
Umami Capital
inKevin Weekly
TC Circuits
inSachin Seth
Trousdale Ventures
inNare Janvelyan
Voyager VC
inMegan Cain
Westly Group
inJason Kalira
Westly Group
inAshwin Lalendran
Moxie Ventures
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