# Opternative funding: rounds and investors

> Opternative has raised $12M across 4 rounds since 2014. Investors include Jump Capital, Chicago Ventures and Tribeca Venture Partners.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/opternative (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Opternative*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 16 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Biotech Healthcare

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$12M** raised across 4 rounds since 2014, from 4 sources

**$1.0M** Seed **$2.0M** Debt **$9.0M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $9.0M Nov 2018
- **Step-up i:** 4.5×
- **Investors:** 16

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

**$1.0M** Seed

**?** Venture

**$2.0M** Debt

**$9.0M** Round

- **First round:** Seed, $1.0M
- **Biggest round:** $9.0M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.9 years

## The rounds

- **Nov 2018** Round **$9.0M** *2 new* [Trust Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trust-ventures) Pritzker Group Venture Capital/ Jump Reported by FinSMEs
- **Nov 2014** Debt **$2.0M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $950K sold, first sale Nov 2014
- **Nov 2014** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Jump Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jump-capital) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $950K sold, first sale Nov 2014
- **Feb 2014** Seed **$1.0M** *13 new* [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) [Tribeca Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribeca-venture-partners) [Corazon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corazon-capital) [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakewest-inc) [Lon Chow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lon-chow) [Sam Yagan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-yagan) [Armando Pauker](https://millionrounds.com/fund/armando-pauker) [Wayne Boulais](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wayne-boulais) [Tao Huang](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tao-huang) [David Herrmann](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-herrmann) [Healthbox Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthbox-accelerator) John Rompon Michael Sachs From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Aaron Dallek** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i
- **Steven Lee** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i

On the board, as filed i *Brian Hirsch* *Garrett Vygantas*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2014 **Venture** 2014 **Debt** 2014 **Round** 2018 [Jump Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jump-capital) [Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) [Tribeca Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribeca-venture-partners) [Corazon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corazon-capital) [Lakewest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakewest-inc) [Lon Chow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lon-chow) [Sam Yagan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-yagan) [Trust Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trust-ventures) [Armando Pauker](https://millionrounds.com/fund/armando-pauker) [Wayne Boulais](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wayne-boulais)

## Everyone who backed them

[Jump Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jump-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Chicago Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chicago-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Tribeca Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tribeca-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Corazon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corazon-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Lakewest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakewest-inc) VC firm **1** round

[Lon Chow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lon-chow) Angel **1** round

[Sam Yagan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-yagan) Angel **1** round

[Trust Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trust-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Armando Pauker](https://millionrounds.com/fund/armando-pauker) Angel **1** round

[Wayne Boulais](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wayne-boulais) Angel **1** round

[Tao Huang](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tao-huang) Angel **1** round

[David Herrmann](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-herrmann) Angel **1** round

[Healthbox Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthbox-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round

John Rompon no record of our own yet **1** round

Michael Sachs no record of our own yet **1** round

Pritzker Group Venture Capital/ Jump no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=opternative).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Opternative as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Pallasite Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pallasite-ventures-inc) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Opternative

### Who invested in Opternative?

Opternative's investors include Jump Capital, Chicago Ventures, Tribeca Venture Partners, Corazon Capital and Lakewest Venture Partners, and 11 more on record.

### How much has Opternative raised?

Opternative has raised $12M across 4 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Opternative last raise?

Opternative's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $9.0M in Nov 2018.

### What was Opternative's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $9.0M in Nov 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Opternative first?

Opternative's first round on record, in Feb 2014, was backed by Chicago Ventures, Tribeca Venture Partners and Corazon Capital and 10 others.

### What stage is Opternative at?

Opternative's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Nov 2018.

### Where is Opternative based?

Opternative is based in the United States.

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