# Optic funding: rounds and investors

> Optic has raised $1.0M across 1 round since 2025. Investors include Greylock, Kleiner Perkins and Pantera Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Optic*

One round we have observed, with the 5 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.0M** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $1.0M Apr 2025
- **Investors:** 5

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Apr 2025** Seed **$1.0M** [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) [Pantera Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pantera-capital) [Polygon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polygon) [DVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dvc-2) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Optic's own website: 5 on the team.

- **Andrey Doronichev** CEO
- **Ilya Shkirenko** Chief Technology Officer
- **Previously Civitta** Chief Technology Officer
- **Roman Doronin** VP, Engineering
- **Vlad Vinogradov** VP, Ai

## Everyone who backed them

[Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) VC firm **1** round

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

[Polygon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polygon) Hedge fund **1** round

[DVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dvc-2) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Optic 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.

[Zag Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zag-capital) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Optic

### Who invested in Optic?

Optic's investors include Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, Pantera Capital, Polygon and DVC.

### How much has Optic raised?

Optic has raised $1.0M across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Optic last raise?

Optic's most recent round was a Seed of $1.0M in Apr 2025.

### What was Optic's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.0M in Apr 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Optic first?

Optic's first round on record, in Apr 2025, was backed by Greylock, Kleiner Perkins and Pantera Capital and 2 others.

### What stage is Optic at?

Optic's latest named round is a Seed, in Apr 2025.

### Where is Optic based?

Optic is based in the United States.

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