Optum Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 as an independent fund in partnership with UnitedHealth Group. It backs seed-to-growth healthcare startups across value-based care delivery, enterprise software and enabling infrastructure, and fintech, and says its portfolio includes more than 75 companies. The firm’s own site says it works with entrepreneurs and industry leaders across the healthcare ecosystem, using Optum’s commercialization expertise and access to health plans, providers, employers, patients, and families to support portfolio companies. Its website lists Boston as its headquarters and also shows an office in London. Publicly available sources provided here do not verify the firm’s founders, current executives, or a latest disclosed financing round with lead investors beyond its initial $250 million fund.