Profile
Omni Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Jose, California, focusing on manufacturing technology. Established by Simon Lancaster and Sabrina Paseman, former Apple engineers, the firm aims to drive innovation in digitizing the manufacturing sector. The team includes individuals with rich backgrounds at companies such as Google, Blackberry, and Boston Scientific, providing deep operating experience and technical insights to their investments. Omni Ventures emphasizes supporting founders by leveraging a global network of industrial executives and engineers.
The firm invests in pre-seed startups in sectors such as software, AI, robotics, and manufacturing automation, with check sizes ranging from $700,000 to $1 million. Their investment focus is on the digitization of the manufacturing value chain, robotics, and connectivity of industrial systems. Omni Ventures manages a $33 million fund, known as the Manufacturing Tech Fund, backed by Allocator One and multiple LPs across 14 countries.
Notable investments include Uptoo - an operating system for machine shops, Rembrain - an AI-guided production line system, and AI-NC - a CAD error-detection tool. Other portfolio companies include Tripolar - a physical platform for industrial facilities, and Mimiq - a logistics digitization solution.
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Omni Ventures Funds
| Name | Type |
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Size | AUM | Launch date |
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Fund I
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Venture Capital (VC)
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Industrial
Robotics
Software
AI
Manufacturing
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Pre-seed
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North America
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$0-1 m
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$33 M
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July 2026
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