Omni Ventures Closes $33M Fund I to Back Manufacturing Tech Startups
The oversubscribed debut fund will write $700K–$1M checks into pre-seed startups digitizing manufacturing software, AI, and robotics.
San Jose-based Omni Ventures announced Monday the final close of its oversubscribed $33 million Fund I, targeting early-stage startups that are modernizing manufacturing through software, artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, and connected industrial systems. The firm describes itself as a manufacturing-focused venture capital outfit with a sharp thesis around the digitization of factory-floor technology.
Leading the fund are general partners Simon Lancaster and Sabrina Paseman, both former Apple product and manufacturing engineers who later became founders themselves. Their operational backgrounds position Omni to evaluate startups from an insider's perspective — a differentiator that resonates with founders navigating complex hardware-software integration challenges in industrial settings.
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Omni targets pre-seed companies, deploying checks ranging from $700,000 to $1 million per investment. The oversubscribed close signals strong limited-partner appetite for manufacturing technology at a moment when domestic industrial policy and supply-chain resilience have elevated the sector's strategic profile among institutional investors and corporate backers alike.
The manufacturing technology sector has drawn increasing venture attention as companies across aerospace, automotive, and consumer electronics race to automate production lines and reduce dependence on manual processes. Omni's debut fund places it among a growing cohort of specialist VCs betting that purpose-built software and AI tools for the factory floor represent a long-duration investment opportunity still in its early innings.
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