# Richie Chaikof

> Richie Chaikof is a startup investor at Optum Ventures (New York). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Optum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/optum-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richie-chaikof-3b735284/

Richie Chaikof is a startup investor at Optum Ventures in New York. Richie Chaikof is the Principal at Optum Ventures. He attended Ivey Business School at Western University.

## About Optum Ventures

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Optum Ventures provides capital and strategic guidance to startup companies solving health care's pressing challenges. It is the venture capital investment arm of Optum that invests in digital health companies that use data and insights to help improve consumers' access to health care services and how care is delivered and paid for, andthat makes the health care system more reliable and easier to navigate.

4 contacts available at Optum Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Richie Chaikof | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richie-chaikof |
| Alessandro Guazzi | Healthcare Venture Capital | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alessandro-guazzi |
| Heather Roxborough | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heather-roxborough |
| Vijay Barathan | Senior Principal, Healthcare VC | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vijay-barathan |

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