# Sanoptis

> Sanoptis is a VC fund in Pfaffikon backing Health Care and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pfaffikon, Switzerland
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.in.linkedin.com/company/sanoptis
- Website: https://www.sanoptis.com/

Sanoptis is an innovative European ophthalmology services group, covering the full spectrum of diagnostic and surgical ophthalmic treatments. The group partners with leading ophthalmologists to deliver on the organic and inorganic growth opportunities within the market.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Sanoptis. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Sanoptis. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/sanoptis?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Social Impact | 1 | 50% |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 1 | 50% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Volker Wendel | Founder & CEO | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/volker-wendel |
| Carsten Horn | Founder & CDO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carsten-horn-c351 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skleo Health | Skleo Health creates digital solutions to make healthcare accessible for everyone, regardless of location or circumstances. | $3.5M | Seed | Jul 10, 2025 |  |
| Retinai | RetinAI optimises and simplifies clinics, research and pharmaceutical workflows to improve healthcare. To achieve this goal, the company builds tools to collect, analyze and organize health data, empowering healthcare professionals and patients with automatic image and data analysis supported by advanced machine learning. RetinAI has proprietarytechnology that provides unforeseen image quality enhancement, as well as automatic analysis of medical data for hospitals, private practitioners, pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers at similar level of performance as a human would produce. | $7.8M | Series B | Oct 16, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Topcon Healthcare](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/topcon-healthcare-solutions) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Verve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verve-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Zürcher Kantonal Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/z%C3%BCrcher-kantonalbank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Sanoptis invest in?

Sanoptis invests primarily in Health Care, Software and Social Impact startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Sanoptis?

Public channels for Sanoptis include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Sanoptis?

The team at Sanoptis includes Volker Wendel (Founder & CEO) and Carsten Horn (Founder & CDO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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