High-Tech Firm Expands after $35 Mil Infusion

ORLANDO-Optium Inc., a startup fiber-optic communications company operating out of cramped 5,000-sf quarters near the University of Central Florida has received $35 million in new venture capital and will be relocating in July to 30,000 sf of new space at nearby Central Florida Research Park.

Area brokers familiar with the university office submarket tell GlobeSt.com on condition of anonymity the estimated five-year lease should have an aggregate gross value of at least $3 million or about $20 per sf.

Optium has raised $50 million over the last seven months, according to company officials. The latest infusion came from two Silicon Valley firms in California–Kalkhoven, Petit & Levin Ventures and Texas Pacific Group.