Optical Software Solutions

What Optical Software Solutions does

Optical Software Solutions was a privately held, sole-proprietorship software company founded in 1992 and based in Norwich, United States. It was owned and operated by Jennifer Stred for its entire 25-year history. The company's name suggests it served customers in the optical industry with software products, though the input data does not disclose any specific products, services, pricing structure, revenue model, distribution channels, or target customer segments. No technical architecture, product documentation, or feature descriptions are available; the company's website and supporting records contain only a closure announcement and a contact email address.

The firm operated on a small scale, with headcount reported in the 11–50 employee range, and was structured as a personal owner-operated business with no evidence of institutional investment, venture capital backing, parent company, or external equity participants. Jennifer Stred's closure message characterized clients as "like family," indicating a relationship-driven, owner-led go-to-market approach rather than a scaled, channelized software business. There are no recorded funding rounds, M&A activity, partnerships, awards, patents, certifications, or customer logos in the available record.

On October 31, 2017, Optical Software Solutions ceased operations after Jennifer Stred announced that health issues required her to close the business. The closure was not driven by market or competitive dynamics described in the input, but by the owner's personal health. The company's website remained online as a static notice of closure, and no successor entity, asset sale, or technology transfer is documented. As a result, the company exists only as a historical sole proprietorship with minimal publicly recoverable information about its products or commercial activity.

Name

Optical Software Solutions

Legal name

Optical Software Solutions

Website

https://opticalsoftware.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Optical Software Solutions was a small, privately held sole-proprietorship software firm founded in 1992 in Norwich, United States, serving the optical industry for 25 years before ceasing operations on October 31, 2017 due to the owner's health issues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Optical Practice Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321), Optical Goods Retailers (45613)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Ophthalmic Goods (3851)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAKAKAL

Optical Dispensing & Eyewear Retail (Glasses/Frames/Lenses)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Ophthalmology & Optometry

SECONDARYHLAHAJAD

Optical Dispensing & Eyewear Devices (Frames, Lenses, Lens Edging/Finishing Equipment)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Medical Devices & Diagnostics/Ophthalmic Devices (Vision Care & Surgical)

Keywords

• Optical industry software
• Optical business solutions
• Eye care software
• Optometry practice software
• Vision care software

Headquarters

HQ city

Uncasville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Core offering

Optical Software Solutions was a privately held software company that, based on its name and industry classification, provided software offerings for businesses in the optical and eye-care industry. The company operated from 1992 until it closed on October 31, 2017 after 25 years of service, and no specific product descriptions or feature details were available in the source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• RevolutionEHR: RevolutionEHR delivers cloud-based electronic health records and practice management software for optometrists, serving the same customer segment with a similar core product as Optical Software Solutions.
• Ocuco: Ocuco provides optical retail practice management and lab management software to independent opticians and labs globally. It is the most direct comparable to Optical Software Solutions in vertical, customer type, and product functionality.
• VisionWeb: VisionWeb provides practice management, online ordering, and lens ordering platforms for the optical industry, overlapping directly with Optical Software Solutions' likely service offerings to optical retailers.
• First Insight (MaximEyes): First Insight's MaximEyes is an EHR and practice management solution for optometrists and optical retailers, comparable in target customer and product scope to Optical Software Solutions.
• OfficeMate (ExamVue): OfficeMate is a longstanding practice management software for optometry practices, directly competing with Optical Software Solutions in serving independent optical retailers with dispensing and inventory workflows.

Emerging players

• 4PatientCare: 4PatientCare provides cloud-based optometry practice management and patient engagement software to independent practices, targeting the same niche customer base with modern tooling.
• OptiCommerce: OptiCommerce provides e-commerce and digital storefront platforms for optical retailers, addressing the dispensing and online-sale workflow that Optical Software Solutions likely supported.
• Smart Optometry (D-EYE): Smart Optometry provides mobile and cloud-based diagnostic and practice tools for optometrists, representing an emerging adjacent software player in the same end-customer vertical.
• Compulink Healthcare Solutions: Compulink offers EHR and practice management software with a dedicated Eyecare Advantage product for optometrists and optical dispensaries, overlapping in vertical and customer type.

Broad incumbents

• Eyefinity (VSP Vision): Eyefinity, owned by VSP Vision, is the dominant practice management and EHR platform for U.S. optometrists and serves as the scaled incumbent in the same optical retail software category.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/optical-software-solutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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