Look Optic Completes Series B Financing, Plans Retail Expansion

WESTPORT, Conn.—Look Optic, a modern eyewear brand known for its over-the-counter progressive reading glasses, has announced the closing of a Series B financing round. Connecticut Innovations, which has backed Look Optic since its Series A funding round, led the Series B round and increased its position alongside Alex Rodriguez and Billie Jean King, who recently joined as both investors and advisors, the announcement said. This latest round of financing will be used to expand the brand into men’s eyewear and sun products, the company said, as well as to accelerate channel expansion into retail. Its first brick-and-mortar store is scheduled to open in NYC on November 1.