Built from eye care,
for eye care.

It started on a clinic floor.

Otto's founder, Alex McIntosh, grew up in Western Canada, where his family owned a chain of optical stores. Long before he could legally work, he was in the thick of it — the surfacing lab, the sales floor, the head office — learning the business and spotting every place it could be better.

One problem stuck with him: patients quietly leaking out to online and big-box retailers. And he realized it wasn't just his family's problem — it plagued the entire industry.

So in 2019, Alex sold everything he owned, moved out of his apartment, and flew to Asia — where he spent a year and a half living on $10 a day to bring his vision to life. In early 2021, Otto was born.

The team behind Otto

Coast to coast across Canada, obsessed with eye care. Hover to watch us grow up.