Illuminate Ventures
Illuminate Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Oakland, California, with a presence in Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 2009 by Cindy Padnos, the firm specializes in investing in B2B and enterprise software companies, particularly those utilizing cloud computing, mobile technologies, artificial intelligence, and data analytics. Illuminate Ventures is known for its hands-on approach and serves as a startup's first institutional investor, typically leading Series Seed investments with check sizes ranging from $1 million to $4 million. The firm emphasizes d Per Crunchbase, Illuminate Ventures has made 68 investments, 19 as lead investor across 40 portfolio companies, with 13 exits including 2 IPOs.
Investing activity
Illuminate Ventures has made 68 investments according to Crunchbase across 40 portfolio companies, and has led 19 rounds and seen 13 exits, 2 of them by IPO.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Illuminate Ventures
Where is Illuminate Ventures based?
Illuminate Ventures is based in Oakland, California, United States.
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