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Illuminate Ventures

Illuminate Ventures III, L.P.

Late investment periodEmerging manager

Late investment period: first sale Mar 2022, per Form D (fund age approximates vintage)

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Vintage
2022
Fund size
$21.34M to $50M (Form D)
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Enterprise SaaS, Data analytics, AI applications
Regions
Not stated

01 · Thesis

Illuminate Ventures backs visionary founders building B2B/Enterprise software companies, leading Series Seed rounds. It focuses on platforms and applications that use data and AI to drive meaningful ROI, often backing founders with real customers and revenue before outside capital.Inferred from the firm's website

02 · Initial check

$213K to $833K (estimated from fund size)

Estimated from Form D: $21.34M sold of a $50M target

03 · Who to approach

Named on this fund's Form D

  • Cynthia Padnos, Managing Member of the General Partner
  • Jennifer Savage, Managing Member of the General Partner

04 · Deals

No deals attributed to this fund yet.

05 · Evidence

  • Firm-wideIlluminate invests in visionary founders building B2B/Enterprise software companies, and leads Series Seed rounds.

    Illuminate’s focus is on finding, funding, and accelerating visionary founders building game-changing companies in the B2B/Enterprise software computing space.
    https://illuminate.com/

06 · Sources

  1. https://illuminate.com/
  2. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1911770/000191177024000001/

Last verified: Oct 28, 2026