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Illuminate Ventures

Illuminate Ventures Spotlight Fund II, L.P.

Open, writing first checksEmerging manager

Open: no first sale reported; age from Form D filed Jan 2023 (approximate)

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Vintage
Unknown
Fund size
$20M (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

$200K to $333K (estimated from fund size)

Estimated from Form D

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/1961255/000196125523000001/

Last verified: Oct 28, 2026