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Illuminate Ventures
About
Illuminate Ventures is an Oakland seed-stage venture firm founded in 2009 by Cindy Padnos, with Jennifer Savage as managing partner. It leads seed rounds in enterprise and B2B software companies, often backing teams that include women and underrepresented founders. The firm targets companies with early revenue traction and product-market fit signals.
Stage focus
Pre-SeedSeedSeries A
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