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Illuminate Ventures
Venture capital · Oakland, CA, United States · North America
Illuminate Ventures is a venture capital firm that leads Series Seed investments in B2B and enterprise software companies. It typically serves as a startup's first institutional investor, focusing on platforms and applications that use data and AI.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordsb2b softwareenterprise softwaresaasaidataseed stage
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Or find every investor that fitsIlluminate Ventures lists 28 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (27%), Fintech (16%) and Enterprise Software (14%). 63% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Insight Partners, NEA and Salesforce Ventures.
No funding round on record names Illuminate Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Illuminate Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 28. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 27% | 18% |
| Fintech | 16% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 9% | 3% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Insight Partners | 2 |
| NEA | 2 |
| Salesforce Ventures | 2 |
| Western Technology Investment | 2 |
| 14B Venture Capital | 1 |
| AAF Management | 1 |
| Activant Capital | 1 |
| Alpha Partners | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 65th | 28 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 41th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers28100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Insight Partners
Compare Illuminate Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
28 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coupang connects thousands of U.S. companies and brands to international markets, exporting billions in American goods annually to Asia and beyond. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides marketing performance management tools, including budget clarity, spend control, and financial alignment, as well as campaign planning and real-time performance analytics. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Arkestro provides a predictive procurement platform | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Bedrock builds persistent ocean intelligence solutions that help solve the world’s most pressing challenges in defense, undersea infrastructure, offshore energy, and ocean research. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Birdie connects customer signals so teams can move faster and prove what worked | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI sales coaching platform to help sales teams practice and improve their conversations. | AI & Machine LearningEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| BrightEdge provides an enterprise platform for search engine optimization and artificial intelligence search | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company enables rapid development of Intelligent Apps and Agentic Systems and integrates data across legacy, cloud, and custom systems | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Calm Sea Enterprise develops and distributes mobile applications for iOS and Android | Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Contentstack provides a platform that unifies content, data, and intelligent agents to help teams create personalized digital experiences | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Continual builds and runs custom software for companies to manage their operations and data | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hoopla provides a sales gamification and recognition platform for businesses | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Influitive provides a customer advocacy platform for businesses to mobilize customer advocates and drive growth | Space & DefenseSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Intelo develops and provides a platform that combines human and technology to make a difference in human engagements | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Ipauthor develops and provides AI-powered patent drafting software | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Jacobi provides a cloud-based platform for portfolio design, analysis, and engagement for investment firms | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a video platform for streaming, transcoding, and online video services. | Media & EntertainmentSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Labra provides a cloud-based platform to help businesses list, sell, and scale their solutions on cloud marketplaces | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| MPathic helps AI builders evaluate and improve their models with expert-led evaluation and scientifically grounded benchmarking, focused on psychosocial risks. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Opsmatic provides an automation monitoring and billing platform for automation consultants and agencies | Enterprise SoftwareFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- illuminate.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 28
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