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    Illumina Ventures

    Foster City, California, United StatesFounded 2016

    Illumina Ventures is an independently managed venture capital firm focused on early-stage companies pioneering new applications of genomics and precision medicine. The firm invests in life science tools, clinical diagnostics, therapeutics, and other opportunities to improve human health, and operates in strategic partnership with Illumina, Inc., which provides the majority of its capital.

    57% of their portfolio is in Biotech & Life Sciences. Deal activity increased 33% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $63.7M (across 77 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    58

    Fund Size

    $325M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    MA

    Mara Aspinall

    Partner

    DD

    Donal Delaney

    Chief Financial Officer

    JW

    Jessica Wong

    Controller

    NN

    Natalie Nakamoto

    Executive Assistant, Office Manager

    RL

    Rose Lai

    Senior Executive Assistant

    YK

    Yogesh Kamra

    Head of Lab Operations (UK site)

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    92 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Encoded Therapeutics logoEncoded TherapeuticsSeries F$275MSep 2026
    Syntax logoSyntaxSeries A$14.4MJun 2026
    AAlamar Biosciences, Inc.Ipo$219.9MApr 2026
    Precede Bio logoPrecede BioSeries B$63.5MJan 2026
    Lightcast logoLightcastUnknown$27MJan 2026
    Encoded Therapeutics logoEncoded TherapeuticsSeries F$275MJan 2026
    EEncodedSeries F$275MJan 2026
    MyOme, Inc. logoMyOme, Inc.Unknown—Dec 2025
    NuCicer logoNuCicerSeries A$11.5MJul 2025
    Infinity Bio logoInfinity BioSeries A$8MJul 2025
    Arima Genomics logoArima GenomicsSeries C$22MJun 2025
    AArima GenomicsSeries C$22MJun 2025
    Pillar Biosciences logoPillar BiosciencesSeries B$34.5MMay 2025
    Infinity Bio logoInfinity BioSeries A$8MJan 2025
    Pillar Biosciences logoPillar BiosciencesSeries C$64MJan 2025
    Human Longevity Inc (HLI) logoHuman Longevity Inc (HLI)Series B$39.8MAug 2024
    Predicta Biosciences logoPredicta BiosciencesSeed—Jul 2024
    Iambic Therapeutics logoIambic TherapeuticsUnknown$50MJun 2024
    Attovia Therapeutics logoAttovia TherapeuticsSeries B$105MMay 2024
    AAlamar Biosciences, Inc.Series C$128MFeb 2024
    Iambic Therapeutics logoIambic TherapeuticsSeries B$220MJan 2024
    Actym Therapeutics logoActym TherapeuticsSeries A$59.5MOct 2023
    Precede Bio logoPrecede BioSeries A$57MOct 2023
    Lightcast Discovery logoLightcast DiscoverySeries B$49MAug 2023
    Lightcast logoLightcastUnknown$38MAug 2023
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026