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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 $49.5M (across 48 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    46

    Fund Size

    $325M

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    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

    56 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Precede Biosciences logoPrecede BiosciencesSeries B$63.5MJan 2026
    MyOme, Inc. logoMyOme, Inc.UnknownDec 2025
    NuCicer logoNuCicerSeries A$11.5MJul 2025
    Arima Genomics logoArima GenomicsSeries C$22MJun 2025
    AArima GenomicsSeries C$22MJun 2025
    Pillar Biosciences logoPillar BiosciencesSeries B$34.5MMay 2025
    Human Longevity logoHuman LongevitySeries B$39.8MAug 2024
    Predicta Biosciences logoPredicta BiosciencesSeed$5.2MJul 2024
    Attovia Therapeutics logoAttovia TherapeuticsSeries B$105MMay 2024
    Actym Therapeutics logoActym TherapeuticsSeries A$59.5MOct 2023
    Precede Biosciences logoPrecede BiosciencesSeries A$57MOct 2023
    Lightcast Discovery logoLightcast DiscoverySeries B$49MAug 2023
    Lightcast logoLightcastUnknown$38MAug 2023
    Pluton Biosciences logoPluton BiosciencesSeries A$16.5MMay 2023
    Mantra Bio logoMantra BioSeries A$9MJan 2023
    Broken String Biosciences logoBroken String BiosciencesSeries A$15MJan 2023
    BBroken StringSeries A$15MJan 2023
    Protillion Biosciences logoProtillion BiosciencesSeries A$18MDec 2022
    DDelfi Diagnostics, Inc.Series BJul 2022
    Delfi logoDelfiSeries BJul 2022
    Volta Labs logoVolta LabsSeries A$20MMar 2022
    Sherlock Biosciences logoSherlock BiosciencesSeries B$80MMar 2022
    Delfi logoDelfiSeries B$225MJan 2022
    AArima GenomicsSeries B$7MJan 2022
    Arbor Biotechnologies logoArbor BiotechnologiesSeries B$215MNov 2021
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    Top Co-Investors

    AV8 Ventures6 shared
    Windham Capital Partners6 shared
    M Ventures4 shared
    Cowen Healthcare Investments4 shared
    OrbiMed4 shared
    +ND Capital3 shared
    DFJ Growth3 shared

    Last updated: 7 September 2026