Illuminate Financial is a specialist venture capital firm investing in early-stage Enterprise AI and Fintech companies for financial services. Headquartered in London with teams in New York and Singapore, it connects founders with global financial institutions as strategic partners and LPs.
32% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months vs 9 prior). Their most common stage is series-a (43% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $24.3M (across 82 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
67
Fund Size
$135M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
6
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
97 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 ChefHero | Series A | $30M | Mar 2026 |
 Crossover Markets | Series B | $31M | Mar 2026 |
 Turnstile | Series A | $29M | Feb 2026 |
 Zocks | Series B | $45M | Jan 2026 |
 Talos | Series B | $45M | Jan 2026 |
 Intelo.ai | Seed | $2M | Oct 2025 |
 LendOS | Series A | — | Sep 2025 |
 Terminal 3 | Seed | $8M | Apr 2025 |
 Pliant | Series B | $40M | Apr 2025 |
 TransFICC | Series B | — | Apr 2025 |
| NN5 | Series A | $20M | Feb 2025 |
 N5 Now | Series A | $20M | Feb 2025 |
 BeZero Carbon | Series C | — | Jan 2025 |
 Flox | Series B | $25M | Jan 2025 |
| PPliant GmbH | Series B | $40M | Jan 2025 |
| Terminal 3 | Seed | $8M | Jan 2025 |
 Notabene | Series B | $14.5M | Nov 2024 |
 Reality Defender | Series A | $33M | Oct 2024 |
 Gladia | Series A | $16M | Oct 2024 |
 bunch | Series A | $35M | Jul 2024 |
| Crossover Markets | Series A | $12M | Jun 2024 |
| CCrossover | Series A | $12M | Jun 2024 |
 Crossover Markets | Series A | $12M | Jun 2024 |
| NNotabene Id | Series B | $14.5M | Jan 2024 |
 Contentstack | Series C | — | Nov 2023 |
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Top Co-Investors
DRW Venture Capital11 shared
Citi Ventures10 shared
Castle Island Ventures9 shared
Fidelity Investments7 shared
Wintermute Ventures7 shared
Motive Partners7 shared
PayPal Ventures6 shared
Endeavor6 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners5 shared
Insight Partners5 shared
F-Prime Capital5 shared
Green Visor Capital5 shared
Jump Capital5 shared
Y Combinator5 shared
CMT Digital5 shared
Initialized Capital4 shared
Georgian Partners4 shared
Intercontinental Exchange4 shared
Molten Ventures4 shared
Hitachi Ventures4 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026