# Illumina Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Illumina Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 48 investments on record, 11 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

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# Illumina Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 48 cheques on record.

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Pre-seed Seed Series A Spectrometry Celle Therapy Medical Device

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**79%** of best year **11** **cheques in 12 months**, 48 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$17M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $10M** Rounds led **1 of 48** Sole investor **4 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 78%**

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## Illumina Ventures highlights

- 01 11 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Venture: 61% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $10M

## What they do

> Illumina Ventures is the leader in genomics and precision health investing. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $500K – $10M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Spectrometry Celle Therapy Medical Device
- **Based in:** Foster City, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **48 appearances**

- **2026** 9 rounds
- **Sept** **[CubaseBio](https://millionrounds.com/company/cubasebio)** Grant · SE **$4.6M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Robigo](https://millionrounds.com/company/robigo)** Series A · US · AgFunderNews **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[Integrated Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/integrated-biosciences)** Venture · US **$68M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Syntax Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/syntax-bio)** Series A · US · Firms' own news pages **$14M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[SonoThera](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonothera)** Series B · US · Ventureburn **$125M** With 10 others
- **Apr** **[Lightcast](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightcast)** Venture · GB · Ventureburn **$27M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[CubaseBio](https://millionrounds.com/company/cubasebio)** Seed · SE **$4.6M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Alamar Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/alamar-biosciences)** US **$50M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Precede Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/precede-biosciences)** Series B · US **$64M** With 2 others
- **2025** 12 rounds
- **Dec** **[SyntaxBio](https://millionrounds.com/company/syntax-bio)** Grant · US **$856K** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Hepta Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/hepta-bio)** Seed · US **$6.7M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Predicta Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/predicta-biosciences)** Series A · US **$23M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Pattern Bioscience](https://millionrounds.com/company/pattern-bioscience)** Venture · US **$44M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[NuCicer](https://millionrounds.com/company/nucicer)** Series A · US **$12M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Broken String Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/broken-string-biosciences)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Tagomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/tagomics)** Grant · GB **$1.2M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Arima Genomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/arima-genomics)** Series C · US **$22M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Infinity Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/infinity-bio)** Series A · US **$8.0M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Attovia Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/attovia-therapeutics)** Series C · US **$90M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Biosynch.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/biosynch-ai)** Seed · US **$4.2M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[LetsGetChecked](https://millionrounds.com/company/letsgetchecked)** Series F · US **$165M** With 3 others
- **2024** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[Integrated Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/integrated-biosciences)** Seed · US **$17M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Genome Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/genome-medical)** Series D · US **$75M** With 6 others
- **Aug** **[Human Longevity](https://millionrounds.com/company/human-longevity)** Series B · US **$40M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[FLUENT](https://millionrounds.com/company/fluent)** Seed · CA **$7.5M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Stilla Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/stilla-technologies)** Series C · FR **$27M** With 4 others
- **2023** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[Actym Therapeutics, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/actym-therapeutics-inc)** Series A · US **$26M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Broken String Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/broken-string-biosciences)** Series A · GB **$15M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Kallyope](https://millionrounds.com/company/kallyope)** Grant · US **$8.2M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Pluton Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/pluton-biosciences)** Series A · US **$17M** With 3 others
- **2022** 5 rounds
- **Dec** **[Protillion Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/protillion-biosciences)** Series A · US **$18M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Sherlock Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/sherlock-biosciences)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[SQZ Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/sqz-biotech)** Grant · US **$2.0M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Twist Bioscience](https://millionrounds.com/company/twist-bioscience)** US **$250M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[Walking Fish Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/walking-fish-therapeutics)** Series A · US **$23M** With 1 other
- **2021** 2 rounds
- **May** **[LunaPBC](https://millionrounds.com/company/lunapbc)** Venture **$3.8M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Encoded Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/encoded-therapeutics)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **2020** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[SerImmune](https://millionrounds.com/company/serimmune)** Venture **$12M** Sole investor
- **May** **[SQZ Biotechnologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/sqz-biotechnologies)** Series D · US · Firms' own news pages **$65M** With 6 others
- **2019** 5 rounds
- **Nov** **[Desktop Genetics](https://millionrounds.com/company/desktop-genetics)** Crowdfunding **$1.9M** With 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

DD **Donal Denis Delaney** Chief Compliance Officer & Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV

NN **Nicholas Naclerio** Managing Member i Form ADV

We also hold **16** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$643M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** IIF Management Company, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 283782

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**7** of 39 we have independently watched raise

[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightcast)[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/kallyope)[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/sherlock-biosciences)[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonothera)[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/stilla-technologies)[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/genome-medical)[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/redshift-bioanalytics) Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$17M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$10M**

Led 1 of 48 rounds **2%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $10M
- **Sole investor:** 4 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *13*
- Venture *9*
- Grant *5*
- Seed said *5*
- Series B *4*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) 7
- [Alexandria Real Estate Equities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria) 3
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 3
- [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) 3
- [Polaris Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners) 3
- [Venrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venrock) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Illumina Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**ARCH Venture Partners** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners)[**Alexandria Real Estate Equities** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexandria)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Perceptive Advisors** Asset manager **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors)[**Polaris Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/polaris-partners)[**Venrock** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venrock)[**Almi Invest** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/almi-invest)[**Better Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/better-ventures)[**Canaan** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners)[**Casdin Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/casdin-capital)[**Cormorant Asset Management** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cormorant-asset-management)[**DCVC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Illumina Ventures put money into.

[**CubaseBio** $4.6M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cubasebio)[**Robigo** Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/robigo)[**Integrated Biosciences** $68M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/integrated-biosciences)[**Syntax Bio** $14M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/syntax-bio)[**SonoThera** $125M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonothera)[**Lightcast** $27M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightcast)

## Quick answers about Illumina Ventures

### What does Illumina Ventures invest in?

Illumina Ventures invests most often at Series A and Venture (61% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Spectrometry, Celle Therapy and Medical Device.

### How active is Illumina Ventures?

48 investments on record, 11 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Illumina Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: CubaseBio (Grant, Sept 2026), Robigo (Series A, Sept 2026) and Integrated Biosciences (Venture, Aug 2026).

### How big are Illumina Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $17M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $10M.

### Does Illumina Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 48 investments on record (2%).

### Where does Illumina Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (78%), the United Kingdom (11%) and Sweden (5%).

### Is Illumina Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 11 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Illumina Ventures invest alongside?

Most often ARCH Venture Partners (7 rounds together), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (3 rounds together) and Alumni Ventures (3 rounds together).

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