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Illuminate Financial Management

Last cheque observed Jun 2026; 51 cheques on record.

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Deploying nowNew fund $106M, Jul 2025VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AEnterprise

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67%of best year8cheques in 12 months, 51 on record
Since the last cheque124days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$13MCheque size, as they say$500K – $5.0MRounds led3 of 51Sole investor2 roundsMostly inUnited States, 32%
Pitch Illuminate Financial Management

Illuminate Financial Management highlights

  1. 01

    8 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series B: 56% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $4.8M

What they do

Illuminate Financial is a specialist venture capital firm investing in early-stage Enterprise AI & Fintech companies.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$500K – $5.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
Enterprise
Based in
London, United Kingdom
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first51 appearances

  1. 2026

    8 rounds

  2. Jun
    StraikerSeries A · TechStartups$64MLed
  3. Jun
    KartaDebt · US$125MWith 5 others
  4. Jun
    FileAIVenture · SGUndisclosedWith 5 others
  5. May
    BunchSeries B · DE · Ventureburn$35MWith 5 others
  6. Mar
    Crossover MarketsSeries B · GB · Ventureburn$31MWith 8 others
  7. Feb
    TurnstileSeries A · US$29MWith 4 others
  8. Jan
    ZocksSeries B · US · Entrée Capital$45MWith 8 others
  9. Jan
    PontoroSeries A · US$5.5MWith 5 others
  10. 2025

    11 rounds

  11. Oct
    EndowusVenture · SG$70MWith 5 others
  12. Sept
    FloxSeries B · US · TechStartups$25MWith 5 others
  13. Sept
    LendOSSeries A · US$13MWith 2 others
  14. Jul
    d1g1tVenture · CAUndisclosedWith 5 others
  15. Apr
    Reality DefenderVenture · USUndisclosedWith 5 others
  16. Apr
    PliantSeries B · DE$40MWith 3 others
  17. Apr
    Terminal 3Seed · HK$8.0MWith 4 others
  18. Apr
    TransFICCSeries B · GB$25MWith 4 others
  19. Feb
    FileAISeries A · SG$8.0MWith 6 others
  20. Feb
    N5 NowSeries B · US$20MWith 2 others
  21. Jan
    BeZero CarbonSeries C · GB$32MWith 4 others
  22. 2024

    7 rounds

  23. Oct
    GladiaSeries A · FR · TechStartups$16MWith 10 others
  24. Oct
    TookitakiVenture · SGUndisclosedWith 3 others
  25. Jul
    SendblocksSeed · IL$8.2MWith 3 others
  26. Jun
    Crossover Markets GroupSeries A · GB$12MWith 2 others
  27. May
    OsomeSeries B · SG$17MWith 4 others
  28. Apr
    AccaciaSeed$6.5MWith 4 others
  29. Feb
    VertesiaSeed · US$4.0MWith 5 others
  30. 2023

    6 rounds

  31. Nov
    AccelexSeries A · GB$15MWith 4 others
  32. Oct
    CopperVenture · GBUndisclosedWith 4 others
  33. Oct
    Arteria AISeries B · CA$30MWith 5 others
  34. Jul
    finresSeed · FR$4.5MWith 5 others
  35. May
    Vault PlatformVenture · GB$9.0MWith 3 others
  36. Jan
    CosaicVenture · US$4.2MWith 3 others
  37. 2022

    7 rounds

  38. Oct
    Net PurposeSeries A · GB$11MWith 4 others
  39. Sept
    enmaccVenture · DEUndisclosedWith 3 others
  40. Sept
    SteelEyeSeries B · GB$21MWith 3 others
  41. Aug
    BlockdaemonVenture · US$33MWith 5 others
  42. Jul
    Accelex TechnologySeed · GB$5.0MWith 4 others
  43. Jun
    Cloudwall CapitalSeed · US$6.3MWith 2 others
  44. Jan
    RevelateSeries A · CA$20MWith 3 others
  45. 2021

    3 rounds

  46. Dec
    EmmiSeries A · AU$3.5MWith 3 others

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 registration7 named

AWAlexander Walter Hugh RossDirectoriForm ADV
APAndrew PateyDirectoriFiling they signed
GCGrahame ChiltonMember of the Issuer's Investment CommitteeiFiling they signed
MIMark Ian BeestonMember of the Issuer's Investment CommitteeiFiling they signed
MWMark WhitcroftMember of the Issuer's Investment CommitteeiFiling they signed
RSRezso SzaboDirectoriForm ADV
RSRupert SwallowMember of the Issuer's Investment CommitteeiFiling they signed

We also hold 24 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

$665Mgross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combinedOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Illuminate FM LLC
SEC number
CRD 313525
Companies House
12839665, since 2020

Who they invest alongside

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

LuminateAccelerator44rounds togetherCitibankGrowth equity4rounds togetherPlug and PlayAccelerator4rounds togetherAlbionVCVC firm3rounds togetherLightspeed Venture PartnersVC firm3rounds togetherSalesforce VenturesCorporate VC3rounds togetherSixThirtyAccelerator3rounds togetherAntlerVC firm2rounds togetherBDC CapitalVC firm2rounds togetherBlume VenturesVC firm2rounds togetherCherry VenturesVC firm2rounds togetherIGNIAVC firm2rounds together

Recently backed

The latest companies Illuminate Financial Management put money into.

Straiker$64M · Jun 2026Karta$125M · Jun 2026FileAIJun 2026Crossover Markets$31M · Mar 2026Turnstile$29M · Feb 2026Pontoro$5.5M · Jan 2026

Quick answers about Illuminate Financial Management

What does Illuminate Financial Management invest in?

Illuminate Financial Management invests most often at Series A and Series B (56% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Enterprise.

How active is Illuminate Financial Management?

51 investments on record, 8 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Jun 2026.

What has Illuminate Financial Management invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Straiker (Series A, Jun 2026), Karta (Debt, Jun 2026) and FileAI (Venture, Jun 2026).

How big are Illuminate Financial Management's cheques?

The median round it joins is $13M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $5.0M.

Does Illuminate Financial Management lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 3 of its 51 investments on record (6%).

Where does Illuminate Financial Management invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (32%), the United Kingdom (26%) and Singapore (13%).

Is Illuminate Financial Management investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 8 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Illuminate Financial Management invest alongside?

Most often Luminate (44 rounds together), Citibank (4 rounds together) and Plug and Play (4 rounds together).

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