Illuminate Financial

Venture capital firm
London, United KingdomFounded 2014illuminatefinancial.com

Specialist venture capital firm investing in early-stage Enterprise AI and Fintech companies globally.

Strategy

Stages
Early-stage
Sectors
Enterprise AIFintechFinancial InfrastructureCapital Markets Technology
Geographies
USALondon, United Kingdom
Check size
$1M-$8M

Recent changes

  1. Sep 5, 2026Stages updated: Early-stage illuminatefinancial.com
  2. Sep 5, 2026Sectors updated: Enterprise AI, Fintech, Financial Infrastructure, Capital Markets Technology illuminatefinancial.com
  3. Jun 30, 2026Invested in Straiker (Series A, $64M) The Next Web
  4. Apr 29, 2026New fund: Early Growth Fund ($135M) VCWire

Funds

1
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Early Growth Fund2026$135MVentureFintech venture / growth · Early growth
As of Apr 29, 2026VCWire

Portfolio

1 total
Straiker

Recent Investment Activity

1
DateCompanyEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Jun 30, 2026StraikerSeries A$64M—
Marathon Management PartnersCiti VenturesIlluminate FinancialWorkday VenturesBain Capital VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
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The Next Web

Co-Investors

7
Bain Capital Ventures · 1 sharedCiti Ventures · 1 sharedGTM Fund · 1 sharedLightspeed Venture Partners · 1 sharedMarathon Management Partners · 1 sharedRain Capital · 1 sharedWorkday Ventures · 1 shared

Latest Pulse

  1. Straiker Raises $64M Series A to Secure the Enterprise AI Agent WorkforceStraiker, which calls itself 'the agentic security company,' raised a $64 million Series A -- bringing total funding to $85 million -- to protect the enterprise AI agents that legacy security tools were never built to govern. The round was led by Marathon Management Partners with Citi Ventures, Illuminate Financial and Workday Ventures, plus existing backers Bain Capital Ventures and Lightspeed.→
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