Investing Profile
Cindy Padnos(1)
VCFormer CEOFounderMarketing Operator
Founder & Managing Partner at Illuminate Ventures
illuminate.comOakland, California
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cbCurrent Investing Position
Illuminate Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $1.5M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
66
Current Fund Size
$27M
Cindy Padnos is on these Sector & Stage Rankings
Sales & CRM (Seed)SMB Software (Seed)MarketingTech (Seed)Cloud Infrastructure (Seed)AI (Seed)Diverse InvestorsFemale InvestorsInvestors who invested in female foundersInvestors who were foundersInvestors who invested in diverse foundersFuture of Work (Seed)San Francisco Bay AreaEnterprise Infrastructure (Seed)Enterprise Applications (Seed)LegalTech (Seed)SaaS (Seed)
Cindy Padnos's Investments On Record (33)
| Company | StageDateRound Size | Total Raised |
|---|---|---|
Intelo | Pre SeedOct 2025$2M | $2M |
Provarity | SeedDec 2024$7M SeedOct 2024 | $7M |
Brevity | SeedDec 2024 | |
MPathic | SeedApr 2023$5.2M  | $5.2M |
Contentstack | Series CNov 2022$80M Series BJun 2021$58M BMar 2021$56 SeedMar 2020$2 Series AOct 2019$32M AFeb 2019$31 SeedNov 2018 | $170M |
Arkestro | Series AJun 2022$26M SeedDec 2021$3M SeedMar 2019$2M | $67M |
Birdie | SeedFeb 2022$7M | $7M |
Pex | Series AFeb 2021$57M  SeedOct 2017$7M | $64M |
Cindy Padnos's Media (1)
most interested in
"Further along" Seed Stage B2B/enterprise software teams that can demonstrate near instant, measurable ROI to their customers.not interested in
I do not invest in B2C/consumer Internet companies, marketplaces, Cybersecurity, Climate Tech or Healthcare IT.Cindy Padnos's Experience
Founder & Managing Partner Illuminate VenturesPresent
Director Outlook VenturesPresent
Business Board of Advisors Carnegie Mellon UniversityPresent
Investor & Board Member BirdiePresent
Investor & Board Member PEXPresent
Investor JetStream Software, IncPresent
Investor RaydiantPresent
Business Board of Advisors Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of BusinessPresent
Investor CoupangPresent
Investor (acquired by Rubicon Technology Partners) Allocadia, an Uptempo companyPresent
Investor Sense Platform (acquired by Cloudera)Present
Investor Opsmatic (acquired by NEWR: New Relic)Present
Investor & Board Member Sim Ops Studios (acquired by ADSK: Autodesk)Present
Founder & CEO Vivant Corporation (acquired by EVLV/ORCL)Present
Investor LabraPresent
Investor and Board Observer Bedrock AnalyticsPresent
Investor and Board Observer JetStream Software, IncPresent
Investor and Board Observer Opsmatic (acquired by NEWR: New Relic)Present
Investor Provarity.AIPresent
Investor Brevity - Your A.I. Sales CoachPresent
Investor & Board Member BrightedgePresent
Investor (IPO NYSE) CoupangPresent
Investor and Board Observer OpsmaticPresent
Investor IP AuthorPresent
Investor Intelo.aiPresent
Investor & Board Member LabraPresent
Investor and Board Member LabraPresent
Investor BrevityPresent
Investor ProvarityPresent
Investor TAZI AI SystemsPresent
Investor & Board Member Birdie AIPresent
Investor JetStream SoftwarePresent
Investor ContentstackPresent
Investor & Board Member ArkestroPresent
Investor JacobiPresent
Investor Bedrock AnalyticsPresent
Investor (acquired by Rubicon Technology Partners) UptempoPresent
Investor & Board Member (IPO NYSE then acquired by Vista) Xactly CorpPresent
Investor ClouderaPresent
Director Self-EmployedPresent
Founder & CEO Self-EmployedPresent
President & CEO Self-EmployedPresent
Vice President, Marketing Self-EmployedPresent
Marketing Director Self-EmployedPresent
Director Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Founder & CEO Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
President & CEO Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Vice President, Marketing Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Marketing Director Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Investor PerceptixPresent
Investor & Board Member (Taken Private) BrightedgePresent
Investor & Board Member Sim Ops StudiosPresent
Director NewCoPresent
Managing Director Venture ConsultingPresent
Founder & CEO NewCoPresent
President & CEO NewCoPresent
Vice President, Marketing NewCoPresent
Marketing Director NewCoPresent
Director University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Founder & CEO University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
President & CEO University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Vice President, Marketing University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Marketing Director University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Founder & CEO Vivant2001
VP Marketing Scopus Technology (Acquired by Siebel and, later, Oracle)1998
Cindy Padnos's Education
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business MSIA/MBA
University of Michigan AB
Kingswood School Cranbrook
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