Investing Profile
Cindy Padnos(1)
VCFormer CEOFounderMarketing Operator
Seed Stage B2B/Enterprise software investor
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
64
Current Fund Size
$27M
Cindy Padnos is on these Sector & Stage Rankings
LegalTech (Seed)Human Capital/HRTech (Seed)MarketingTech (Seed)Sales & CRM (Seed)Enterprise Infrastructure (Seed)Enterprise Applications (Seed)SMB Software (Seed)Cloud Infrastructure (Seed)AI (Seed)SaaS (Seed)Female InvestorsDiverse InvestorsInvestors who were foundersInvestors who invested in female foundersInvestors who invested in diverse foundersSan Francisco Bay Area
Cindy Padnos's Investments On Record (31)
Company | StageDateRound Size | Total Raised |
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Perceptive Panda | Pre-SeedJan 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 | $31M |
Birdie | SeedFeb 2022$7M | $8.4M |
Pex | Series AFeb 2021$57M SeedOct 2017$7M | $64M |
nFlux AI | SeedJul 2020$3M | $3.1M |
Joinder | Pre SeedJan 2020 |
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We do not invest in B2C/consumer Internet companies.Cindy Padnos's Experience
Founder & Managing Partner Illuminate VenturesPresent
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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