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Illuminate Financial

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illuminatefinancial.com · HQ: London, United Kingdom · 11-50 employees · Founded 2013
HQ: London, United Kingdom · 11-50 employees · Founded 2013
Actively hiring
Financial Software & Embedded Finance
Venture Capital
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Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
52
37 of them startups
Hiring now
25
212 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
9
$128.1M raised
Exits
10
Focusshare of its companies
Financial Services 45%Software 25%Artificial Intelligence 20%Blockchain & Crypto 16%Cybersecurity 7%Events & Ticketing 5%Professional Services 2%Internet Services 2%
Where its companies are
United States 27%United Kingdom 15%Canada 6%Germany 6%Singapore 6%France 6%Israel 2%United Arab Emirates 2%
Stage of its companies
Series A 57%Series B 24%Pre-seed & seed 19%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 52 investments
CloudMarginVenture round · 2 mo ago · 3 roles BeZero CarbonVenture round · 3 mo ago StraikerSeries A $64M · 4 mo ago WaffoSeries A $15M · 8 mo ago ZocksSeries B $45M · 9 mo ago · 21 roles PontoroVenture round $4.1M · 10 mo ago SteelEyeVenture round · 11 mo ago Net PurposeVenture round · 12 mo ago NotchSeed $15M · 13 mo ago · 3 roles RelataVenture round · 13 mo ago TransFICCVenture round · 13 mo ago · 6 roles FloxVenture round $24.9M · 15 mo ago · 2 roles
212 open roles at 25 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
bunch10 new roles in 30 days Trading Technologies10 new roles in 30 days Pliant9 new roles in 30 days Talos7 new roles in 30 days Fundamental6 new roles in 30 days Reality Defender5 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Lightspeed Venture Partners 5 shared F-Prime Capital 3 shared Salesforce Ventures 3 shared Molten Ventures 3 shared Plug and Play 3 shared Y Combinator 2 shared Soma Capital 2 shared FINTOP 2 shared Headline 2 shared Neva SGR 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
FINTOP Commerce Ventures Motive Partners Nyca Partners SixThirty Point72 Ventures Index Ventures TTV Capital
Sources: its portfolio page, read Oct 3

Overview

Illuminate Financial is a specialist venture capital firm defining the future of finance through investments in financial technology. It backs early-stage enterprise fintech companies serving banks, asset managers and capital markets, including data, infrastructure, risk, compliance and trading software. The firm was founded in 2013 by Mark Beeston and is based in London, with a presence in New York and close ties to global financial institutions.

Growth

Hiring Momentum
33/100
Slowing
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
16 days
faster than 63% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Administrative
50% ▼
HR
50% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Microsoft Office to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
London
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London United Kingdom
HQ
London
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for HR
1 Phipp Street
seen since Sep 2026 company site, job postings
York United Kingdom
Regional office
New York
18th Floor
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