Illuminate Financial

Investor - Venture Capital

Overview

London-based VC firm investing in capital markets FinTech firms

Country: United Kingdom

Founded: 2014

Headquarters: London

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America
  • Europe

Sector Focus

  • Institutional Investments and Trading
  • RegTech
  • Data and Analytics

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Series A

Summary

Illuminate Financial Management is a London-based venture capital firm that invests exclusively in capital markets financial technology. The firm tries to capitalise on FinTech investment opportunities driven by the significant change in the business and regulatory environments in which financial institutions operate. Hence, at the core of Illuminate’s investments strategy is backing up teams and solutions resolving specific problems within the capital markets space rather than investing “cool” technology. Illuminate’s first fund closed in 2015 and includes participation from Deutsche Boerse Group and Markit as LPs. The firm’s initial investments range from £250,000 to £2.5m, with concentration limit set at 15%.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

October 2017

TransFICC

€1m

Early Stage

Main Incubator

Institutional Investments & Trading

United Kingdom

September 2017

Dv01

$5.5m

Series A

  OCA Ventures

RegTech

United States

September 2017

RegTek Solutions

$5m

Series A

Deutsche Borse

RegTech

United States

July 2017

TickSmith Corp.

CA$2m

undisclosed

Data & Analytics

Canada

July 2017

Privitar

$15m

Series A

  Partech Ventures

RegTech

United Kingdom

June 2017

AxeTrading

€2m

undisclosed

Institutional Investments & Trading

United Kingdom

March 2017

Feedstock

undisclosed

undisclosed

RegTech

United Kingdom

August 2016

Privitar

£3m

Seed

RegTech

United Kingdom

March 2016

ChartIQ

$4m

Series A

  ValueStream Ventures

Data & Analytics

United States

February 2015

CloudMargin

undisclosed

undisclosed

RegTech

United Kingdom

Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

2015

IFM FinTech Opportunities Fund

£35m

Key Employees

Mark Beeston
Partner

Mark Whitcroft
Partner

Alexander Ross
Investment Executive

Rezso Szabo
Investment Executive

Luca Zorzino
Investment Executive

Etienne Brunet
Investment Executive