Investing Profile

Cindy Padnos(1)

VCFormer CEOFounderMarketing Operator
Seed Stage B2B/Enterprise software investor
illuminate.comOakland, California
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University of Michigan Network
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Current Investing Position
Illuminate Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $1.5M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
62
Current Fund Size
$27M

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Cindy Padnos's Investments On Record (29)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
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
Co-investors: Teddie Wardi (Insight Partners), Linnea Roberts (GingerBread Capital)
Arkestro
Series AJun 2022$26M
SeedDec 2021$3M
SeedMar 2019$2M
$31M
Co-investors: Scott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Jeff Immelt (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Taylor Oliver (Tenacity Venture Capital)
Birdie
SeedFeb 2022$7M
$8.4M
Co-investors: Edson Rigonatti (Astella), Patrick Arippol (DGF Investimentos)
Pex
Series AFeb 2021$57M
SeedOct 2017$7M
$64M
Co-investors: Leo Polovets (Susa Ventures), Patrick Murphy (Semble Ventures)
nFlux AI
SeedJul 2020$3M
$3.1M
Co-investors: Aviel Ginzburg (Founders' Co-op)
Joinder
Pre SeedJan 2020
Pyze
Series UnknownJul 2019$5M
$5M
Jacobi
Series AJul 2019$8M
SeedFeb 2017$3M
$11M

most interested in

Great enterprise software teams.

not interested in

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