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Illumina Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Illumina Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, Healthcare. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
8 companies on record
Partners
10 listed
AUM
$560M
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, Healthcare
HQ
San Francisco, CA

Last verified: 2026-07-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

AUM

$560M

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Illumina Ventures invests in transformative genomics and biotechnology startups globally.

How Illumina Ventures invests

Illumina Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Healthcare.

Illumina Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $560M in assets under management.

Illumina Ventures has backed 8 companies in our records, including Twist Bioscience, Caris Life Sciences, Phenome Longevity Inc..

Partners & Team

TW

Thomas Willis

Venture Partner

RM

Ron Mazumder

Partner

RL

Rose Lai

Executive Assistant

MC

Marc Casas

Global Head

AA

Arnaud Autret

Director of Operations

DD

Donal Delaney

Chief Financial Officer

YK

Yogesh Kamra

Laboratory Operations Manager

WB

William Byrne

Senior Associate

RM

Rebecca Marchington

Manager

NN

Nick Naclerio

Founding Partner

Genomics
Biotech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

TW

Twist Bioscience

Genomics
CA

Caris Life Sciences

Biotech
PH

Phenome Longevity Inc.

HealthTech·SAFE/strategic

Vertically integrated multi-omics diagnostics and longevity clinics for preventive precision health.

RE

RedShiftBio

FL

Fluent Biosciences

AR

Arbor

DE

DeepSeq.AI

IA

Iambic

How to pitch Illumina Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Thomas Willis, Venture Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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