IL

Illuminate Financial

VC
London, UKWebsite

Illuminate Financial is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in London, UK investing in Fintech, Enterprise, Other. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 51 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$5.0M
Portfolio
51 companies on record
Partners
11 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors
Fintech, Enterprise, Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Climate / Energy
HQ
London, UK
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-01

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

Check Size

$1.0M – $5.0M

Portfolio

51+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in FinTech solutions targeting institutional finance, with focus areas including enterprise architectures and B2B workflows.

How Illuminate Financial invests

Illuminate Financial is a vc firm based in London, UK. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Fintech, Enterprise, Other, SaaS, AI / ML.

Illuminate Financial typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment.

Illuminate Financial has backed 51 companies in our records, including ChartIQ, OpenGamma, Digital Assets Infrastructure.

Partners & Team

LZ

Luca Z

General Partner

AR

Alexander Ross

General Partner

financial services
enterprise software
US market expansion
RZ

Rosie Zehtab

Community Manager

AP

Andrew Patey

Chief Financial Officer

DD

Daria Dmytrenko

Community Manager

KK

Konstantin König

Principal

LZ

Luca Zorzino

General Partner & Head of Asia

post-trade technology
private markets technology
Asia growth
KK

Konstantin Koenig

Principal

growth-stage fintech
B2B SaaS
investment deals
RT

Rachel Townend

General Partner & Chief of Staff

investment strategy
operations
portfolio support
MB

Mark Beeston

Founder & Managing Partner

fintech
enterprise software
financial services
early-stage investing
RS

Rezso Szabo

General Partner

financial services
enterprise tech
UK/EMEA

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Enterprise
Other
SaaS
AI / ML
Climate / Energy

Portfolio Companies (51)

Other

CH

ChartIQ

Enterprise Software
OP

OpenGamma

Wealth Management Tech
DI

Digital Assets Infrastructure

Distributed ledger settlements & collateral platform

CR

Crypto compliance SaaS

The first digital asset ECN

BL

Blockchain node infrastructure platform

DI

Digital asset security infrastructure

IN

Institutional crypto trading platform and services

DI

Digital asset risk management

IN

Institutional DeFi wallet and security platform

WE

Web3 oracle for private identity & data using Zero-knowledge & decentralized storage

How to pitch Illuminate Financial
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Enterprise, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Luca Z, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

Featured In

Browse More Investors

Fundraising resources

Frequently Asked Questions

See if Illuminate Financial is a match for your startup

Upload your pitch deck to see how well you match with Illuminate Financial and 10,000+ other investors.

Is this your profile? Request a correction or removal