Cindy Padnos
Managing Partner · Illuminate Ventures · Oakland, United States
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Founder & Managing Partner at Illuminate Ventures
- Stages
- Seed
- Cheque size
- €230k–€1.4M
- Location
- Oakland, United States
- Freshness
- Verified today
Notable investments
Frequently co-invests with
Dan EllisHustle FundEdson RigonattiAstellaJeff Immelt (New Enterprise Associates (NEA))Leo PolovetsSusa VenturesLinnea RobertsGingerBread CapitalMarco Camhaji (14B Venture Capital (f.k.a. Upload Early Stage))Patrick ArippolDGF InvestimentosPatrick MurphySemble VenturesScott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA))Taylor OliverTenacity Venture CapitalTeddie WardiInsight Partners
Background
- Founder & Managing PartnerIlluminate Ventures
- DirectorOutlook Ventures
- Business Board of AdvisorsCarnegie Mellon University
- Investor & Board MemberBirdie
- Investor & Board MemberPEX
- InvestorJetStream Software, Inc
- InvestorRaydiant
- Business Board of AdvisorsCarnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
- InvestorCoupang
- Investor (acquired by Rubicon Technology Partners)Allocadia, an Uptempo company
- InvestorSense Platform (acquired by Cloudera)
- InvestorOpsmatic (acquired by NEWR: New Relic)
- Investor & Board MemberSim Ops Studios (acquired by ADSK: Autodesk)
- Founder & CEOVivant Corporation (acquired by EVLV/ORCL)
- InvestorLabra
- Investor and Board ObserverBedrock Analytics
- Investor and Board ObserverJetStream Software, Inc
- Investor and Board ObserverOpsmatic (acquired by NEWR: New Relic)
- InvestorProvarity.AI
- InvestorBrevity - Your A.I. Sales Coach
- Investor & Board MemberBrightedge
- Investor (IPO NYSE)Coupang
- Investor and Board ObserverOpsmatic
- InvestorIP Author
- InvestorIntelo.ai
- Investor & Board MemberLabra
- Investor and Board MemberLabra
- InvestorBrevity
- InvestorProvarity
- InvestorTAZI AI Systems
- Investor & Board MemberBirdie AI
- InvestorJetStream Software
- InvestorContentstack
- Investor & Board MemberArkestro
- InvestorJacobi
- InvestorBedrock Analytics
- Investor (acquired by Rubicon Technology Partners)Uptempo
- Investor & Board Member (IPO NYSE then acquired by Vista)Xactly Corp
- InvestorCloudera
- DirectorSelf-Employed
- Founder & CEOSelf-Employed
- President & CEOSelf-Employed
- Vice President, MarketingSelf-Employed
- Marketing DirectorSelf-Employed
- DirectorCenter for Rural Health Leadership
- Founder & CEOCenter for Rural Health Leadership
- President & CEOCenter for Rural Health Leadership
- Vice President, MarketingCenter for Rural Health Leadership
- Marketing DirectorCenter for Rural Health Leadership
- InvestorPerceptix
- Investor & Board Member (Taken Private)Brightedge
- Investor & Board MemberSim Ops Studios
- DirectorNewCo
- Managing DirectorVenture Consulting
- Founder & CEONewCo
- President & CEONewCo
- Vice President, MarketingNewCo
- Marketing DirectorNewCo
- DirectorUniversity of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
- Founder & CEOUniversity of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
- President & CEOUniversity of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
- Vice President, MarketingUniversity of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
- Marketing DirectorUniversity of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
- DirectorBlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.
- Founder & CEOBlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.
- President & CEOBlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.
- Vice President, MarketingBlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.
- Marketing DirectorBlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.
- Founder & CEOXtripe Angels
- Founder & CEOOutlook Ventures
- President & CEOXtripe Angels
- President & CEOOutlook Ventures
- Founder & CEOVivant–2001
- VP MarketingScopus Technology (Acquired by Siebel and, later, Oracle)–1998
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