DFX Intelligence
Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
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Firms / I••••••• V•••••••
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Institutional venture firmFoster City, CAi•••••••••.comSEC venture capital fund adviserfundraising evidence
venture manager, reported GAV $574M across 3 vehicles
Importance
29
moderate
Active deployment
60
high
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
99
high
Research priority
20
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Foster City, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 500 LINCOLN CENTRE DRIVE, STE. 110, Foster City, CA, 94404adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 650.781.9770adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- i•••••••••.com
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 3 (3 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $643Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business email
- labs@illuminaventures.comilluminaventures.compublished by the subject
- business email
- press@illuminaventures.comilluminaventures.compublished by the subject
- business email
- info@illuminaventures.comilluminaventures.compublished by the subject
- business phone
- 650.781.9770adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
1 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, biotech
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
Biotechnology 100%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 0
Funds and vehicles
3 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I••••••• I••••••••• F••• I••• L••• | Fund | 2024 form d first sale | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $60.0M of $200M | Aug 29, 2025 |
| I••••••• I••••••••• F••• I•• L••• | Fund | 2020 form d first sale | Mature | $317M Mar 28, 2024 | 32 | $121M of $350M | Dec 31, 2020 |
| I••••••• I••••••••• F••• I• L••• | Fund | 2016 form d first sale | Harvest | $258M Mar 28, 2024 | 31 | $189M of $250M | Apr 18, 2017 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
24 current, 2 departed
B••• R••••••••
Board or advisoryAdvisor
D•••• R• W•••
Board or advisoryAdvisor
J•••• S••••••
Board or advisoryAdvisor
T•••••• S••••••
Board or advisoryAdvisor
N••••••• N•••••••
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Dec 1, 2015
N••• N•••••••
Managing partnerFounding Partner
M•••• F••••
OtherChief Scientist
M••••• M•••••••
OtherChief AI Scientist
A•• G•••
PartnerThe section preview manager.
M••• A•••••••
PartnerPartner
W••••• M•••••••
PartnerPartner
D•••• D••••••
Platform and operationsChief Financial Officer
D•••• D•••• D••••••
Platform and operationsChief Compliance Officer & Chief Financial Officer · since Mar 1, 2019
J•••••• W•••
Platform and operationsController
N•••••• N•••••••
Platform and operationsExecutive Assistant, Office Manager
R••• L••
Platform and operationsSenior Executive Assistant
S•••••• W•••••
Platform and operationsLead Scientist, Head of Lab Operations (US site)
Y••••• K••••
Platform and operationsHead of Lab Operations (UK site)
C•••••• W••••
PrincipalPrincipal
I••• C••••••
Venture partnerVenture Advisor
R•••• B••••
Venture partnerVenture Advisor
T•• W•••••
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Y••••• L••
Venture partnerVenture Partner
W•••••• B••••
Vice presidentSenior Associate
2 departed (kept with end dates)
- C•••• M••• · Chief Financial Officer · Sep 1, 2017 to Mar 28, 2019 Inference
- J••• Y••••••• K•• · Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer · Apr 1, 2016 to Oct 16, 2017 Inference
Investments on record
1 edges, 1 companies, 1 partner-attributed
| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P•••••• B••••••••• I••• | board seat | unknown · board | N••••••• N••••••• (strongly supported) | unknown | unknown | Aug 18, 2025 | Inference SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly) |
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
0 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
No co-investor relationship yet: these are derived only from rounds and portfolio listings the graph has seen both investors on.
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
7 dated events
- Mar 27, 2020I••••••• I••••••••• F••• I•• L••• first reported on Form ADV by I••••••• V••••••• (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $49,972,825Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactI••••••• I••••••••• F••• I•• L•••SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2019C•••• M••• (Chief Financial Officer) no longer on Schedule A of I••••••• V•••••••
- Mar 1, 2019D•••• D•••• D•••••• joined Schedule A of I••••••• V••••••• as Chief Compliance Officer & Chief Financial Officer
- Oct 16, 2017J••• Y••••••• K•• (Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of I••••••• V•••••••
- Sep 1, 2017C•••• M••• joined Schedule A of I••••••• V••••••• as Chief Financial Officer
- May 24, 2016I••••••• V••••••• first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- May 24, 2016I••••••• I••••••••• F••• I• L••• first reported on Form ADV by I••••••• V••••••• (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,200,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactI••••••• I••••••••• F••• I• L•••SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $574M across 3 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $574M across 2 vehicles
Evidence
49 observations from 3 sources