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Illuminate Ventures I, LP
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
HarvestClosed to new capitalADV: Venture Capital Fund
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
3 events
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What matters now
- -72%reported GAV
Reported gross assets fell from $18.1M to $5.07M between the Form ADV filings of 25 Mar 2024 and 24 Mar 2026.
The fund's assets as the adviser swears them, never its size or dry powder.
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Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2011basis: form d first sale
- Target
- unknownnot announced
- First close
- unknownnever inferred from a Form D
- Final close
- unknownonly from an announcement or an LP disclosure
- Announced size
- unknown
- Form D offering
- $19.7Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-157496, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $19.7Mas of the filing of Nov 20, 2013, 44 investors
- First sale
- Mar 31, 2011
- Reported GAV
- $5.1Mon the Form ADV filed Mar 24, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 44
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 9, 2012 to Mar 24, 2026
Fundraising evidence
What counts as raisingA Form D offering is permission to sell, not a fund in market; an amount sold is never a close; an evergreen offering amended every year is not a raise.Closed to new capital
Form D filed or amended 2013-11-20: the stated $19.7M offering reported fully sold (fr-1)
evidence dated Nov 20, 2013.
Lifecycle
Harvest
Lifecycle
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 15first sale: Mar 31, 2011vintage year: 2011adv gav as of: Mar 24, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $19.7Mform d offering: $19.7Mform d latest filed at: Nov 20, 2013
The fund's own reporting through time
15 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2012 | Venture Capital Fund | $7.5M | 35 | 7% | no | ||
| Mar 22, 2013 | Venture Capital Fund | $8.2M | 40 | 7% | no | ||
| Mar 19, 2014 | Venture Capital Fund | $19.2M | 42 | 3% | no | ||
| Mar 17, 2015 | Venture Capital Fund | $19.1M | 42 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 17, 2016 | Venture Capital Fund | $21.4M | 42 | 3% | yes | ||
| May 9, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $22.1M | 42 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 29, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $21.4M | 42 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 26, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $18.2M | 42 | 3% | yes | ||
| Mar 4, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $16.2M | 42 | 6% | yes | ||
| May 20, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $16.2M | 42 | 6% | yes | ||
| Mar 18, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $20.8M | 42 | 9% | yes | ||
| Mar 29, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $23.8M | 42 | 9% | yes | ||
| Mar 28, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $19.2M | 42 | 9% | yes | ||
| Mar 25, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $18.1M | 44 | 4% | yes | ||
| Mar 24, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $5.1M | 44 | 4% |
Principals and agents
1 principal on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Cynthia Padnos Executive Officer
Service providers
3 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorSENSIBA SAN FILIPPO LLP · PLEASANTON, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 24, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- AdministratorDYNAMO SOFTWARE, LLC · WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 24, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianSilicon Valley Bank · MENLO PARK, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 24, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
Limited partners and their reported performance
Whose numbers these areEach row is the LP’s own number: its cash flows and its valuation policy as of its reporting date, not the fund’s. Net IRR is printed only when the LP prints one. The vintage is the LP’s definition (CalPERS: year of its first cash flow; WSIB: year of its initial investment).0 public LP reports
No public LP has reported this vehicle. The LP tape is read from public pension disclosures (see Limited partners); a fund appears here only when an LP’s report names it.
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areA commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the date of the report that listed it. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value on its return, never a commitment.0 relationships, public pensions and the allocator graph, each counted once
No allocator names this vehicle in a public disclosure DFX holds: pension reports, foundation 990-PF returns or endowment disclosures.
Investments attributed to this vehicle
0
No investment attributed to this vehicle. The firm’s investments sit on the firm; a fund gets one only when a source names the vehicle.
Timeline
8 events
- Mar 24, 2026Administrator changed: DYNAMO SOFTWARE, LLC replaced BARRIER CREST, first reported on the Form ADV filed March 24, 2026 (previous filing March 31, 2025)Administrator changed Fact Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2025Administrator changed: BARRIER CREST replaced FIFE AVENUE PARTNERS, first reported on the Form ADV filed March 31, 2025 (previous filing March 25, 2024)Administrator changed Fact Form ADV
- Mar 29, 2022Administrator changed: FIFE AVENUE PARTNERS replaced AUDENA CONSULTING, LLC, first reported on the Form ADV filed March 29, 2022 (previous filing March 18, 2021)Administrator changed Fact Form ADV
- Mar 26, 2019Administrator changed: AUDENA CONSULTING, LLC replaced PIA CAMENZIND, CPA, first reported on the Form ADV filed March 26, 2019 (previous filing March 29, 2018)Administrator changed Fact Form ADV
- Nov 20, 2013Illuminate Ventures I, L.P. filed Form D/A: $19,690,000 sold of $19,690,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
46 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Not Applicable Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Not Applicable Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Not Applicable Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: yetToBeFormed Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $19.7M Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $8.5M Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $0 Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $19.7M Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $35.0M Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $35.0M Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1 Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06, 3C, 3C.1 Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06, 3C, 3C.1 Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2011-03-31 Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2011-03-31 Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 44 Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 37 Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 0 Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Office address: Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Office address: Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
- Office address: Mar 29, 2011 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2011 Nov 20, 2013 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2011 Apr 17, 2012 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
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Illuminate Ventures I, LP is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
RIA and Wealth1
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Record history
4 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Form D filed2013-11-20source on record
- Form D filed2012-04-17source on record
- Fund first reported on ADV2012-03-09source on record
+1 more change on this record's ledger
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