Cindy Padnos is the founder of Illuminate Ventures, a seed and early stage venture capital firm that invests exclusively in enterprise/B2B software companies. With three funds under management, Illuminate continues to invest in and support talented entrepreneurs that are re-inventing how work gets done. Her successful exits have included Xactly Corp (IPO then acquired by Vista Equity) and acquisitions by Autodesk, Cloudera, Coupang, Hearst Corp and New Relic. Cindy is an innovator and an advocate for all things entrepreneurial. She has been working with enterprise technology startups for more than 25 years as a founder/CEO of a VC-backed company, a startup operating executive, and more recently as an investor. Cindy bleeds B2B/Enterprise Tech – gaining the moniker “Queen B2B” and a place at the table with other top institutional investors in the category. She is also the author of three research-based, widely-sited white papers addressing gender diversity in the tech sector.
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Illuminate Ventures invests in early-stage high-tech companies delivering B2B/enterprise cloud and mobile solutions
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