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Mark Rodrigues

Venture Partner at Illuminate Financial

New York, New York

Overview 

Mark Rodrigues is an Executive Chairman with a background in strategic planning and risk management, having served as Global Managing Director at Thomson Reuters and Principal at Aquiline Capital Partners. He is currently a Venture Partner at Illuminate Financial and has made significant investments in FinTech companies like d1g1t. With an MBA from Harvard Business School and experience at top-tier firms like Thomson Reuters, Rodrigues brings a wealth of expertise in financial services and asset management to his role as a Board Member and Advisor for various companies. His investment in d1g1t at Series A stage highlights his keen eye for innovative FinTech opportunities.

Work Experience 

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Illuminate Financial

  • Venture Partner

    2018 - Current

    Illuminate Financial Management LLP is a venture capital fund focused exclusively on Financial Technology in Capital Markets, Infrastructure, Wholesale Banking and Asset Management. 32 investments; 5 exits; and over 1,700 introductions made. The firm applies this deep domain expertise for the benefit of portfolio companies, investors and our wider network of relationships. Investment Portfolio includes Digital Assets, ESG/Climate, Cloud tools, decision analytics. Strategic partners include Jefferies, JPM, Barclays and S&P Global

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ForwardLane Inc.

  • Board Member

    2017

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Techstars

  • Mentor

    2016

Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.

Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.

techstars.com
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N5 Now

  • Board Member

    2023 - 2024

N5 provides customer engagement software and IT services to leading banks in Latin America and is now expanding to the US market.

Raised $9,500,000.00 from ArpexCapital, LTS Investments, Exor Ventures, Madrone Capital Partners and Illuminate Financial.

n5now.com
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YvesBlue

  • Board Member

    2023 - 2023

YvesBlue distills the sustainability narrative across your entire portfolio.

Raised $2,000,000.00 from Tribeca Early Stage Partners, Illuminate Financial, SixThirty and Walter Ventures.

yves.blue
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d1g1t Inc.

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2023

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AxeTrading

  • Board Member

    2022 - 2023

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Revelate

  • Executive Chairman

    2017 - 2023

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Thomson Reuters

  • Global Managing Director, Strategic Accounts & Solutions

    2012 - 2016

    Grew the revenue and commercial relationships of 60+ largest buy and sell side accounts ($3B ARR). Founded and led Solutions group in client joint development, consortia, and new growth strategies for the Financial and Risk business at Thomson Reuters. This includes Org ID the KYC managed service.

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Aquiline Capital Partners

  • Principal and Operating Partner

    2008 - 2012

    Leading FinTech Principal in Fund I and II involved in all ends of investment life cycle including sourcing, deal structure and ongoing operations. Member of the Investment Committee. Board Member of Clear2Pay. Board advisor to HedgeServ, CRT, and Conning Asset Management

Aquiline Capital Partners provides private capital to innovative businesses in the financial services and technology industries.

aquiline.com

Education 

Investments 

d1g1t

Series A

Total funding: $2M

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