Mark Rodrigues
Venture Partner at Illuminate Financial
Mark Rodrigues
Venture Partner at Illuminate Financial
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
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
Board Member
2017
Mentor
2016
Board Member
2023 - 2024
Board Member
2023 - 2023
Board Member
2019 - 2023
Board Member
2022 - 2023
Executive Chairman
2017 - 2023
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.
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