about
LOS ANGELES
NEW YORK
SAN FRANCISCO
our story.
We are a capital-first venture platform.
We align disciplined capital with structured operating infrastructure to build, launch, and scale portfolio companies. Powered by Illuminate, we don't just fund companies. We build institutions.
We've raised capital. We've built companies. We've sat on both sides of the table, and we saw the same two problems repeatedly:
1. startups require capital to launch.
2. startups fail when capital, governance, and execution are misaligned.
We created the III Ventures platform to close this gap.
We align disciplined capital and infrastructure, from idea through scale and exit.
invest.
we build institutional companies alongside founders + partners.
we partner with investors to back ventures from formation through launch
+ scale across sectors where disciplined execution creates lasting advantage.
focus areas:
FinTech
Financial Infrastructure
Data, AI + Enterprise Tech
Real Estate
Healthcare + Biotech
Consumer + Media
integrate.
we help founders turn innovative ideas into sustainable businesses.
we work with teams to ideate quickly, build with discipline, and focus on scale with governance, systems, operations embedded + time-to-market accelerated.
includes:
strategy + planning operations
data, tech + systems
legal
marketing, IR + brand finance + accounting
ignite.
we evolve early company
traction into sustainable
long-term results.
we partner with founders to attract talent, accelerate
early-stage launches, and scale with embedded
metrics to grow + perform across cycles.
includes:
governance
board development
milestone management
scale + capital raise
reporting + metrics
M&A, exit design + planning
the power of III.
how we invest. integrate. ignite.
We build and scale companies through the power of III. Invest, Integrate, Ignite.
Invest. we partner with investors to structure and deploy capital with discipline, transforming high-potential ideas into scalable, investable businesses.
How we Invest. we deploy capital through two structured vehicles.
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The Bridge Facility SPV provides selective, acceleration capital to activate initial portfolio companies
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III Ventures Fund I, LP is the primary equity ownership vehicle, deploying LP capital to acquire meaningful ownership and scale durable portfolio companies.
Integrate. powered by Illuminate Advisory | Studio, we launch companies with rigor, taking ideas from concept to accelerated value creation through structured execution, systems, tools, and data.
Ignite. we guide founders, ensuring companies launch and scale responsibly, perform consistently, and endure.