our team.
Lean by design. Built to oversee capital, advise, and execute.
Investment. Flexible bench supporting diligence and execution.
Real Assets. Real estate | Property Management | Real Asset Investments.
Core Team. Leaders | Platform Advisors | Studio Operators.
We invest across Series A-C, and secondaries, partnering with companies to build and scale with discipline and structure.
Our platform brings together experienced executives, operators, and advisors who have led at scale, supported by studio teams executing alongside companies day-to-day.
Capital through III Ventures.
Real assets through Core Properties.
Execution through Illuminate.
Built to scale.
Designed to last.
our focus.
our partners.
Kristin Wood, PhD
CEO | Founding Partner
Key Person
8x CEO/President
25+ years leadership
15+ launches to scale | exit cross-sector expertise
Board Chair
5x Board Member
PhD, Org Leadership
Exec Certificate, Wharton Published Author & Speaker
Kristin Wood, PhD
Rahul Bajaj
CIO | Founding Partner
Key Person
28+ years investment mgt
15+ years senior leadership
Multi-manager
Equity, fixed income, credit
Quantitative research
Capital markets
Broker relationships
Risk portfolio
B.S. Economics, NYU
Rahul Bajaj
Bong Suh, JD
CFO | Partner
20+ years VC & launch advisory 30+ years executive leadership CEO, CFO, Investment Banker
20+ Founder/CEOs mentored
Legislative Advocacy
Sustainability
5x Board Member
J.D, UC Berkeley School of Law Dean’s List, Wharton
Bong Suh, JD
Meena Saini, JD
GC | Partner
Dual-qualified attorney
US + Canada
100s high-stakes FSCO mediations
Certified Conflict Transformation Mediator
2x Published Co-Author
J.D. with Honors, Hofstra Law
Honours + Dean’s List, Guelph
Meena Saini, JD
our core values.
Our core values define how we deploy capital, build companies, and partner.
They are not aspirational slogans. They are embedded in how we make decisions,
how we execute, and how we hold ourselves accountable.
Our values are who we are.
discipline.
We allocate capital.
We manage risk with intention. Every decision is deliberate.
Every dollar is accountable.
integrity.
We operate with transparency.
We honor our commitments to investors, founders, and our team.
Trust is earned through our work.
execution.
We turn plans into results.
We decide, act, and measure.
We hold ourselves to the standard we set for the companies we build.
empowerment.
We equip people to lead.
We scale with the right teams.
We invest in partners.
We measure our success by theirs.
partnership.
We don't back firms from afar.
We build alongside founders, investors, and teams.
We share commitments.
impact.
We build for what endures.
We invest. We integrate.
That is the standard, and it is how we measure everything we do.