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our team.

Lean by design. Built to oversee capital, advise, and execute.

Core Team. Leaders | Platform Advisors | Studio Operators.

Investment. Flexible bench supporting diligence and execution.

Real Assets. Real estate | Property Management | Real Asset Investments.

We invest across stages, partnering with founders 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.
Execution through Illuminate.
Real assets through Core Properties.

Built to scale.
Designed to last.

our focus. 

our partners.

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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

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Kristin Wood, PhD

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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

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Rahul Bajaj

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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

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Bong Suh, JD

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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

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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.

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