# igniteXL Ventures

> igniteXL Ventures is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing E-Commerce and Beauty. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 18%
- Fund size: $10M
- Last fund: Nov 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ignitexl/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/igniteXL
- Website: http://ignitexl.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ignitexl/?ref=bookmarks

igniteXL Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based global seed fund investing in and igniting kickass entrepreneurs at the intersection point of technology, beauty, and wellness. Founded in 2020, igniteXL is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. igniteXL Ventures has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$8.1M |
| Pre-Seed | $226k–$1.8M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $2M–$2.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 23% |
| Beauty | 4 | 18% |
| Fashion | 3 | 14% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| Cosmetics | 3 | 14% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 41% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 23% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 23% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 55% |
| South Korea | 2 | 9% |
| Kenya | 1 | 5% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Claire Chang | Founding Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claire-chang |
| Mitchell Weinstock | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitchell-weinstock |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Uncover | Uncover is a beauty company that provides skincare products for consumers. The company's mission is to inspire, support, educate, and empower women to take control of health and well-being and become the most trusted skin-care brand. Uncover was founded in 2020 and is based in Kenya. | $1.4M | Seed | Jul 15, 2024 |  |
| Musely | Musely develops an online platform intended to provide medical skincare treatments through technology. The company's offerings include personal products made from natural ingredients and also provides wellness tips, enabling users to offer prescription formulas, natural beauty brands, professional hair care, and makeup products.It wasfounded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 18, 2023 |  |
| Lion Pose | Lion Pose is a clinical brand for brown skin that uses actives to combat hyperpigmentation. Lion Pose was founded by Madhu Punjabi and Nisha P. | $3M | Seed | Jul 17, 2023 |  |
| Etitude | We’re a material innovation company and a home goods brand making the world’s healthiest, softest, and most sustainable fabrics with our patented CleanBamboo® fibers. Together, we’re turning over a new sheet—revitalizing a tired industry notorious for hitting snooze on ingenuity and sustainability. At ettitude, our mission is clear-to createnext-gen fabrics and products that not only reduce our impact but also support your health and the health of the planet. We’re here to make a material difference in the home and textile industries, paving the way for a regenerative future for all. Our innovative CleanBamboo fabric is soft like silk, breathable like cotton, cooling, and hypoallergenic. All our products are climate-neutral certified, water-saving, sustainable, and ethically made. A proud B corporation and member of 1% For The Planet, we donate 1% of all sales to environmental nonprofits. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| iiRcade | iiRcade is bringing the home arcade gaming to the 21st century. As a connected arcade gaming platform with today’s technologies, iiRcade enables online and LAN connected multiplayer arcade gaming, purchasing officially licensed games from an online store with over 280 licensed games and continuously growing, playing retro arcade games totoday's modern games transformed into arcade games with the most immersive arcade gaming you will have ever experienced. Equipped with 19" crisp HD display, 100W of powerful stereo sound, premium arcade controllers on a professional quality arcade cabinet, iiRcade enables premium cinematic arcade gaming experiences that feels like you are inside the game. iiRcade platform is going to continue to grow with new contents, services and experiences with the focus on bringing people together, that will enhance the value of the product and the premium experiences that iiRcade is known for. Designed to fit anywhere in your home, easy for anyone to use and contents for everyone in the family, iiRcade is an all-in-one home gaming console for everyone in the family to enjoy together that provides the arcade experiences like never-before-seen.iiRcade is also the first arcade platform that enables anyone to develop an arcade game. Equipped with the ability to play natively the games developed in today's most popular engines, including Unity, Unreal 4, Game Maker 2, now anyone can develop arcade games and bring their existing games to the arcades with minimal efforts and risks. iiRcade not only enables the dreams of the gamers to play arcade games from their home with the best experience ever, but also enables the dreams of the game developers to create arcade games for the first time ever. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 03, 2023 |  |
| Solarcore | Solarcore is a materials technology enterprise that specializes in the advancement of cutting-edge thermal solutions globally. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Uncover | Uncover is a beauty company that provides skincare products for consumers. The company's mission is to inspire, support, educate, and empower women to take control of health and well-being and become the most trusted skin-care brand. Uncover was founded in 2020 and is based in Kenya. | $1M | Seed | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| buywith | buywith is an online shopping Livestream marketplace for retailers & brands, where influencers and experts can broadcast online shopping sessions with their followers & make them buy via a highly engaging experience. We help brands generate more revenues from their e-commerce activity and increase their ROI. | $7.5M | Seed | May 25, 2022 |  |
| Ome | Ome develops smart, sustainable technology products that automate existing home appliances so families can spend more quality time together. Ome's flagship product is a patented Smart Knob that seamlessly replaces existing stove knobs so people can cook, control, and monitor their home appliances virtually, with ease. Ome Smart Knob'sfunctionality, among others, includes a built-in auto-off and safety-lock feature that delivers an enhanced level of security to some of the most hazardous places in the home. | $4.5M |  | Mar 04, 2022 |  |
| Ome | Ome develops smart, sustainable technology products that automate existing home appliances so families can spend more quality time together. Ome's flagship product is a patented Smart Knob that seamlessly replaces existing stove knobs so people can cook, control, and monitor their home appliances virtually, with ease. Ome Smart Knob'sfunctionality, among others, includes a built-in auto-off and safety-lock feature that delivers an enhanced level of security to some of the most hazardous places in the home. | $2.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 04, 2022 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does igniteXL Ventures invest in?

igniteXL Ventures invests primarily in E-Commerce, Beauty and Fashion startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is igniteXL Ventures's check size?

igniteXL Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$8.1M at Seed, $226k–$1.8M at Pre-Seed and $2M–$2.5M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds igniteXL Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact igniteXL Ventures?

Public channels for igniteXL Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at igniteXL Ventures?

The team at igniteXL Ventures includes Claire Chang (Founding Partner) and Mitchell Weinstock (Venture Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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