# Jennifer Savage

> Jennifer Savage is a seed investor at Illuminate Ventures backing Software and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Illuminate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/illuminate-ventures)
- Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferjsavage/
- Website: https://www.illuminate.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.savage.355

Jennifer Savage is a seed investor at Illuminate Ventures in Greater Seattle Area focused on Software and SaaS. Jennifer Savage is based out of the Greater Seattle Area, Washington, and is the partner of Illuminate Ventures. Jennifer previously worked at Flowroute as a vice president of marketing. Jennifer Savage attended the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Computer | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TAZI | TAZI's cloud-based platform predicts customer demand, retention, and fraud detection from structured and unstructured data using AI and Generative AI. It helps customer-facing teams like outreach, sales, and marketing predict behavior to drive revenue. TAZI’s patented technology has been recognized in 31 Gartner reports as an Adaptive andResponsible AI, a Gartner Cool Vendor, and in a Magic Quadrant report. Banks, wealth management companies, and insurance companies use TAZI to create millions of dollars in value. | $4.6M | Seed | Aug 18, 2022 |  |
| Joinder | Joinder is a SaaS collaboration platform that connects companies to their lawyers. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Diffusion Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diffusion-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Handshake Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/handshake-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foothill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tsingyuan-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Illuminate Ventures

VC Fund · Oakland, United States

Illuminate’s focus is on finding, funding and accelerating great founders in the B2B/Enterprise cloud and mobile computing space. They focus on companies building SaaS applications as well as solutions that leverage data and mobility to improve business results. They seek innovative ideas led by talented teams – frequently bringing togetherdiverse perspectives that marry “creative destruction” with new technologies to solve old problems in new ways.Illuminate is typically a startup’s first institutional investor, but can also be a fit for an established company seeking its first equity financing. Their sweet spot is Series Seed rounds – filling the gap between angel capital and larger funding rounds of traditional VCs. When the timing is right, they collaborate with the best large-scale firms for the next round of financing, but they love lean start-ups that preserve flexibility in their early years.With three funds under management, Illuminate has been an early investor and board member in deep technology platforms like BrightEdge Technologies (SEO market leader), SaaS applications like Xactly Corporation (NYSE: XTLY) and early market innovators like Influitive (customer advocacy).

4 contacts available at Illuminate Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cindy Padnos | Founder, Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cindy-padnos |
| Jennifer Savage | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-savage-2 |
| Rebecca Norlander | Business Advisory Council Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rebecca-norlander |
| Kathryn Marshall | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kathryn-marshall |

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## FAQ

### What does Jennifer Savage invest in?

Jennifer Savage invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jennifer Savage last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jennifer Savage closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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