Rebecca Norlander
Business Advisory Council Member @ Illuminate Ventures
Seattle, United States
Rebecca Norlander is a startup investor at Illuminate Ventures in Seattle. Rebecca Norlander joined Illuminate Ventures in as a Business Advisory Council member in 2009 when she was a GM at Microsoft. In 2010, following a nearly 20 year tour as one of the top woman “geeks” at Microsoft – in roles ranging from product developer – to technical strategist to the CTO – to General Manager of the online advertising platformRebecca was ready to jump into something more entrepreneurial and joined Illuminate as an Executive-in-Residence.Currrently, Rebecca serves as a Venture Partner with Illuminate Ventures. She assists with new investment evaluations, with a particular emphasis on technical due diligence, works actively to help accelerate the progress of portfolio companies and shares significant new deal flow with the firm. She also works closely with Illuminate’s student interns. Rebecca earned her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Boston University, where she was the first alumna to be granted their Distinguished Alumnai Award, and is an active advisor to several early-stage companies.
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About Illuminate Ventures
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).
Illuminate Ventures Contacts
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Cindy Padnos
Founder, Managing Partner
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Jennifer Savage
Partner
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Rebecca Norlander
Business Advisory Council Member
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Kathryn Marshall
CFO
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