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Luminate Capital Partners

Luminate Capital Partners

San Francisco, Californialuminatecapital.com

Overview

Luminate Capital Partners is a private equity firm founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in growth-oriented buyout investments in market-leading enterprise software and SaaS companies. Luminate focuses on providing concentrated, tactical support to its portfolio companies to help them scale and accelerate growth. The firm's investment strategy targets companies with a proven product-market fit and high retention rates, aiming to create value through operational improvements and strategic expansion rather than cost-cutting.

Portfolio Companies

11

Investments

Luminate Capital Partners investments
CompanyDateStageLead
FMXJul 2025Growth EquityLead
Swave PhotonicsJan 2025Series ACo-investor
AbsenceSoftSep 2024Buyout/LBOLead
Ease, Inc.Mar 2023Private EquityLead
SuralinkJun 2022Private EquityLead

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SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Year FoundedN/A

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