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Katherine Wilson

Investment Director, Illuminate Financial

About

Katherine Wilson combines an unusual background of Citi equity trading floor experience, early-stage fintech execution at CoInvestor Technologies, and dual law/commerce degrees, giving her hands-on understanding of both trading operations and startup product-market fit challenges. She applies an investment thesis mindset to her own career decisions and has become Illuminate's lead voice on climate intelligence and carbon-risk metrics reshaping financial services infrastructure, while bringing direct B2B sales experience to help portfolio companies with enterprise go-to-market strategies. Katherine Wilson combines an unusual background of Citi equity trading floor experience, early-stage fintech execution at CoInvestor Technologies, and dual law/commerce degrees, giving her hands-on understanding of both trading operations and startup product-market fit challenges. She applies an investment thesis mindset to her own career decisions and has become Illuminate's lead voice on climate intelligence and carbon-risk metrics reshaping financial services infrastructure, while bringing direct B2B sales experience to help portfolio companies with enterprise go-to-market strategies.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
FinTech
Web3
Crypto
AI
Cybersecurity
Enterprise

Investment details

Avg check size$1M-$8M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
Europe
USA
Asia-Pacific
ANZ