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Luca Zorzino

Investor

General Partner at Illuminate Financial

Singapore

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Luca Zorzino is a General Partner and Head of Singapore at Illuminate Financial, leading the firm's Asia presence and investing in early-growth B2B fintech and enterprise technology companies in the region. He has more than 15 years of experience across financial markets and enterprise tech as both an operator and investor, and began his career at trading and risk management vendor Murex, working on client implementations and post-trade functionality for banks in Southeast Asia. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, a Masters in Management from Imperial College Business School, and trained as a computer engineer at Imperial College London.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Experience

  1. Illuminate FinancialGeneral Partnercurrent2015 — presentSingapore
  2. fileAIBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSingapore
  3. PontoroBoard Member2021 — 2025Fremont, California, United States
  4. AccelexBoard Observer2023 — 2025Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  5. AccelexBoard Member2021 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  6. TransFICCBoard Member2021 — 2025Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  7. TransFICCBoard Observer2017 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
  8. AxeTrading®️Board Observer2017 — 2023London Area, United Kingdom
  9. TookitakiBoard Observer2019 — 2022Singapore
  10. RegTek.SolutionsBoard Observer2017 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
  11. MurexSenior Consultant2013 — 2014Singapore
  12. MurexConsultant2010 — 2013

Education

  1. INSEADMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)2014 — 2015
  2. Imperial College LondonMaster's Degree, Management2009 — 2010
  3. Imperial College LondonBachelor's Degree, Computing2006 — 2009
  4. United World College of South East Asia, SingaporeInternational Baccalaureate Diploma2004 — 2006

Skills & more

Business Analysis15Management Consulting8Derivatives6Capital Markets6Business Workflows2Fixed Income2Business Strategy16Business Development1Financial Modeling7Risk Management2Financial Analysis4Consulting1
+3 moreProject ManagementFinanceStrategy

Languages English · German · Italian

  • MSCI — The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (The CISI)
  • CFA Charterholder (2016-2020) — CFA Institute

From Luca's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended INSEAD668

Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystJan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesMahesha SubramaniamHead of Client Relations at Golden Gate VenturesElena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at Northzone

+ 662 more

Also attended Imperial College London295

Deji SasegbonVP, Platform & Portfolio Operations at EchoVC PartnersMadison LenormandInvestor at DaphniPauline BoucherInvestor at DaphniLoubaba El AyoubiInvestor at NorthzoneGiovanni MariggiInvestor at MedicxiFrancois PrinslooInvestor at Medicxi

+ 289 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Pontoro1

Marc BaumInvestor at Gaingels

Also worked at TransFICC3

Julian JohnsonOperating Partner at AlbionVCRobert Whitby-SmithInvestor at AlbionVCMark WhitcroftGeneral Partner at Illuminate Financial

Also worked at AxeTrading®️3

Mark RodriguesVenture Partner at Illuminate FinancialMark WhitcroftGeneral Partner at Illuminate FinancialAndi DervishiStrategic Advisor & Independent IC Member at First Circle

Also worked at Tookitaki4

Amit AnandFounding Partner & Managing Director at Jungle VenturesSunil SabharwalAdvisor at SPiCE VCTomer MichaeliGeneral Partner at Viola VenturesBeatrice LionGeneral Partner at True Global Ventures

Deals · 1

PontoroBoard seat

via Illuminate Financial · filed Mar 2023 · $3.9M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Illuminate Financial

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General Partner & Head of New York at Illuminate Financial
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Crystal Tan
Executive Assistant at Illuminate Financial
Esther Muschamp
Human Resources Business Partner at Illuminate Financial
Hugo Hazon
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Julie McCrimlisk
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Network1

Alexander Ross
General Partner & Head of New York at Illuminate Financial

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