Leeds Illuminate

Leeds Illuminate is an impact investment firm established in 2020 and headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The firm specializes in investing in high-growth companies within the higher education sector. Leeds Illuminate partners with innovators dedicated to enhancing learning outcomes and educational development. With a belief that impactful investments are closely linked to successful financial returns, the firm aims to support initiatives that foster growth and improvement in education.

Mahila Amjad

Principal

Jane Brennan

Associate

7 past transactions

Eruditus Executive Education

Series F in 2024
Eruditus Executive Education designs and delivers executive education programs for mid-career professionals through partnerships with leading universities worldwide. It offers customized and open programs, including short workshops, online formats, and modular sessions, in collaboration with more than 30 global institutions, delivering more than 100 courses to learners across more than 80 countries and in multiple languages. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Singapore, the company maintains a substantial global presence with offices across several countries and a large team, enabling accessible executive education on a global scale.

IntelyCare

Series C in 2022
IntelyCare is a digital healthcare workforce platform that combines a gig-model mobile app with data-driven analytics to fill nursing shifts at post-acute facilities, long-term care communities, home care agencies, and rehab hospitals. The platform enables nursing professionals to view, browse, and select shifts while automating scheduling, forecasting staffing needs, and verifying licenses, helping facilities optimize staffing, reduce burnout, and improve productivity.

Wonolo

Series D in 2021
Wonolo Inc. is an on-demand staffing platform based in San Francisco, California, that connects businesses with temporary workers to meet immediate labor needs. Founded in 2014, the platform allows companies to post job openings for various roles, including general labor, warehouse operations, delivery drivers, and administrative tasks. Wonolo pre-screens workers to ensure they meet specific standards, streamlining the job-matching process and enabling organizations to quickly find vetted talent. The platform serves as a marketplace for approximately one million underemployed workers across the United States, providing them with opportunities for flexible work and a living wage. By democratizing access to employment and offering portable benefits, Wonolo aims to transform the contingent labor market. The company fosters a remote-first work culture and is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce.

The Mom Project

Series C in 2021
The Mom Project is a digital platform that connects professionally accomplished women, including mothers, with companies offering flexible job opportunities. Its marketplace facilitates matches based on education, work experience, and desired flexibility, serving both job seekers and businesses. Founded in 2015, the company aims to unlock the potential of mothers in the workforce.

Product School

Private Equity Round in 2021
Product School is a global provider of product management training and certification for professionals, with a community of over two million product professionals. Instructors are product leaders from leading Silicon Valley companies such as Google, Meta, Netflix, Airbnb, Uber, and Amazon. Courses are delivered live online in small cohorts to fit busy schedules, and curricula emphasize hands-on activities, real-world case studies, tools and frameworks to build digital products and lead cross-functional teams. The program includes personalized instructor feedback and career coaching to help learners obtain product management roles or promotions. In addition to public certifications, Product School offers corporate training and upskilling programs for organizations, including certifications related to product management and artificial intelligence.

Mursion

Series B in 2020
Mursion is a virtual reality training platform that provides immersive, personalized simulations to help professionals practice essential workplace interpersonal skills. The platform combines artificial intelligence with live actors to recreate authentic, high-stakes interactions across a range of environments, enabling users to rehearse challenging exchanges and risk-free experiments to improve day-to-day performance. It serves sectors including healthcare, education, hospitality, and finance, among others, and focuses on mastering communication, collaboration, leadership, and conflict resolution through realistic practice scenarios.

Eruditus Executive Education

Series D in 2020
Eruditus Executive Education designs and delivers executive education programs for mid-career professionals through partnerships with leading universities worldwide. It offers customized and open programs, including short workshops, online formats, and modular sessions, in collaboration with more than 30 global institutions, delivering more than 100 courses to learners across more than 80 countries and in multiple languages. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Singapore, the company maintains a substantial global presence with offices across several countries and a large team, enabling accessible executive education on a global scale.
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