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Jennifer Savage

Investor at Illuminate Ventures

Greater Seattle Area

Overview 

Jennifer Savage is an Investor at Illuminate Ventures in the Greater Seattle Area, specializing in investing in various sectors including MarketingTech, Sales & CRM, and Enterprise Software. With a background in leadership roles at companies like Smartsheet and DocuSign, Jennifer has a strong track record in product and partner marketing, as well as experience in strategic partnerships and business alliances. Jennifer's career highlights include serving as Vice President of Marketing at Flowroute Inc. and Vice President of Product & Partner Marketing at Smartsheet, showcasing her expertise in driving successful marketing strategies and partnerships within the tech industry. Now, as an Investor at Illuminate Ventures, she focuses on supporting diverse founders and investing in innovative companies across a range of sectors such as SaaS, AI, and the Future of Work.

Work Experience 

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Brevity - Your A.I. Sales Coach - Practice Preventing deals from stalling, ghosting or No Decision

  • Board Member

    2025 - Current

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Illuminate Ventures

  • Partner

    2019

Illuminate Ventures invests in "further along" Seed-stage companies delivering B2B/enterprise software solutions with rapid, measurable ROI.

illuminate.com
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mpathic

  • Board Observer

    2022

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TAZI AI Systems

  • Board Member

    2022

Business In The Loop™ AI/GenAI Platform

Raised $6,200,000.00 from Illuminate Ventures, Handshake Ventures, Diffusion Capital Partners, Foothill Ventures, Alchemist Accelerator and Diffusion Capital Partners.

tazi.ai
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Pyze

  • Board Member

    2021

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University of Oregon Foundation

  • Member Board of Trustees, Investment Committee

    2023

University of Oregon Foundation is a nonprofit corporation responsible for administering private gifts made to the University's mission.

uofoundation.org
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Flowroute Inc.

  • Vice President of Marketing

    2017 - 2019

    Ran marketing for bootstrapped, software-based telecom company from declining to increasing year over year growth through to acquisition. (acquired by West Corporation in August, 2018)

Provider of advanced calling and messaging services for cloud-based companies.

flowroute.com
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Smartsheet

  • Vice President, Product & Partner Marketing

    2014 - 2017

    Oversaw product and partner marketing for SaaS Collaborative Work Management leader through growth to over $70M revenue and 400+ people. (NYSE: SMAR)

Smartsheet is a cloud-based work management platform that empowers collaboration, drives better decision-making, and accelerates innovation.

Raised $3,352,212,627.00 from Benefit Street Partners, Teachers’ Venture Growth, Elliott Investment Management, Brinley Partners, Hercules Capital, Farallon Capital Management, GoldenTree Asset Management, Monroe Capital and Canyon Partners.

smartsheet.com
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DocuSign

  • Director, Product Marketing

    2011 - 2014

    Led product marketing initiatives for pioneer of eSignature and Digital Transaction Management through double digit growth and expansion of category definition. (NASDAQ: DOCU)

DocuSign Seattle Area is a software industry.

docusign.com
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Microsoft

  • Director, Product Marketing / Product Management

    2003 - 2010

    Launched one of Microsoft’s first SaaS offerings - Office Live Meeting - and broadened expertise in Unified Communications, CRM/ERP & emerging markets businesses.

Microsoft Advertising provides digital advertising solutions.

about.ads.microsoft.com

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