Hillrise Ventures

Hillrise Ventures provides early-stage venture capital to Web3 startups, describing its role as supporting founders who are moving from Web2 into blockchain-enabled technology. The firm says it prioritises being users first rather than acting purely as a funding source, and its support spans user acquisition, onboarding, user experience and retention, as well as partnership architecture, market due diligence and fundraise structuring. It also advises on incentive structures, token design, value-accrual methods and token velocity, alongside dedicated market-making, marketing and exchange strategy support, drawing on its own experience working directly with founders through each stage of that process. Hillrise also runs a research arm, Hillrise Research, which it describes as bringing simplicity to complex technology through fundamental research.