Hillsven is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Silicon Valley and Israeli startups. It invests in 2 or 3 deals a year and operates without LPs, allowing it to bridge without a pending term sheet and price inside rounds.
30% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Average disclosed round size is $15.2M (across 26 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
19
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
BL
Bobby Lent
Managing General Partner
BL
Bobby Lent
Managing General Partner
JK
Jean Kovacs
Partner
JK
Jean Kovacs
Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
27 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 PairUp | Unknown | $2.8M | Jul 2024 |
 Formant | Series A | $21M | Jan 2023 |
 Formant | Series A | $21M | Jan 2023 |
| RRetail Zipline | Series B | $30M | Mar 2021 |
 Codefresh | Unknown | $27M | Jun 2020 |
 Stilt | Seed | $7.5M | May 2020 |
 Jolt | Series A | $14.1M | Jan 2020 |
 Stampli | Series B | $25M | Oct 2019 |
 Honeybook | Series C | $28M | Mar 2019 |
| Stampli | Series A | $6.7M | Aug 2018 |
| Stampli | Series A | $6.7M | Jan 2018 |
| Codefresh | Unknown | $7M | Sep 2016 |
 Metadata | Series B | $40M | Jan 2016 |
 Expensify | Series C | $17.5M | Aug 2015 |
| Expensify | Series C | $17.5M | Jan 2015 |
| TTouchofmodern | Series A | $3M | Jul 2013 |
| QQlika | Seed | $1.7M | Jan 2013 |
| LLiveFyre | Series A | $800K | Jul 2010 |
 Bleacher Report | Series B | $3.5M | Oct 2008 |
 FabKids | Series A | $2.6M | — |
 Mobilize | Seed | $1.2M | — |
| LLifeFyre | Series C | $15M | — |
| TTouchofmodern | Seed | — | — |
| Stampli | Series C | $50M | — |
 Tesorio | Series B | $17M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
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Floodgate Fund3 shared
Bloomberg Beta3 shared
Silicon Valley Bank2 shared
Streamlined Ventures2 shared
Y Combinator2 shared
Red Dot Capital Partners2 shared
M122 shared
Shasta Ventures2 shared
Viola Ventures2 shared
Ericsson2 shared
Intel Capital2 shared
Picus Capital2 shared
BMW i Ventures2 shared
GS Futures2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026