# Hillrise Ventures

> Hillrise Ventures is a VC fund in Adelaide backing Blockchain, Web3 and Software. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Adelaide, Australia
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hillrisegroup
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hillrisegroup
- Website: https://ventures.hillrise.group

Hillrise Ventures is a VC fund in Adelaide focused on Blockchain and Web3. Private investment arm of Hillrise Group. Supporting ambitious Web3 startups with early-stage venture capital.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$5.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 43% |
| Web3 | 1 | 14% |
| Software | 1 | 14% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 14% |
| Content Creators | 1 | 14% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Estonia | 1 | 14% |
| Singapore | 1 | 14% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Genesis Shards | Genesis Shards is transforming NFTs into a liquidity vehicle for Pre-IDO tokens and a whole new suite of DeFi products. | $2.7M | Seed | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| DEIP | DEIP provides a set of Web 3.0 protocols, tools, and applications for the creative economy. The core protocol is Web 3.0 protocol for Intellectual Capital.DEIP Protocol (or Intellectual Capital Protocol) is a decentralized protocol that allows discovering, evaluation, licensing, and exchange of intangible assets, designed specifically forintangible assets tokenization (as F-NFT), governance (via DAO), and liquidity (via DeFi instruments and derivatives).DEIP Network is an application-specific Polkadot Parachain built with Substrate 3.0 Framework and implements various creative economy protocols: the core protocol is Intellectual Capital Protocol, and on top of it the network implements Collective Intelligence Protocol, Dynamic Liquidity Protocol, and others. | $2M | Seed | Jul 31, 2021 |  |
| ClayStack | ClayStack is the next-generation blockchain-agnostic staking protocol that enables users to unlock the power of staked digital assets in the form of liquid staking derivative tokens. | $5.2M | Seed | Jul 13, 2021 |  |
| Hodooi | Hodooi is a NFT Marketplace providing multiple payment options to buyers and sellers. | $4.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 24, 2021 |  |
| Genesis Shards | Genesis Shards is transforming NFTs into a liquidity vehicle for Pre-IDO tokens and a whole new suite of DeFi products. | $2.7M |  | Mar 24, 2021 |  |
| Dacoco | Dacoco builds decentralised autonomous organisations and is the publisher of AlienWorlds.io, the largest blockchain game in the world. | $2M | Initial Coin Offering | Mar 22, 2021 |  |
| APYSwap | APYSwap simplifies yield farming and reduces its costs for users, without sacrificing decentralization or self-custody. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 18, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AU21 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/au21-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Hillrise Ventures invest in?

Hillrise Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Web3 and Software startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Estonia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Hillrise Ventures's check size?

Hillrise Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$5.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Hillrise Ventures participates in.

### When did Hillrise Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hillrise Ventures closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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