Hillspire
VC Fund
Menlo Park, United States
Hillspire is an integrated family office management company serving all the activities of Eric and Wendy Schmidt, including The Schmidt Family Foundation, the Schmidt Ocean Institute, and Schmidt Futures, and supporting 350+ employees worldwide.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Hillspire invests in
Stages Hillspire invests in
Countries Hillspire invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Gregg Goldman
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Ken Goldman
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2 more contacts available
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 2 (40%)
- EdTech 1 (20%)
- Energy 1 (20%)
- Mobile 1 (20%)
- Software 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (60%)
- Grant 1 (20%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Gregg Goldman
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance
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Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kenneth Goldman
President
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President | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
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Ken Goldman
President & Co-founder
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President & Co-founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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General Intuition
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General Intuition is a frontier research lab focused on teaching machines to learn and adapt through play, aiming to build artificial intelligence that can perceive, anticipate, and improvise in real-world dynamics, with gaming as a central domain for testing and innovation. | $320M / Series A / Jun 25, 2026 | |
OurWorlds
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OurWorlds is an edutainment company creating technologies that empower communities to illuminate their narratives in immersive realities by geolocation in environments throughout the world, in order to inspire transformative new understandings of our collective histories; improve our education system; inform new approaches to environmentalstewardship; and reframe a more equitable and just future. | Grant / Sep 20, 2024 | |
Tierra Biosciences
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Tierra Biosciences is a synthetic biology company that accelerates the pace of discovery and enables the next generation of bio-based materials. Tierra’s first product, the Tierra Protein Platform, couples high-throughput protein manufacturing with the simplicity of e-commerce to make ordering custom proteins easier than ever before. By loweringthe traditional protein synthesis barrier, Tierra serves scientists looking to change the world with novel proteins. Led by a team of protein experts, this fast-growing company is transforming the way people discover, screen, and develop proteins for future bio-based products. For more information, visit tierrabiosciences.com. | $11.4M / Series A / Mar 12, 2024 | |
Sion Power
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Sion Power is the global leader in the development of a new generation of high-energy, rechargeable lithium batteries for portable power, mobile electronics, and electric vehicles. Based on the five times higher energy available from sulfur ions compared to other lithium chemistries, Sion Power's lithium sulfur cell offers significantimprovements in performance over current rechargeable batteries. The use of low cost raw materials and accepted battery manufacturing techniques enable this new technology to have a very, competitive cost position. | $75M / Series A / Jan 23, 2024 | |
Antheia
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Antheia is unlocking the medicinal power of nature. Its synthetic biology platform surpasses the limits of conventional drug discovery and manufacturing through a novel approach to whole-cell engineering —reconstructing complex molecules in yeast to bring to market next-generation plant-inspired medicines. | $73M / Series B / Jun 30, 2021 |
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FAQ
What does Hillspire invest in?
Hillspire invests primarily in Biotechnology, EdTech and Energy startups, most often at Series A and Grant stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Hillspire?
The team at Hillspire includes Gregg Goldman (Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance), Kenneth Goldman (President) and Ken Goldman (President & Co-founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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