# Kieran Hill

> Kieran Hill is a seed investor at Ascension (London) backing SaaS and FinTech. See 27 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Sep 2026
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kieran-hill/23/581/111
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Kieranleehill
- Website: http://www.ascensionventures.com/

Kieran Hill is a seed investor at Ascension in London focused on SaaS and FinTech. Kieran joined Ascension in 2013 and is part of the investment team analysing new business opportunities, managing the companies communications and marketing, and working with the portfolio businesses.Before joining Ascension Ventures, Kieran worked for a proprietary trading house in the city as a derivatives trader, an Account Director at anonline video start-up and a freelance journalist for the Guardian newspaper. He graduated from Westminster University in 2010 with a first class honours degree in Journalism.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 3 | 11% |
| FinTech | 3 | 11% |
| Software | 3 | 11% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 11% |
| Audio | 2 | 7% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 48% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 26% |
| Angel | 2 | 7% |
| Series A | 1 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 13 | 48% |
| Finland | 2 | 7% |
| Germany | 2 | 7% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zero | If you want to know more or have any queries, just knock us here– 24 Hours Reply/Contact Email: smmsellshop@gmail.com Telegram: @smmsellshop Skype: smmsellshop | $10.3M | Seed | Sep 15, 2026 | https://smmsellshop.com/product/buy-verified-cash-app-account/ |
| Grand | Grand’s AI forecasts and monitors risk, growth and stability across your trade partners, so you can focus on decisions. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Mar 26, 2026 | https://heygrand.com/ |
| Deblock | Deblock offers banking services to cryptocurrency users.It assists people to cash out their cryptocurrency investments. | $34.6M | Series A | Nov 19, 2025 | https://deblock.com |
| Trig | Trig is the Customer Performance platform. Automatically drive customer growth through intelligent, targeted interventions | $6M | Seed | Oct 02, 2025 | https://www.trig.ai |
| Peec AI | Enabling companies to analyse and improve their visibility in AI search results. | $6.1M | Seed | Jul 02, 2025 | https://peec.ai/ |
| handly | handly is becoming the leading company in the Service Tech industry. We enable people to create their ideal living environment, while empowering home service companies to build their business and saving time for a quality life. | $3.9M | Seed | Feb 18, 2025 | https://www.handly.app |
| Zero | If you want to know more or have any queries, just knock us here– 24 Hours Reply/Contact Email: smmsellshop@gmail.com Telegram: @smmsellshop Skype: smmsellshop | $2.7M | Pre-Seed | Dec 02, 2024 | https://smmsellshop.com/product/buy-verified-cash-app-account/ |
| Deblock | Deblock offers banking services to cryptocurrency users.It assists people to cash out their cryptocurrency investments. | $16.7M | Seed | Nov 21, 2024 | https://deblock.com |
| Deblock | Deblock offers banking services to cryptocurrency users.It assists people to cash out their cryptocurrency investments. | $11.8M | Seed | Oct 01, 2022 | https://deblock.com |
| Ellis | Ellis is a high-tech, high-touch immigration law firm offering premier immigration support for startups and growing companies. We ensure your international hires arrive on-time, stay compliant, and feel valued from Day 1. | $5.6M | Seed | Apr 14, 2022 | https://www.joinellis.com/ |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Motier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motier-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/20vc-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Foreword Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foreword-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kindred Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kindred-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [20Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/20growth) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Ascension

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Ascension is an early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders.Run by an experienced and diverse team of successful entrepreneurs, we have been relentlessly dedicated to finding the UK’s best Seed-stage startups since 2014.Ascension benefits from the active industry connections essential forthe sourcing and development of deal-flow and due diligence. The team has co-invested with the UK’s leading angels and VCs, key to securing follow-on funding as the portfolio businesses move to their next stage of growth.We believe in building an inclusive, community driven brand that can benefit the wider UK tech ecosystem and strive to work with conviction, integrity, humour, and humility.

5 contacts available at Ascension.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jean Rollet de Fougerolles | Managing Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-de-fougerolles |
| Craig Fletcher | Venture partner and investment committee member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-fletcher |
| Emma Blackburn | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-blackburn |
| Emma Steele | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-steele |
| Ian McClelland | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-mcclelland |

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## FAQ

### What does Kieran Hill invest in?

Kieran Hill invests primarily in SaaS, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Kieran Hill?

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### When did Kieran Hill last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kieran Hill closed in Sep 2026. Shizune tracks 27 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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