Fundraising Fox

Brent Hill

Investor

Managing Partner at Origin Ventures

Utah

Writes $500K – $5M checks · typically $3.2M

Founded15FiveApptentiveBeacon SolutionsBonsai AnalyticsCareer Allies, Inc.Everee

About

Brent Hill is a veteran operator-turned-investor who scaled digital businesses—helping build FeedBurner for Google and later leading sales at Google Chicago and Twitter—bringing hands-on scaling expertise and a marathoner's persistence.

LinkedIn ↗X / Twitter ↗

Invests in

ConsumerFuture of WorkLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesSaaS

Experience

  1. Origin VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2013 — present
  2. VozeBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSalt Lake City Metropolitan Area
  3. TorusBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
  4. PatternBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentErie, Colorado, United States
  5. 15FiveBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
  6. FountainBoard Membercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  7. VoxpopmeBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
  8. ProntoBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentLehi, Utah, United States
  9. KidizenBoard Membercurrent2017 — present
  10. ApptentiveBoard Member2014 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  11. CameoBoard Observer2018 — 2024Chicago, Illinois, United States
  12. BacklotCarsBoard Member2018 — 2020Kansas City, Missouri, United States
  13. Teem by iOFFICEBoard Observer2016 — 2018Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
  14. AhalogyBoard Member2013 — 2018Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
  15. TwitterDirector - Central Region2010 — 2013
  16. Google, Inc.Head of Financial Services - Midwest2007 — 2010
  17. FeedBurner, IncVice President - Advertising2005 — 2007
  18. Classic KidsPresident2004 — 2005
  19. Styleclick (Interactive Corp.)Executive Vice President2001 — 2003
  20. MVP.comVice President1999 — 2001

Education

  1. The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMBA, Finance1995 — 1998
  2. Bradley UniversityB.S., Finance1985 — 1989
  3. Odell

Same school

Also attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business447

Prashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesKatrin GeyskensExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankGlebFounder and Managing Partner at iTech Capital

+ 441 more

Also attended Bradley University6

Aljoscha KaplanPartner and Co-Founder at German Media PoolScott ByrdEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Frazier Life SciencesMark GrosshansPrincipal, Financial Performance at FrontenacBob DiMeoAdvisor — Chairman & Co-founder of Fiducient Advisors at Distributed VenturesTim SpihlmanManaging Director at Lewis & Clark VenturesDarcy AndersonSenior Strategist of Business and Communications at A-Rod Corp

Shared employers

Also worked at 15Five4

Matthew CowanGeneral Partner at Next47Eddie KangFounder and Managing Partner at Gray Line PartnersPrashant ShuklaPartner at Origin VenturesChing-Yu HuPartner at Next47

Also worked at Kidizen1

Scott SternPartner at Origin Ventures

Also worked at Cameo10

Andrew VogeleyVice President at Sapphire VenturesBrian FrankPartner at Permanent Capital VenturesEzra GalstonInvestor at Starting LinePrashant ShuklaPartner at Origin VenturesRob ChesneyPartner at Chicago VenturesBing GordonInvestor at G2 Venture Partners

+ 4 more

Also worked at Google, Inc.1,089

Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis

+ 1,083 more

Deals · 3

Bonsai AnalyticsBoard seat

via Origin Ventures · filed Jun 2019 · $3M raise

15FiveBoard seat

via Origin Ventures · filed Oct 2018 · $8M raise

Beacon SolutionsBoard seat

via Origin Ventures · filed Oct 2017 · $900K raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Origin Ventures

Alex Meyer
Managing Partner at Origin Ventures
Bruce Barron
Founding Partner at Origin Ventures
Carolina Galdiz
Investor at Origin Ventures
Jacquie Marshall Siegmund
Partner at Origin Ventures
Jason Heltzer
Managing Partner at Origin Ventures
Linda Watchmaker
CFO at Origin Ventures
Prashant Shukla
Partner at Origin Ventures
Scott Stern
Partner at Origin Ventures

Network9

Andy McLoughlinScout
Brit in San Francisco; seed-stage venture capital investor
Ilya FushmanScout
Partner at KPCB
Nicole QuinnScout
General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Alex Meyer
Managing Partner at Origin Ventures
Brigette Lau
Founding Partner at Firework Ventures
Bruce Barron
Founding Partner at Origin Ventures
Darcy Howe
Investor at KCRise Fund
Jacquie Marshall Siegmund
Partner at Origin Ventures
Jason Heltzer
Managing Partner at Origin Ventures

Investors connected to Brent in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.