About
Hillel is a Managing Director at Kennet Partners who has led deals including Eloomi, Rimilia, Dext, Rivo Software, Scoro, eStoreMedia, Jiminny, Codility, RealityMine, ABA English and Spreadshirt. Before Kennet he worked at ETV Capital, KPMG as a management consultant, and at growth-stage technology companies. He is a CFA charterholder with law and economics degrees from South African universities.
Invests in
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- Kennet PartnersManaging Directorcurrent2009 β present
- YondaBoard Membercurrent2025 β presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Fluid TopicsBoard Membercurrent2024 β presentFrance
- ScoroBoard Membercurrent2021 β presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- eStoreMedia - digital brand intelligence #ecommerce #digitaltransformationBoard Membercurrent2021 β presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- JiminnyBoard Membercurrent2022 β present
- CodilityBoard Membercurrent2020 β present
- Gate7 CapitalInvestment Committee Membercurrent2020 β present
- RealityMineBoard Membercurrent2015 β presentManchester, United Kingdom
- SpreadshirtBoard Membercurrent2013 β presentLeipzig Area, Germany
- eloomiBoard Member2019 β 2024London, United Kingdom
- GripBoard Member2021 β 2022London, England, United Kingdom
- DextBoard Member2016 β 2021London, United Kingdom
- American & British Academy - ABA EnglishBoard Member2016 β 2021Barcelona Area, Spain
- AdikteevBoard Member2016 β 2020Paris Area, France
- RimiliaBoard Member2017 β 2020United Kingdom
- Rivo, a Sphera companyBoard Member2013 β 2017London, United Kingdom
- TrademobBoard Member2012 β 2016Berlin Area, Germany
- ETV CapitalInvestment Professional2006 β 2009
- KPMG AdvisoryManager2004 β 2006
Education
- CFA InstituteChartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Finance & Investment2004 β 2006
- University of JohannesburgMasters Degree, Economics1999 β 2001
- University of JohannesburgHonours Degree, Economics1998 β 1999
- University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrikaβ’ Bachelor of Commerce, Economics & Law1995 β 1997
Skills & more
Venture CapitalDigital Media46Mezzanine24LBO17Business Services10Private Equity99Online Advertising11Management Consulting29Business Strategy49Alternative Investments13Due Diligence25Emerging Markets26
+12 more
EntrepreneurshipInvestmentsStart-upsEquitiesGrowth CapitalMergers & AcquisitionsBusiness DevelopmentAsset ManagementStrategyDebtInternetAngel InvestingFrom Hillel's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Johannesburg16
Ross GoodwinVenture Debt Fund at Salica InvestmentsMark EsterhuizenPartner at Aura GroupMark EsterhuizenPartner at Aura VenturesCuthbert MalindiNon-Executive Director at BongoHiveAdrian SmithDirector at Advent PartnersChanel MandusicSenior Manager, Talent Accelerator at LeapFrog Investments
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Also attended University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika33
Anton van VlaanderenManaging Partner at 4Di CapitalSamantha CampbellOperations Manager at 4Di CapitalBenjamin JonesSenior Ecosystem Manager - Events & Partnerships, CV Labs at CV LabsRichard YatesFinance Director at Bloc VenturesLouis WarnerPortfolio Advisor at Founders FactoryRussell DreisenstockManaging Partner at Tanglin Venture Partners
+ 27 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Jiminny1
Also worked at Spreadshirt7
Marcin KurekPartner at Market One CapitalDany BidarInvestment Director at Edenred VenturesKolja HebenstreitVenture Partner at Point NineMartin GibsonInvestor at AccelDonald StalterPartner at Sunshine LakeLukasz GadowskiInvestor at Team Global
+ 1 more
Also worked at Dext6
Also worked at American & British Academy - ABA English5
Investments
Led
ABA EnglishCodilityDextEloomieStoreMediaJiminnyRealityMineRimiliaRivo SoftwareScoroSpreadshirt
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Kennet Partners
Alex Taylor-Harris
Director at Kennet Partners
Anila Repaj
Operations & Investor Relations Manager at Kennet Partners
Capucine Viard
Associate at Kennet Partners
Cillian Hilliard
Director at Kennet Partners
Edward Blayney
Financial Controller at Kennet Partners
Eric Filipek
Managing Director at Kennet Partners
Gillian Skendaj
Executive Assistant at Kennet Partners
Jamie Bird
Associate at Kennet Partners


































