Senior Investment Principal, Hivemind Capital Partners at Hivemind Capital
Check size: Hivemind invests across pre-seed through Series B; typical venture checks $500K-$5M with capacity to lead
Phillips's overarching thesis is bridging the on-chain and off-chain worlds, primarily through market infrastructure — the 'unsexy backbone' of stablecoins, settlement rails, custody, tokenization, and institutional plumbing that lets traditional capital flow into and through crypto. She is bullish on regulated stablecoins paired with cross-border payments, on Bitcoin-native DeFi unlocking yield for BTC holders, and on AI agents becoming first-class economic actors on-chain (including as buyers of NFTs and other digital assets). Within Hivemind's '9 themes for 2025' framework, her work spans stablecoins, derivatives infrastructure, app-chain L1/L2 dynamics, and the broader institutionalization of crypto. Her framing is institutional and risk-aware — Hivemind explicitly pairs crypto-native expertise with institutional-grade risk management.
Frame your project against one of Hivemind's published themes (especially stablecoins, Bitcoin DeFi, market infrastructure, or AI agents). Reach out via LinkedIn or X (@kay_phillips_). Lead with the institutional gap you're closing, your view on on-chain / off-chain bridging, and what makes you a long-term builder rather than a cycle-rider. Warm intros through the Hivemind portfolio or Anthony Scaramucci / Matt Zhang's networks help.
Founders building infrastructure that institutional capital actually needs — clearing, settlement, custody, regulated stablecoins, tokenization rails, derivatives venues. She gets excited about BTC ecosystem innovations that unlock yield without compromising security, and about consumer applications with simple, intuitive UI that solve real-world payment or financial inclusion problems. Strong AI x crypto positioning — verifiable compute, agentic commerce, autonomous on-chain actors — is also a sweet spot.
Pure speculation plays without infrastructure or institutional relevance, NFT projects without provable provenance or a curation thesis, and consumer apps with poor UX. She is institutionally minded — projects that ignore regulation, custody, or risk management are unlikely to fit.