KP

Kayla Phillips

Crypto VC at Hivemind Capital

New York, New York

Invests in

Stages:

Sectors:

Creator/Passion Economy

Social Networks

Consumer Health

Consumer Internet

Female Investors

Investors who were founders

Investors who invested in female founders

Investors who invested in diverse founders

Locations:

Min Investment:
$50,000.00
Max Investment:
$10,000,000.00
Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00

Skills

Education

Lists including Kayla

Based in NYC

2599 people

All Seed Investors

19691 people

All Pre-Seed Investors

7972 people

Work Experience

H

2024

Senior Venture Principal
2025
Venture Principal
2024 - 2025
Hivemind Capital's venture team backs global builders in blockchain & frontier tech: pre-seed to series B, lead & follow-on, equity & token. Areas of focus: - Stablecoin & Payment Rails (infrastructure for global money movement, payment networks, neobanking) - BTC Ecosystem (defi, institutional infra, on-chain tooling, inscriptions) - Market Infrastructure (RWA enablement, DA regulated systems, e2e trade automation, crypto-native capital markets) - AI Infrastructure (inference & training, trustless & confidential computing, agentic frameworks, genAI cybersecurity) - Consumer Experiences (tail asset enablement, token incentives & user conversion, improved loyalty & rewards, UI/UX solutions & tooling) Hivemind provides in-house resources including blockchain infrastructure, liquidity, an expansive network of builders and decision-makers in tech and financial services, and more.

TV

Truffle Ventures

2022 - 2024

Crypto VC
2022 - 2024
Crypto VC investing in pre-seed through Series A. Focus areas: crypto infrastructure, tooling, and defi.

AV

Alumni Ventures

2021 - 2022

VC
2021 - 2022
Pre-seed & seed fund at Alumni Ventures. Generalist with crypto focus.

R

2020 - 2021

Co-Founder
2020 - 2021

CB

Columbia Build Lab

2020 - 2021

Entrepreneur In Residence
2020 - 2021

WS

White Star Capital

2020 - 2021

VC Associate
2020 - 2021
Global VC investing in consumer & enterprise

C

2020 - 2020

VC MBA Associate, Citi Impact Fund
2020 - 2020
Impact investing in healthcare, proptech, future of work, fintech, and sustainability

BC

2020 - 2020

VC MBA Associate
2020 - 2020
Early-stage VC investing in enterprise SaaS

V

2018 - 2019

Innovation Manager
2018 - 2019
Built corporate accelerator programs and facilitated corporate-startup partnerships for Fortune 500 companies.

MA

2015 - 2018

Digital Media Strategy for AMC Networks
2015 - 2018
Drove ratings for the highest-rated show on cable TV, The Walking Dead