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Strategic Partners for Founder-Led Growth

We Speak Founder. Growth. Capital. Finance. Operations.

You built the company. We help build the foundation to scale, raise capital and exit on your terms.

4
Unicorns
$30B+
Transactions Closed
30+
Years of Experience
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We've already made a difference for

Dropbox CMX Race Technologies Rady Genomics Rigetti EZTexting Netki Intelletrace Pinova Therapeutics SAAZ

Our Approach

A strategic advisory firm serving founder-led, high-growth companies.

Hilliard Advisors is led by former operators, bulge-bracket investment bankers, and investors who have spent decades on both sides of the table building, financing, and scaling founder-led companies.

01We Speak Founder
02Relationship-Centered
03Founders First
04Where We Add Value
05Purpose-Driven

Communication

"We Speak Founder"

Interpreting a founder's vision begins with communication. We translate between visionary ambition and the financial language that boards, investors, and acquirers speak.

Founder-First Communication

Experienced Guides

Every summit requires
acclimated guides.

Like superheroes, founders' courage and perseverance can lead teams to summit seemingly unclimbable mountains. But neither superheroes nor founders are invulnerable. Misdirected energy can create avalanches that cost time, capital, and even team members.

Growing a business is climbing a mountain. As companies scale, the terrain changes and every summit requires experience, judgment, and perspective.

For coachable founders, Hilliard Advisors provides a team fluent in Founder — with the operational, financial, and strategic perspective to help companies scale and navigate the unique opportunities and challenges of capital formation and M&A.

Select Clients

In their words.

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Hover over a founder to see their quote.

Mitch Porche
Mitch Porche
ComplianceMetrix
Vijesh Mehta
Vijesh Mehta
EZTexting
Sep Sarshar
Sep Sarshar
Pinova Therapeutics
Jaime Trimble
Jaime Trimble
Race Technologies
Hilliard Advisors

A strategic partner to
extraordinary founders.

Four unicorns and counting.