Hilstart
hilstart.io
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Growth
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Financials
Funding and backers
Total raised
$1.6M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$500k
Convertible Note · Aug 2026 · 2 mo ago
Team
1-10
employees, estimated range
Backers
1
Y Combinator
The money's age
Fresh money
2 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 11
Raised a round Convertible Note $500k · SEC Form D
Jul 13
Raised a round Convertible Note $1.1M · SEC Form D
Jun 2026
Went through Y Combinator
2026
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 40%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convertible Note | Aug 2026 | $500k | — | SEC Form D |
| Convertible Note | Jul 2026 | $1.1M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | HILstart, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Simon AlexanderExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
William A'CourtExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Rahul BhatiExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Overview
Upload your board. Hilstart builds a specification you approve, writes executable tests, runs them on real hardware once you confirm, and returns a report built from the measurements.
People
Simon Alexander
Executive Officer, Director
William A'Court
Executive Officer, Director
Rahul Bhati
Executive Officer, Director
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco
United States
HQ
1-10 est. staff