Laura Hilty

Growth Steward

Laura Hilty is an operator-turned-investor who helps companies grow by staying relentlessly focused on the right problems. Over the past two decades, she has worked with founders and leadership teams through moments of rapid change—launching new products, shaping strategy, leading acquisitions, and serving on boards of early-stage companies.

Her experience has taught her that organizations rarely fail for lack of vision; they fail when they lose touch with the problems they exist to solve. Laura mentors entrepreneurs, supports global health initiatives, and spends her free time negotiating with her very determined young daughter and hiking and kayaking.

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