Alyse Killeen

Alyse registered Stillmark in 2018 as an early, bitcoin and frontier technology-focused, traditional, venture capital firm. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Stillmark and is focused on the Firm’s investments. With over 10 years of experience identifying and investing in complex frontier technologies in the private market, Alyse founded Stillmark to bring the practice of professional investment, portfolio management, and committed founder partnership to the burgeoning Bitcoin ecosystem.

Alyse entered the Bitcoin industry in 2013 as one of the first institutional investors to study the potential of Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention. Her first investments in the field were made in 2014 and include the initial financing for Blockstream, a company for which she currently serves as a Board Director. Alyse is also on the boards of Satoshi Energy, IBEX Mercado, and Vida Global.

Before founding Stillmark, Alyse was on the investment teams of Los Angeles-based venture capital firms Clearstone Ventures Partners and March Capital Partners, concentrated in part on data science, cloud networking, and cybersecurity technologies as they emerged. Alyse has been recognized as a technology and industry expert across various outlets, including Bloomberg, Sky News, CNBC, Forbes, and Fortune.