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Hillman Group

10590 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45231, United States

Overview

Hillman provides hardware-related products and solutions for retail marketplaces. Hillman designs innovative product and merchandising solutions for complex categories that deliver an outstanding customer experience to home improvement centers, mass merchants, national and regional hardware stores, pet supply stores, and OEM & Industrial customers.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
1
Active investors
7

Sector focus

  • Consumer Goods
  • Retail
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Investment portfolio

  • Vurvey

    Led · Series A · Nov 2025

    Founded in 2021 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Vurvey Labs has developed an agentic AI suite that conducts interviews with real consumers to generate panels on trends. These consumer panels are sold to large brands to support their business decision-making. The company’s technology automates interviewer-like interactions to gather insights from real people. The article notes Vurvey as a provider of trend panels to major brands but does not disclose revenue, user counts, or other operating metrics. The recent investment from Havas was announced at Cannes Lions and signals industry interest in scaling the company’s commercial reach.

Team

  • Doug Cahill

    Chairman, CEO & President

  • Max W. Hillman

    Founder

  • Jon Michael Adinolfi

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  • Ari Bennett

    Resharp Technology Director

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