Hillary Cook

Hillary leads venture capital fund investing across Next Legacy’s established and emerging manager strategies. She joined the firm in 2022 and has helped commit over $2B to premier venture capital firms, proving instrumental in shaping the Emerging Leaders strategy and partnering with and supporting exceptional managers. She brings deep capital allocation and LP investing experience, with particular expertise in early-stage venture and a background spanning asset classes.

Before Next Legacy, Hillary was an investor at Sapphire Ventures, where she invested in early-stage venture funds across the US, Europe, and Israel, helping commit over $150M per year to emerging managers. While there, she contributed to Sapphire’s #OpenLP initiative, publishing on emerging manager fundraising, fund recycling, consumer and enterprise investing, and diversity in venture capital.

She began her career at the Williams College Investment Office, investing globally across ten asset classes on behalf of the College’s endowment. That breadth shaped how she evaluates managers today, and it was Next Legacy’s model that brought her to the firm: it sits at the intersection of everything she cares about, backing world-changing technology, sports, and philanthropy.

Hillary is a Kauffman Fellow (KF31) and earned her BA in Economics from Williams College, where she played varsity lacrosse. Giving back has long been central to how she sees the world. Before college, she spent a gap year in rural Pailin, Cambodia, teaching English and computer classes, working on a farm, and helping prepare meals for a program that fed local children for free. She believed in that program enough to put her internship savings into it, and she continues to support a number of causes close to her today.

Hillary grew up ski racing and playing soccer, still skis every chance she gets, and is a devoted fan of women’s sports. A Boston native, she lives there today with her husband and son.