Dan Hightower
Product Lead at AngelList
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Product Lead
2022 - Current
Building AngelList's software suite for companies. Making it easier for companies to leverage their equity.
AngelList is a U.S. website for startups, angel investors, and job-seekers looking to work at startups.
Raised $170,200,000.00 from Beyond Capital, FJ Labs, Nomad Ventures, Kyle Tibbitts, Angel Collective Opportunity Fund, Sprint Vc, Ride Home Fund, Palumni VC, Vishal Rao and Tiger Global Management.
Product Director
2021 - 2022
Launched Carta Launch (freemium cap table/fundraising tools), driving millions in new ARR per quarter. Made it possible for law firms to onboard their clients' cap tables without having to talk to sales person, increasing customer experience and profit margin. Overall responsible for product-led growth initiatives.
Carta is a global ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.
Raised $1,157,600,000.00 from 8090 Partners, Unanimous Capital, Sand Hill Angels, Vetamer, GS Growth, Step Ahead Capital, Massive, Silver Lake, Moonshots Capital and Launchbay Capital.
Co-Founder/COO
2020 - 2021
Built computer vision infrastructure for detecting and reducing physical risk in industrial environments, and sold it to insurers like The Hartford and Nationwide to get to first few million in ARR. Then launched our own worker's compensation insurance product.
Special Forces (Green Beret) Medical Sergeant
2015 - 2019
Military Free Fall. French speaker.
Founder/CEO
2011 - 2015
Built SaaS for analyzing hospital patient data, and sold it to enterprise health systems like Community Health Systems and HCA. Acquired.
Product Manager & Platform Partnerships
2009 - 2011
Marketing software company. I built and managed our integrations, especially with with ad networks: Google, Facebook, Twitter.
Associate Director
2009 - 2011
Spreadsheeted, sourced deals, and listened intently to founders as they built software companies.
Education
General Business Administration
2006 - 2010