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Dan Hightower

Product Lead @ AngelList | Past: 2x founder & Army Special Forces

United States

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

2022

  • Product Lead

    2022

    Building AngelList's software suite for companies. Making it easier for companies to leverage their equity.

2021 - 2022

  • 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.

2020 - 2021

  • 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.

2015 - 2019

  • 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.

2009 - 2011

  • Product Manager & Platform Partnerships

    2009 - 2011

    Marketing software company. I built and managed our integrations, especially with with ad networks: Google, Facebook, Twitter.

2009 - 2011

  • Associate Director

    2009 - 2011

    Spreadsheeted, sourced deals, and listened intently to founders as they built software companies.