Brian Halligan is the founder of Propeller Ventures and co-founder of HubSpot, where he served as CEO for fifteen years. He is also a Senior Advisor at Sequoia Capital and a Senior Lecturer at MIT.
What Brian can write
Propeller writes $500K to $3M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.
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- HubSpot · co-founder and CEO
- Propeller Ventures · founderNow
- Sequoia Capital · Senior Advisor
- MIT · Senior Lecturer
- HubSpot · CEOnull-2021
- Propeller · General Partner & FounderNow
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Who is Brian Halligan?
Brian Halligan is the founder of Propeller Ventures and co-founder of HubSpot, where he served as CEO for fifteen years. He is also a Senior Advisor at Sequoia Capital and a Senior Lecturer at MIT.
How much does Brian Halligan invest?
Brian Halligan invests through Propeller, which writes checks of $500K to $3M at pre-seed, seed, series a.
How do I pitch Brian Halligan?
Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Brian in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Propeller backed works better.
What did Brian Halligan do before Propeller?
co-founder and CEO at HubSpot; Senior Advisor at Sequoia Capital; Senior Lecturer at MIT; CEO at HubSpot.
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