Elias Torres
Founder of Novy
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Customer Success Manager
2023 - Current
Building for businesses that care about their customers.
Venture Partner
2023
Learning how hard it is to invest and attract the top founders in the world. Working with my best friend.
Henry Crown Fellow
2022 - 2024
Connected with 19 exceptional fellows for life, focusing on personal growth and creating a positive impact on the world.
Aspen-HP Digital Equity Accelerator is an accelerator that fuels innovation by investing in not-for-profit organizations and NGOs.
Founder and CTO
2015 - 2023
Built an unicorn from scratch. A masterclass in product and brand building. Once again hired some of the most amazing people I have ever met. Really proud of the outcome for everyone after selling to Vista for $1B+
Drift develops conversational marketing and sales platform.
Raised $107,000,000.00 from Employee Stock Option Fund.
VP of Engineering
2011 - 2014
This was the first time dealing with real scale. Started with 5 people in Engineering and left it with 150 amazing engineers. Most of my product building chops were forged here. Learned to only shoot for the stars.
HubSpot develops cloud-based, inbound marketing software that allows businesses to transform the way that they market online.
Raised $100,500,000.00 from Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital, CRV, Cross Creek and Altimeter Capital.
Founder and CTO
2009 - 2011
First founding experience. Learned to hire great people. Learned to ship quickly. Built something worth buying. Performable was acquired by HubSpot.
VP of Engineering
2008 - 2009
Finally a startup, the only place I belonged. Learned how to leverage the cloud in its early days. Wore all the hats without much help. Never left my bedroom desk. Good times.