Boston, US · Partner
Elias Torres
Venture Partner at HubSpot Ventures
Latest rounds
- PostscriptRound · $4.5MDec 2019
- CymbalSeedJun 2015
- AppcuesSeed · $1.2MDec 2014
BacksAdvertising & AdtechBig Data & AnalyticsWeb3 & Crypto
The firm
HubSpot VenturesCorporate VC · US6cheques in 12 months63all time0ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 3
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $5.7M
- Active
- 2014–19
PostscriptRound$4.5MUSJoined · +7 investors
CymbalSeedUSJoined · +4 investors · historical
AppcuesSeed$1.2MUSJoined · +6 investors · historical
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Companies they are listed as backing
Portfolio
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingBloomTech Inc.Directorsince 2024
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Why Businesses Are Rejecting the AI They’ve Asked For: Agency CEO Elias Torres
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MentionsDavid CancelAndrew Bialecki
About this episode
Elias Torres has been building AI systems since 1999, from chatbots at IBM to co-founding Drift and now Agency. He believes businesses are caught in an expectation mismatch, demanding AI while rejecting it due to imperfection anxiety. Drawing from his experience scaling HubSpot, Elias explains why…
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20VC: Selling Drift for $1.2BN is the Biggest Failure: What No One Tells You About Selling Your Company | Why Incumbents Are Slower & Worse Than Ever | Why the Most Valuable Companies in a World of AI Will Not Have More Than 100 People with Elias Torres
WithElias Torres
About this episode
Elias Torres is the Co-Founder and CEO of Agency, the AI agent for customer success teams. Prior to Agency, Elias was the Co-Founder of Drift, a company he sold to Vista for $1.2BN Before that he started Performable, which he sold to Hubspot. In Today's Episode We Discuss: 03:50 Do Rich… More on the show's page
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Revolutionizing Customer Success with Agency’s Elias Torres
WithElias Torres
About this episode
Today on No Priors, Sarah sits down with Elias Torres, CEO and founder of Agency, an AI agent for customer success teams. Elias shares his journey from growing up in Nicaragua to founding several companies, leading engineering at HubSpot, and selling Drift for $1B. He also discusses his work…
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SaaStr 626: 10 Lessons Learned Scaling to $1B Valuation with Drift Co-founders David Cancel and Elias Torres
WithElias Torres
MentionsDavid Cancel
About this episode
Reaching unicorn status is nice validation, but the luster fades when founders can't navigate the hidden challenges that come with uncharted territory. David Cancel and Elias Torres, co-founders of Drift, share their insight on steering a company to a $1B valuation with both the tenacity to… More on the show's page
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Building a World-Class Team with Elias Torres of Drift
WithElias Torres
About this episode
Elias Torres (@eliast), co-founder and CTO at Drift, joins Lucas Bagno for this episode, which was recorded as part of a special event for Villagers. They discussed: - Why Elias is so grateful for the US and the differences he noticed when he came here from Nicaragua. - How he has forged a great… More on the show's page
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