# Elias Torres, Venture Partner

> Elias Torres, Venture Partner. 3 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/elias-torres (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Boston, US · Partner

# Elias Torres

Venture Partner at [HubSpot Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hubspot-ventures)

Latest rounds

- **Postscript** Round · $4.5M Dec 2019
- **Cymbal** Seed Jun 2015
- **Appcues** Seed · $1.2M Dec 2014

Backs *Advertising & Adtech* *Big Data & Analytics* *Web3 & Crypto*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 3 last Dec 2019
- **Filings:** 1 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 5 episodes

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 3 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At HubSpot Ventures
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**HubSpot Ventures** Corporate VC · US **6** cheques in 12 months **63** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hubspot-ventures)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 3
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $5.7M
- **Active:** 2014–19

2019

- [Postscript](https://millionrounds.com/company/postscript) *Round* **$4.5M** *US* Dec 2019 Joined · +7 investors

2015

- [Cymbal](https://millionrounds.com/company/cymbal) *Seed* *US* Jun 2015 Joined · +4 investors · historical

2014

- [Appcues](https://millionrounds.com/company/appcues) *Seed* **$1.2M** *US* Dec 2014 Joined · +6 investors · historical

By stage

- Seed **2**
- Round **1**

What they backed

Advertising & Adtech **1** Big Data & Analytics **1** Web3 & Crypto **1**

Alongside

- [Accomplice *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accomplice)
- Andrew Bialecki *1*
- [Atlas Venture *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture)
- [Brian Halligan *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-halligan)
- [David Cancel *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-cancel)
- Dennis Steele *1*
- [Dharmesh Shah *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hubspot-ventures)
- Eric Rea *1*

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

- [Appcues](https://millionrounds.com/company/appcues)
- [Cymbal](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cymbal-2)
- [Goldcast](https://millionrounds.com/startup/goldcast)
- [Klaviyo](https://millionrounds.com/company/klaviyo)
- [Postscript](https://millionrounds.com/company/postscript)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **BloomTech Inc.** Director since 2024

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at HubSpot Ventures

- [**David Cohen** Chief Sales Officer *116 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-cohen)
- [**Dharmesh Shah** Founder and CTO *51 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/dharmesh-shah-3)
- [**Adam Coccari** Managing Director - Intuit Ventures *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adam-coccari)
- [**Brian Bresee** Senior Director of Sales *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brian-bresee)
- [**Brian Gorbett** VP, Product *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brian-gorbett)
- [**Dan Tyre** CEO & Founder *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/dan-tyre)
- [**David Kong** Sr. Business Systems Analyst *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-kong)
- [**James Stone** Vice President, MidMarket Sales *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/james-stone-2)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Training Data](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/training-data) · 23 Sept 2025 · 45 min Why Businesses Are Rejecting the AI They’ve Asked For: Agency CEO Elias Torres With [Elias Torres](https://millionrounds.com/person/elias-torres) Mentions [David Cancel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-cancel)[Andrew Bialecki](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrew-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… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 21 Mar 2025 · 1h 7m 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 With [Elias Torres](https://millionrounds.com/person/elias-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [No Priors](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/no-priors) · 19 Dec 2024 · 31 min Revolutionizing Customer Success with Agency’s Elias Torres With [Elias Torres](https://millionrounds.com/person/elias-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… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 18 Jan 2023 · 22 min SaaStr 626: 10 Lessons Learned Scaling to $1B Valuation with Drift Co-founders David Cancel and Elias Torres With [Elias Torres](https://millionrounds.com/person/elias-torres) Mentions [David Cancel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) · 4 Jan 2022 · 43 min Building a World-Class Team with Elias Torres of Drift With [Elias Torres](https://millionrounds.com/person/elias-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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