Hightower Raises $13M in Series B

What does Hightower do?

Hightower, offers a mobile technology platform which allows landlords and their brokers in collaborating on the deals in real time. This startup is changing the commercial real estate market with a mobile technology platform which allows the brokers and landlords to track vital documents and info and find the real time analytics all from their smart phone.

Hightower is the brainchild of technologist turned into a commercial real estate executive, Brandon Weber, who found the company with Donald DeSantis and Niall Smart. Its customers are some of the most prominent names in real estate market, venture capital and entrepreneurship who include Thrive Capital, David Tisch, Bessemer Venture Partners and Aaron Levie.

How much Hightower was funded?

Hightower raised $13M in Series  B funding on May 19^th, 2015 from Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Thrive Capital and RRE Ventures.

Previous funding

$2.1M in Seed funding on December 20, 2013 from BoxGroup, Lee Linden, Gary Vaynerchuk, Bessemer Venture Partners, Thrive Capital and Brandon Shorenstein

$6.5M in Series A funding on August 21, 2014 from Vayner/RSE, Lee Linden, Brandon Shorenstein, Red Swan Ventures, David Tisch and RRE Ventures

What is next for Hightower?

Hightower has raised a total of $21.7M funding to date. The latest funding will be used to scale its team and accelerate the product development and to expand its business internationally.

The new funding makes Hightower one of the best funded startup in the commercial real estate industry.

More about Hightower

Hightower, was founded on March 1^st, 2013 by Donald DeSantis, Niall Smart, Brandon Weber. It has its headquarters in New York, NY. This is a web based leasing management platform which helps commercial real estate brokers and owners in efficiently manage their end to end leasing process. It allows brokers and owners to reach prospects, convert then into tenants and manage the overall portfolio performance.