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Brian Halligan | Investor profile
Profile at a glance
Brian Halligan co-founded HubSpot and served as its CEO through 2021. He is now a partner at Sequoia Capital and remains involved in MIT Sloan entrepreneurship education. His experience spans enterprise software, marketing technology, sales leadership, and founder coaching.
Source verification date: · Roles, career, and education are from HubSpot’s official biography. A report on Sable’s financing names Halligan as an angel investor but does not disclose his individual contribution.
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Key facts
| Company building | Co-founded HubSpot and served as its CEO until 2021. |
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| Entrepreneurship education | Developed and taught MIT Sloan’s Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures course for more than a decade. |
Experience
He has built software and internet companies and led sales and executive teams at PTC, Groove Networks, and HubSpot. At Sequoia he advises startup founders, and he developed and taught an MIT Sloan course on scaling entrepreneurial ventures.
Career and roles
- HubSpot · Co-founder and CEO
CEO through 2021; the cited biography does not state the start date · Co-founded the enterprise software company and served as CEO through 2021.
- Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) · Early employee
Former role; dates not stated · Joined early and built PTC’s Pacific Rim operation from Hong Kong and Tokyo.
- Groove Networks · Vice President of Sales
Former role; dates not stated · The company was acquired by Microsoft in 2005.
- Sequoia Capital · Partner
Current · Advises and coaches startup founders on becoming scaleup CEOs.
- MIT Sloan School of Management · Course developer and longtime instructor
More than a decade (as reported on the profile) · Developed and taught Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures; the page does not state a current appointment title.
Education
- University of Vermont
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE)
- MIT Sloan School of Management
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Public record
- The Next Web’s Sable financing report lists Halligan among the angel investors. His individual investment amount was not disclosed.
Official contact details
- Official HubSpot biography: Brian Halligan
Sources
- 1. Brian Halligan — Sequoia role
Today, Brian is a partner at Sequoia Capital, where he advises and coaches startup founders to become scaleup CEOs.
- 2. Brian Halligan — HubSpot
Brian Halligan, co-founder of HubSpot, served as the company's CEO until 2021.
- 3. Brian Halligan — education and early career
He began his career with a BSEE from the University of Vermont as an early employee at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC).
- 4. Brian Halligan — Groove Networks
He subsequently served as vice president of sales at Groove Networks, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2005 and became part of Microsoft SharePoint Workspace.
- 5. Brian Halligan — MIT Sloan education
Brian earned an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management, where he continues to stay involved.
- 6. Brian Halligan — MIT Sloan teaching
Brian developed MIT’s popular Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures class, which he has taught for over a decade.
- 7. The Next Web: Sable’s $45M financing
Angel investors include HubSpot co-founders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, Valor’s Antonio Gracias, and Cognition CEO Scott Wu.
- 8. Brian Halligan — PTC Pacific Rim operation
He was tapped to establish and build PTC's Pacific Rim operation out of Hong Kong and Tokyo, growing it to $100 million in revenue.