# Daniel Hightower

> Daniel Hightower is a Series A investor at AngelList Venture backing Mobile and Analytics. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [AngelList Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist-venture)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2014
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danhighto
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/daniel.hightower

Daniel Hightower is a Series A investor at AngelList Venture focused on Mobile and Analytics. Daniel Hightower is the product lead at AngelList. He attended the University of Alabama and Montgomery Bell Academy.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Analytics | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |
| Advertising | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spendsetter | Spendsetter is an Advocacy Marketing Platform that helps brands nurture long-lasting relationships with their advocates and keep them engaged. It was launched in 2007 as Moontoast and changed its name to Spendsetter in 2014. | $4.5M | Series B | Feb 09, 2014 |  |
| Spendsetter | Spendsetter is an Advocacy Marketing Platform that helps brands nurture long-lasting relationships with their advocates and keep them engaged. It was launched in 2007 as Moontoast and changed its name to Spendsetter in 2014. | $5M | Series B | Jan 14, 2013 |  |
| Spendsetter | Spendsetter is an Advocacy Marketing Platform that helps brands nurture long-lasting relationships with their advocates and keep them engaged. It was launched in 2007 as Moontoast and changed its name to Spendsetter in 2014. | $6M | Series A | Jan 05, 2012 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## About AngelList Venture

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

AngelList Venture is also opening up a community round, raised on the platform itself, for GPs who have made an investment with them over the past year,

4 contacts available at AngelList Venture.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Avlok Kohli | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avlok-kohli |
| Daniel Hightower | Product Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-hightower |
| Eric Woo | Head of Institutional Capital | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-woo |
| Michael Deng | Engineering Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-deng-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Daniel Hightower invest in?

Daniel Hightower invests primarily in Mobile, Analytics and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Daniel Hightower last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Hightower closed in Feb 2014. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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