# Hightower Inc.

> Hightower was a New York commercial real estate software company founded in 2013. Its cloud and mobile tools helped landlords and brokers manage leasing pipelines, documents and portfolio analytics. It merged with rival VTS in November 2016 and the combined business adopted the VTS name.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Brandon Weber (Co-founder and CEO before merger), Niall Smart (Co-founder and CTO), Donald DeSantis (Co-founder and Chief Product Officer)
- **Products:** Landlord 360, Landlord Advisor, Tenant Advisor, Floored integration, CompStak partnership
- **Notable:** Raised approximately $21.6 million across the principal disclosed seed, Series A and Series B rounds., Reported use in 265 cities across five countries by May 2015., More than 125 institutional landlords reported in April 2016.

## Products & services

- **Landlord 360** — Portfolio and leasing visibility for commercial landlords, including deal activity and asset analytics.
- **Landlord Advisor** — Agency-broker workflow for prospects, negotiations, property marketing and deal files.
- **Tenant Advisor** — Tenant-representative tool for organizing client searches and leasing deals; launched in October 2015.
- **Floored integration** — Interactive 3-D property tours within Hightower’s platform.
- **CompStak partnership** — Announced integration of market lease transactions into leasing workflows; customer data was not to flow back to CompStak.

## Achievements

- Raised approximately $21.6 million across the principal disclosed seed, Series A and Series B rounds.
- Reported use in 265 cities across five countries by May 2015.
- More than 125 institutional landlords reported in April 2016.
- Combined customer portfolios exceeded 5 billion square feet at the VTS merger announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2016-11** — Hightower merged with VTS and the combined company adopted the VTS name.
- **2018-02** — A post-merger interview reported 35–50 integration job cuts and 28,000 users in 28 countries for the combined VTS business, not standalone Hightower.
- **2026-06** — Brandon Weber discussed lessons from Hightower and his subsequent company Nava Benefits on The Startup Podcast; this is a founder retrospective, not a new Hightower product announcement.

## Links

- Website: http://www.gethightower.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hightower-inc-
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/hightower
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/gethightower

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