Dean Hatton

Founding Partner at Las Olas Venture Capital

Overview

Dean Hatton is a Founding Partner at Las Olas Venture Capital[1], where the firm emphasizes service to founders across dimensions including focus, courage, and operating experience[2]. Hatton has held the position since January 2016[3] and brings over 40 years of leadership experience focused on helping early-stage founders[2]. Hatton currently serves on the boards of multiple companies including OneRail[9], ReloQuest, Inc.[10], Davinci Micro Fulfillment[8], City Detect[6], BITE Data[5], and CLEATUS AI[4], and serves as a board observer at Trajektory[7]. Hatton holds an AB in Economics and Government from Franklin & Marshall College[11] and attended the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking[12].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

With over 40 years of leadership experience and a record of success creating value for investors, I’m focused on helping the founders of early-stage businesses write their stories. At Las Olas Venture Capital, we view ourselves as a service organization; our brand image depends on delivering on our promise to help founders succeed. We like to be measured on these ten dimensions: • Focus – discerning signal from noise, we spend time on what matters. • Courage – we have strong opinions, make bold moves, and will admit when we’re wrong. • Operating Experience – we’ve got lots of it, and we wan…

Career history

  1. Founding PartnerJan 2016 to presentLas Olas Venture Capital
  2. Board MemberApr 2026 to presentCLEATUS AI
  3. Board MemberJun 2025 to presentBITE Data
  4. Board MemberSep 2024 to presentCity Detect
  5. Board ObserverMay 2024 to presentTrajektory
  6. Board MemberSep 2023 to presentDavinci Micro Fulfillment
  7. Board MemberFeb 2020 to presentOneRail
  8. Board MemberApr 2017 to presentReloQuest, Inc.

Education

  1. AB, Economics and Government1978 - 1982Franklin & Marshall College
  2. ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking

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