Founding General Partner / Bling Capital
Benjamin Ling is the Founding General Partner at Bling Capital, a venture capital firm focused on Seed and Series A investments. He is a highly experienced investor, having previously served as a General Partner at Khosla Ventures and held senior product and engineering roles at major tech companies including Google, YouTube, and Facebook. Ling is noted for his successful track record, having backed numerous "unicorn" billion-dollar companies.
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Founding General Partner
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Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
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Senior Director, Product Management of Search Products and Local Business Products
Senior Director, Product Management and Engineering, Mobile Applications Lab
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Founder of Google Commerce, GM / Product Management Director
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Core technical, product, and investment competencies derived from a career spanning major tech executive roles and venture capital.
Benjamin Ling is the Founding General Partner at Bling Capital, known for his successful track record of backing 19 unicorn companies.
Ling has backed 19 "unicorn" billion-dollar companies throughout his career as an investor at Bling Capital and Khosla Ventures.
He held senior product and engineering roles at Google, YouTube, and Facebook before transitioning into venture capital.
Yes, he is listed as a board member for Rippling (since February 2017) and also serves on the boards of Veho and Hermeus.
He has completed over 80 angel investments, in addition to his institutional investments at Bling Capital and Khosla Ventures.
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Venture Capital, Enterprise Software (SaaS), Consumer Internet, Mobile Technology
Fintech, Healthtech, Logistics, Future of Work
Visionary, Results-Oriented, Experienced Operator, Data-Driven, Entrepreneurial
Early-Stage Focus, Technology, Product-Centric, Global Markets
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