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Bling Capital
Founding General Partner
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Founding General Partner at Bling Capital
Bling Capital is a Venture Capital firm focused on Seed and Series A
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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.
Founding General Partner
Founding General Partner at Bling Capital
Bling Capital is a Venture Capital firm focused on Seed and Series A
Investor
Investor
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
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
Investor
Investor
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Investor
Seed investor / largest non-institutional investor.
Investor
Seed investor
Investor
Seed investor
Investor
Seed investor
Investor and Advisor
Angel Investor and Advisor to 80+ early stage technology companies, including Square, Fab.com, Palantir, IndieGoGo, PracticeFusion, Pulse, Quora, Udemy, PagerDuty, DogVacay, Compstak, Zenefits. Fuller list at angel.co/bling0
General Partner
General Partner at Khosla Ventures
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Senior Director, Product Management of Search Products and Local Business Products
Product Management Lead across Google Images, Video, News, Finance, Books, Blogs, Real-Time, Alerts, and Trends.
Senior Director, Product Management and Engineering, Mobile Applications Lab
Led product, engineering, and spearheaded corporate development efforts for mobile applications in local/commerce, including 2 acquisitions (TalkBin, PunchD).
Senior Director of Partnerships, Content and Platforms
Senior Director of Partnerships, Content and Platforms
Director of Platform
Director of Platform
Founder of Google Commerce, GM / Product Management Director
GM/Cross-functional lead of Google Checkout and Product Search
Research Assistant
Research Assistant
Research Intern
Research Intern
Senior Engineer
Senior Engineer
Research Intern
Research Intern
Ph.D.
Ph.D. - Computer Science
M.S.
M.S. - Computer Science
B.S.
B.S. - Electrical Engineering Computer Science, Minor in Business Administration
Core technical, product, and investment competencies derived from a career spanning major tech executive roles and venture capital.
Venture Capital
Seed & Series A Investing
Deal Sourcing
Portfolio Management
Angel Investing
Due Diligence
Product Management
Product Strategy
Mobile Applications
E-commerce
Search Technology
Platform Development
Go-to-Market Strategy
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Executive Management
Strategic Planning
Corporate Development
Team Building
Operations Management
Software Engineering
Distributed Systems
Big Data
Analytics
Cloud Computing
User Interface Design
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
Male 65.7%, Female 34.3%
25-34 (64.5%), 35-54 (17.8%), 18-24 (12.4%)
US (13.1%), BR (11.7%), IR (8.6%), IN (7.0%)
Tehran (2.7%), Baghdad (2.2%), New York (1.5%)
20.7K followers
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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.