Investing Profile

Benjamin Ling

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Founding General Partner at Bling Capital

blingcap.comMiami Beach, Florida

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Current Investing Position

Bling Capital General Partner

Investment Range

$400K - $3.0M

Sweet Spot

$1M

Investments On Record

134

Current Fund Size

$30M

Benjamin Ling is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Benjamin Ling's Investments On Record (109)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Maneva	Series AJun 2026$27M SeedMar 2025$10M	$37M
Co-investors: Maria Palma (Kindred Capital VC)
Parambil	SeedJan 2026$6M	$6M
teachme.to	SeedSep 2025$3M SeedJul 2024$5M	$10M
Co-investors: Ramy Adeeb (1984 Ventures), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Deborah Liu, Sam Altman
Klutch.ai	SeedJun 2025$8M	$8M
Capitalize	Series BAug 2024$19M Series AFeb 2021$13M SeedMar 2020$2M	$38M
Co-investors: Raju Rishi (RRE Ventures), Ben Lerer (Lerer Hippeau), Jeffrey Reitman (Nyca Partners), Will Szczerbiak, Hari Lakshmanan
Odyssey	Series AMay 2024$10M SeedOct 2022$5M	$390M
Co-investors: Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Anne Lee Skates (Andreessen Horowitz), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Nick Grossman (Union Square Ventures), Jinal Jhaveri (Runa Capital), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Lucas Vaz (Ravelin Capital), Katelyn Donnelly (Avalanche VC), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Charlie Pinto (Fundamental Ventures), John Danner (Dunce Capital), Bradley Tusk (Tusk Venture Partners), Kyle Vogt (Cruise Automation, Inc.), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Sharif Sakr (Breyer Capital), Balder Bomans (Maven 11 Capital), Rick Zullo (Equal Ventures), Seth Corder (High Alpha), Scott Dorsey (High Alpha), Tim Kopp (Hyde Park Venture Partners), Michael Lazerow (Lazerow Ventures), Guillermo Rauch, Trent McConaghy
Coverdash	Series AFeb 2024$14M SeedJan 2023$3M	$17M
Co-investors: Stephanie Khoo (Nyca Partners), Garrett Koehn
Optiversal	SeedApr 2023$4M	$10M
Co-investors: Scott Savitz (Data Point Capital), Aubrie Pagano (XFactor Ventures)

Benjamin Ling's Media (1)

Khosla GP launches Bling Capital to help seed-stage startups build products – TechCrunch

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Benjamin Ling's Experience

Founding General Partner BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present

Founding General Partner Xtripe AngelsPresent

Founding General Partner Angel Investor and AdvisorPresent

Investor and Advisor Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent

Founding General Partner Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent

Investor and Advisor University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Founding General Partner University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Research Intern IBMPresent

Senior Engineer EpiphanyPresent

Research Intern Tellme NetworksPresent

Research Assistant Stanford UniversityPresent

Founder of Google Commerce, GM / Product Management Director GooglePresent

Director of Platform FacebookPresent

Senior Director of Partnerships, Content and Platforms YouTubePresent

Senior Director, Product Management and Engineering, Mobile Applications Lab GooglePresent

Senior Director, Product Management of Search Products and Local Business Products GooglePresent

Board Member Smartfrog&Canary (canary.is)Present

Board Member Academia.eduPresent

Board Member Tapingo (acquired by Grubhub)Present

Investor and Advisor Self-EmployedPresent

Investor RemindPresent

Investor TriNet ZenefitsPresent

Board Member Quantopian Inc.Present

Founding General Partner Self-EmployedPresent

Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead MerlinPresent

Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead OstroPresent

Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead ElemyPresent

Investor and Advisor NewCoPresent

Founding General Partner NewCoPresent

Investor and Advisor Top-PatentsPresent

Founding General Partner Top-PatentsPresent

Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead ABAPresent

General Partner Khosla VenturesPresent

Investor and Advisor Angel Investor and AdvisorPresent

Investor UdemyPresent

Investor RemindHQPresent

Investor HoneyBookPresent

Investor ZenefitsPresent

Board Member PlastiqPresent

Board Member WattpadPresent

Board Member QuantopianPresent

Investor DrivepointPresent

Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead Merlin LabsPresent

Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead RxdefinePresent

Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead PrintifyPresent

Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead VisePresent

Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead Sprout TherapyPresent

Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead TempoPresent

Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead HermeusPresent

Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead VehoPresent

Investor RipplingPresent

Founding General Partner Bling CapitalPresent

Benjamin Ling's Education

Stanford University M.S. Computer Science

University of California, Berkeley Bachelors, Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

University of California, Berkeley B.S. Electrical Engineering Computer Science, Minor in Business Administration

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