Investing Profile

Erik Torenberg(453)

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General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
eriktorenberg.blogspot.comSan Francisco, California
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Erik Torenberg's investing connections

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117 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 114 other investors on Signal.

Networks Erik is a member of
Self-Employed Network
495 CONNECTIONS
Center for Rural Health Leadership Network
432 CONNECTIONS
The Grameen Creative Lab Network
241 CONNECTIONS
Asset Management Group Network
217 CONNECTIONS
University of Michigan Network
192 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Andreessen Horowitz General Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $1.5M
Sweet Spot
$750K
Investments On Record
12
Current Fund Size
$2.2B

Erik Torenberg is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Erik Torenberg's Investments On Record (10)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Convoke
SeedAug 2025$9M
$9M
Co-investors: Leigh Marie Braswell (Kleiner Perkins), Nan Li (6 Dimensions Capital)
Forethought
Series DMay 2025$25M
Series ADec 2018$9M
SeedFeb 2018$1M
$120M
Co-investors: Sandhya Venkatachalam (Khosla Ventures), Manu Kumar (K9 Ventures), Alex Kolicich (8VC), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Robert Downey Jr (Footprint Coalition), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Ben Casnocha (Village Global), Yan-David Erlich (Coatue Management), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Christopher Manning (AIX Ventures), Trevor McFedries (Techstars), Suranga Chandratillake (Balderton Capital), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Peter Sonsini, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Mathilde Collin, Andy Coravos, Baron Davis
ValueBase
Pre SeedFeb 2023$2M
$14M
Co-investors: Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Julian Weisser (Other Ventures), Sam Altman, Sahil Lavingia
Pogo
SeedJul 2022$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Jennifer “Jenny" Fleiss (Initialized Capital), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Vindi Banga (Clayton Dubilier & Rice), Jon Oringer (Shutterstock), Drew Taggart (Mantis VC), Alex Pall (Mantis VC), Alex MacCaw (Earl Grey Capital), Siqi Chen (Laserlike Inc), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Ashley Mayer (Coalition Operators), Manik Gupta (Uber), Scott Belsky (A24), Julian Shapiro, Melissa Tan, Claire Hughes Johnson, Baron Davis, Mathilde Collin, Tyler Willis, Ryan Tedder, George Ruan
Plural.com
Pre SeedFeb 2022$750K
$750K
Co-investors: Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Tobias Knaup
1v1Me
Pre SeedDec 2020$2M
$6.1M
Co-investors: Nicky Kamra (Streamlined Ventures), Stephen Sikes (Socially Financed Fund), Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Jake Nechamkin (Muchmore Ventures), Albert Cheng (Socially Financed), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Ali Hamed (CoVenture), Trevor McFedries (Techstars), Ian Borthwick (SeatGeek), Anthony Pompliano, Justin Waldron
Sora
SeedJul 2020$5M
$19M
Co-investors: Nimi Katragadda (BoxGroup), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Viviana Faga (Felicis Ventures), Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (General Catalyst), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Todd Jackson (First Round Capital), Kyra Durko (Two Sigma Ventures), Frances Schwiep (Two Sigma Ventures), Sean Mendy (Concrete Rose Capital), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Jana Messerschmidt (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Shan Aggarwal (Greycroft), Kent Goldman (Upside Partnership), Fritz Lanman (ClassPass), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Scott Belsky (A24), Mathilde Collin
Extend, Inc.
Series ANov 2019$16M
$320M
Co-investors: Alex Clayton (Meritech Capital Partners), Michael Arrieta (Garden City Companies), Michael Marks (Celesta), Rick Smith (Crosscut Ventures), Nagraj Kashyap (SoftBank Investment Advisers), Lindsay Fitzgerald (Company Capital), Jason Robins

Erik Torenberg's Experience

Co-Founder and Partner Village Global2017 - Present
Co-founder, Partner Village Global2017 - Present
Co-founder and Chairman Token Daily, evolved into Volt Capital2017 - Present
Founder, Co-CEO On Deck2015 - Present
Founder On Deck2015 - Present
Co-founder and Chairman Self-EmployedPresent
Co-founder and Chairman Asset Management GroupPresent
Founder TurpentinePresent
Co-founder and Chairman The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Co-founder and Chairman Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Co-Founder, CEO (#500 Strong) Rapt.fmPresent
Co-founder and Chairman Self-employedPresent
Founder, Chairman ODF (On Deck Fellowship)Present
General Partner Andreessen HorowitzPresent
Founder, Chairman On DeckPresent
Curriculum Development / Player Training IMG AcademyPresent
Product Marketing SeelioPresent
Business Development Direct Brands (Columbia House & Doubleday)Present
Investor Angel Investing2019
Founding Team, Employee #1, Community & Business Development Product Hunt2014 - 2016
Founding Team, Employee #1, Community Product Hunt2014 - 2016
Co-Founder, CEO (#500 Strong) rapt.fm2011 - 2013

Erik Torenberg's Education

University of Michigan Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics, English Literature