Investing Profile

Erik Torenberg(453)

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Co-founder, Partner at Village Global

eriktorenberg.blogspot.comSan Francisco, California

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Erik Torenberg's investing connections

Connected to 117 investors on Signal.

Networks Erik is a member of

Self-Employed Network

741 CONNECTIONS

Center for Rural Health Leadership Network

431 CONNECTIONS

University of Michigan Network

258 CONNECTIONS

Andreessen Horowitz Network

249 CONNECTIONS

The Grameen Creative Lab Network

244 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Village Global Partner

Investment Range

$250K - $1.5M

Sweet Spot

$750K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$1.5B

Erik Torenberg's Investments On Record (11)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Convoke	SeedAug 2025$9M	$9M
Co-investors: Nan Li (6 Dimensions Capital), Leigh Marie Braswell (Kleiner Perkins)
Forethought	Series DMay 2025$25M Series ADec 2018$9M SeedFeb 2018$1M	$120M
Co-investors: Manu Kumar (K9 Ventures), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Social Capital), Yan-David Erlich (B Capital Group), Alex Kolicich (8VC), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Ben Casnocha (Village Global), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Peter Sonsini (The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. New Incubation Ventures), Christopher Manning (AIX Ventures), Trevor McFedries (Techstars), Robert Downey Jr (TNB Aura), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Suranga Chandratillake (Balderton Capital), Gwyneth Paltrow, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Mathilde Collin, Andy Coravos, Baron Davis
ValueBase	Pre SeedFeb 2023$2M	$14M
Co-investors: Nat Friedman (Self-employed), Julian Weisser (Other Ventures), Sam Altman, Sahil Lavingia
Pogo	SeedJul 2022$12M	$12M
Co-investors: Josh Buckley (Buckley Ventures), Jennifer “Jenny" Fleiss (Initialized Capital), Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Vindi Banga (Clayton Dubilier & Rice), Ryan Tedder (Freelancer.com), Jon Oringer (Shutterstock), Drew Taggart (Mantis VC), Julian Shapiro (Julian Capital), Alex Pall (Mantis VC), Alex MacCaw (Earl Grey Capital), Melissa Tan (Various Startups), Siqi Chen (Xtripe Angels), Harry Stebbings (Stride.VC), Ashley Mayer (Coalition Operators), Manik Gupta (Uber), George Ruan, Tyler Willis, Mathilde Collin, Claire Hughes Johnson, Baron Davis
Socket	SeedMay 2022$5M	$140M
Co-investors: Zane Lackey (Andreessen Horowitz), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Christina Cacioppo (Union Square Ventures), Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz), John Lilly (Greylock), Jed McCaleb (Pantera Capital), Miles Grimshaw (Thrive Capital), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Mark Cuban (PKF The Consulting House, Dubai - UAE), Aditya Agarwal (South Park Commons), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), John Vrionis (Unusual Ventures), JD Ross (Risk Management Platform), Patrick Collison (Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation), Andrew Peterson (Aviso Ventures), Nat Friedman (Self-employed), Daniel Gross (Various), Dylan Field (Figma, Inc.), Julia Hartz (UCSF Foundation Investment Company), Charlie Cheever (Export Development Canada \| Exportation et développement Canada), Elad Gil (Gil Capital / Gil & Co), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Michael Anderson (Framework Ventures), Balaji Srinivasan, Frederic Kerrest, Guillermo Rauch, Jawed Karim, Aaron Levie, John Collison, Tobias Lutke
Plural.com	Pre SeedFeb 2022$750K	$750K
Co-investors: Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Tobias Knaup (Nutanix)
1v1Me	Pre SeedDec 2020$2M	$6.1M
Co-investors: Nicky Kamra (Streamlined Ventures), Albert Cheng (Socially Financed), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Ali Hamed (CoVenture), Trevor McFedries (Techstars), Ian Borthwick (SeatGeek), Stephen Sikes (Socially Financed Fund), Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Justin Waldron (Xfund), Jake Nechamkin (Muchmore Ventures), Anthony Pompliano
Sora	SeedJul 2020$5M	$19M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Viviana Faga (Felicis Ventures), Nimi Katragadda (BoxGroup), Todd Jackson (First Round Capital), Kent Goldman (First Round Capital), Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Kyra Durko (Two Sigma Ventures), Frances Schwiep (Two Sigma Ventures), Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (La Famiglia VC), Sean Mendy (Next Play Ventures), Daniel Gross (Various), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Jana Messerschmidt (#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)), Shan Aggarwal (Greycroft), Fritz Lanman (ClassPass), Elad Gil (Gil Capital / Gil & Co), Scott Belsky (A24), Mathilde Collin

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

Business Development Bookspan, LLCPresent

Founder, Chairman Token Daily, evolved into Volt CapitalPresent

Founder, Chairman odfPresent

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

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