Benjamin Ling
General Partner at Bling Capital
Miami Beach, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
Founding General Partner
2018 - Current
Founding General Partner at Bling Capital Bling Capital is a Venture Capital firm focused on Seed and Series A
Investor
2022
Drivepoint (formerly Bainbridge) is the strategic finance platform for scaling consumer brands.
Raised $6,400,000.00 from Vinyl Capital, Las Olas Venture Capital, Industry Ventures and Bling Capital.
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
2020
Reinventing delivery and returns for the e-commerce era.
Raised $299,162,657.00 from General Catalyst, Tiger Global Management, Bling Capital, Construct Capital, Origin Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund, Industry Ventures, Plug and Play and MANTIS Venture Capital.
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
2019
Hermeus is developing Mach 5 aircraft to speed up the global transportation network.
Raised $215,955,107.00 from Sahin Boydas, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Sam Altman, Bling Capital, Khosla Ventures, RTX Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Canaan Partners, Pallas Ventures and Keith Masback.
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
2015
Tempo is a home fitness platform, combining equipment, training guidance, and social motivation with 3D sensors and artificial intelligence.
Raised $298,800,000.00 from Bling Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund, General Catalyst, Steadfast Capital and DCM Ventures.
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
2019
Elemy is the nationwide provider of childhood mental and behavioral healthcare.
Raised $323,000,000.00 from Whale Rock Capital Management, Bill Ackman’s family office Table Management, 8VC, Goodwater Capital, Ashton Kutcher, Felicis, Amity Ventures, Metrodora Ventures, Bling Capital and TA Ventures.
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
2019
Vise is an AI-driven investment management platform for financial advisors.
Raised $128,000,000.00 from Sequoia Capital, GE32 Capital, Ethos VC, Ribbit Capital, Human Capital, TQ Ventures and northstar.vc.
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
2019
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
2019
Ostro is a health platform that personalized engagement solutions for life sciences.
Raised $45,000,000.00 from RRE Ventures, Bling Capital, Byers Capital, Greycroft, Caffeinated Capital, Trust Ventures, Founders Fund and Susa Ventures.
Board Observer / Investor / Seed Round Lead
2018
Merlin Labs develops hardware and software solutions that deliver the capability for aircraft to fly useful missions autonomously.
Raised $133,500,000.00 from First Round Capital, JS Capital, Baillie Gifford, Snowpoint Ventures and Google Ventures.