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Benjamin Ling

General Partner at Bling Capital

Miami Beach, Florida

Overview 

Benjamin Ling is the Founding General Partner at Bling Capital, with a Ph.D. from Stanford University and a focus on investing in various sectors and stages including messaging, education, and AI. He has successfully invested in companies like teachme.to and Odyssey, demonstrating expertise in identifying and supporting promising startups in their early stages.

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.

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