Calvin Ling
Director of Finance and Investment Operations at Unusual Ventures
Calvin Ling
Director of Finance and Investment Operations at Unusual Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Director of Finance and Investment Operations
2024 - Current
Unusual Ventures is raising the bar for what founders should expect from their venture investors. We enable startups with the hands on support and expertise they need to be successful during their early stage journey. https://www.unusual.vc/
Principal
2022 - 2024
OVN Capital backs top-tier founders building businesses in categories including deep tech/frontier tech. The portfolio includes CesiumAstro, Databento, Pronto AI, and Venus Aerospace.
Chief of Staff
2020 - 2024
PI helps companies increase revenue by helping them source customers, find product-market fit, and use new productivity software tools. PI's engineers run fast - yes actually, they run marathons quickly.
Founding Principal
2020 - 2024
As Founding Principal, my responsibilities included sourcing, managing deal flow, conducting due diligence, research, and fund administration/managing back office. My claim to fame: I came up with the Prefix name. Investments include Manus Bio, Base Operations, Neutrolis, Rewrite (exit), Replace (exit), Symmetry Systems, Via Science, SwiftComply, Epoch, and several others.
Interim CEO and CFO
2023 - 2024
Pain pain, go away! (not an official slogan)
Board Observer
2021 - 2024
Vidrovr is a platform that automatically searches, indexes, and retrieves content from live streams and video archives. Vidrovr's clients include the world's leading media companies and multiple government agencies.
Board Observer
2019 - 2024
SwiftComply works with cities and water authorities across North America to help modernize their operations and future-proof their compliance programs against the changing regulatory landscape.
General Manager
2018 - 2024
Portfolio management? Did it. Back office? Lived it. Deal flow and pipeline? Built it. Due diligence? Ran it.
Associate
2016 - 2018
Seed-stage generalist fund. I had a portfolio of responsibilities (ba dum tiss), ranging from property management to investments to fund administration. 415.com.
Strategic Alliance Intern
2015 - 2016
Thought about cars + technology all day. Met ASIMO's clone. We launched Honda Xcelerator and worked with engineers and entrepreneurs to drive the development of proof-of-concept prototypes to transfer to other divisions within Honda R&D.
Resident Computer Consultant and Treasurer
2015 - 2016
Refilled the printer paper and managed dorm money.