Eric Bahn
General Partner at Hustle Fund
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder, General Partner
2017 - Current
Pre-seed venture fund ($130M AUM) investing in hilariously early founders: hustlefund.vc This is my last job. Unless my co-founders fire me. Never say never!
Co-Founder (Acquired by JibJab, 2022)
2016 - 2017
Started a children's book company with my sister. She and I still get along!
Venture Partner, Entrepreneur in Residence
2016 - 2017
I accidentally fell in love with the VC game here. And saw a zillion opportunities to improve this game to better serve founders. Hence, Hustle Fund (see above).
500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.
Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.
Product Manager
2014 - 2016
Yeah...it wasn't a great fit for me here.
Instagram is a free photo-sharing application that enables its users to take photos, apply filters, and share them on social networks.
Raised $57,500,000.00 from Greylock, Thrive Capital, Baseline Ventures, DST Global, Benchmark and Sequoia Capital.
World Traveler
2014 - 2014
Took a break from projects to explore the world with my wife. We visited 17 countries, it was the greatest.
Director of Product Management
2012 - 2014
These were the acquirers of my first startup, and they were the loveliest people.
Hobsons helps students discover best-fit education opportunities that connect learning to life.
Founder (Acquired by The Daily Mail, 2012)
2005 - 2012
My first startup. I actually made something that helped millions of people!
Product Manager
2008 - 2009
I built software that allowed SMB accountants to run payroll for their clients. It was as exciting as that sounds.
Rotational Development Associate
2005 - 2007
Really awesome place to start my career. It was kinda boring, but an extremely well-run business with great people.
Intuit Turbo is an app to get financial reports and financial advice.