Ben Ling

General Partner at Bling Capital · Joined 2018

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Biography

Ben Ling is the founder and General Partner of Bling Capital, the seed-stage fund he started in 2018. Before founding Bling he was a General Partner at Khosla Ventures, where he led deals in Wattpad, Tapingo, GitLab, True Accord and Webflow. Earlier he was Senior Director of Search and Local Business Products at Google, Senior Director of Partnerships and Platform at YouTube, and the first director of the Facebook platform. As an angel he backed Airtable, Lyft, Square, Palantir, Quora, Gusto and Udemy. His firm bio states he has backed 19 companies that reached billion-dollar valuations.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

AirtableLyft LYFTSquare (Block) XYZPalantir PLTRQuoraGustoUdemy UDMYGitLab GTLBWebflowWattpadTapingoTrueAccord

Career Timeline

2018
Founded Bling Capital.
2024
Closed $270M Fund IV.

Sources & References

Bling Capital - Ben Ling ↗Bling Capital - Team ↗