About Me
I have 10+ years of unique experience as a founder, CEO, investor, board observer, product leader, and operator. Most recently, I helped scale product-market-fit for Google Domains and am an apprentice to Bling Capital Founding GP, Ben Ling, a top X% investor and former Khosla Ventures GP.
Investing Experience
I am a Venture Principal at Bling Capital, an early stage venture capital fund focused on seed-stage opportunities. We are the lead or co-lead investor in very early stage companies disrupting antiquated industries with new technologies and business models. Our comparative advantage is helping founders find product-market-fit, and when they do, we help them scale it. We focus on consumer, data, internet, marketplaces, FinTech, consumer health, SaaS, and ML/AI companies.
At Bling Capital, I work with all portfolio CEOs to help them define "zero-to-one" (Series A) and "one-to-ten" (Series B). Sometimes, I become a Board Observer. My superpower is helping founders craft their fundraise—I work with nearly all CEOs on their Seed, Series A, and Series B fundraise pitches.
I am also Founder and General Partner for a small venture capital "angel" fund called Fundamental Ventures that co-invests alongside Bling Capital, the Bling capital network, and Y Combinator alumni. Fund I was launched in January 2022 and "Fund 0", where I've invested since 2014, is 6.3 TVPI.
This Syndicate
The purpose of this syndicate is to follow on opportunities from Bling Capital and Fundamental Ventures investments. I am typically among the first people to learn when a company will fundraise, since I work with portfolio CEOs on preparing their pitch. When an investment is showing momentum, I will secure allocation and bring the exclusive, insider-only opportunity to this syndicate.
Bling Capital, Bling Capital Network (sister funds, CEOs, product council), Y Combinator alumni network.