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Ankur P.

Ankur P.

Principal·Bling Capital

San Francisco, CA, USA

Bio

Professional summary

Ankur Pansari is Founder and General Partner of Divide by Zero and Principal at Bling Capital. Bling says he has angel invested in more than forty companies, including Carta, Philz Coffee, Wealthfront, Periscope Data, Lever, MemSQL, and Pillow. Earlier in his career he founded several companies and worked at Facebook on partnerships and at Google as an engineer on Google Toolbar.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

CartaPhilz CoffeeWealthfrontPeriscope DataLeverMemSQLPillow

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Bling CapitalPrincipal
  • Divide by ZeroFounder and General Partner
  • FacebookPartnerships
  • GoogleEngineer

Education

  • University of RochesterBS, Applied Math; BS, Optical Engineering; Minor, Physics

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Ash Panchang

Ash Panchang

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Ben Ling

Ben Ling

Founder and General Partner

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Ben Ling is the Founder and General Partner of Bling Capital, with prior investing and operating experience at Khosla Ventures, Google, YouTube, and Facebook.

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Benjamin Ling

Benjamin Ling

General Partner

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Bling Capital founder and GP with prior Khosla, Google, YouTube, and Facebook roles.

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Charlie Pinto

Charlie Pinto

Operating Partner

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Charlie Pinto is an Operating Partner at Bling Capital and a former Y Combinator founder. He works closely with portfolio companies and focuses on SaaS, enterprise, consumer, defense tech, frontier tech, marketplaces, and consumer health.

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Eric Theis

Eric Theis

Partner

Bling Capital

Eric Theis is a Partner at Bling Capital focused on SaaS, data products, marketplaces, and automation.

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Kyle Lui

Kyle Lui

General Partner

Bling Capital

Kyle Lui is a General Partner at Bling Capital with experience across SaaS, consumer internet, digital health, fintech, and early-stage U.S. and Asia-linked startups.

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