Bling Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingMiami Beach · Pre-Seed–Series A · 6 people tracked
Also known as BLING CAPITAL LLC · Bling Capital Opps
Investment thesis
Bling Capital focuses on early-stage startups, providing seed funding typically in the $1M-$5M range along with hands-on operator support to help founders achieve product-market fit. The firm leverages its Bling Product Council, a network of more than 100 top product leaders, to help portfolio companies build products customers love and scale effectively. For pre-launch teams, the firm offers a Fellowship program designed to help founders go from zero to one.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 56 of 141 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×24SaaS ×24AI & Machine Learning ×23E-commerce ×8Healthtech ×8Consumer ×6Developer Tools ×6Direct to Consumer ×5
HQs:United States×37Sweden×1
Investments · 141 tracked
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GitLab is an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps that enables teams and AI agents to collaborate on the full software development lifecycle, from planning through deployment, with integrated security and compliance capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sid Sijbrandij(Founder/CEO)inDmytro Zaporozhets(Founder/CTO)inPaul Machle(Executive Officer)Dmitriy Zaporozhets(Cofounder)
BoardBruce Armstrong(Director)
PartnerBenjamin Ling· led
Instacart operates a marketplace connecting grocery retailers with customers who order food and household items for same-day delivery or in-store pickup, serving millions of households across North America through partnerships with over 350 retailers.
ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechSan Francisco, US
Apoorva Mehta(Founder/Chairman & Founding CEO)inBrandon Leonardo(Founder)inMax Mullen(Founder)in
Lyft is an on-demand ridesharing platform that connects passengers with drivers for various ride types, including standard rides, premium options, and other transportation services.
MarketplacesMobility & Transportation
Logan Green(Founder)inJohn Zimmer(Founder)inDavid Risher(CEO)in
PagerDuty provides a platform for incident response and operations management that enables teams across technical and business functions to respond to critical events in real time.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Solomon(Founder/CTO)inJennifer Tejada(Executive Officer, Director)John O'Farrell(Director)Steven Gatoff(Executive Officer)Ethan Kurzweil(Director)Dan Alexandru Solomon(Director)
Actiondesk provides a platform that combines spreadsheet-like ease of use with business intelligence capabilities, allowing users to centralize and analyze live data.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Jonathan Parisot(Founder)in
Airtable is a San Francisco-based no-code platform that lets teams build apps and workflows on a flexible database.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Howie Liu(Co-founder and CEO)Andrew Ofstad(Co-founder)Emmett Nicholas(Co-founder)
Attentive provides a multi-channel customer engagement platform that includes email, SMS, RCS, push notifications, and AI-powered lifecycle orchestration for direct-to-consumer brands.
AI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerMarketing TechBarcelos, Braga
Yannick Oswald(Director)Cristina Fronseca(Director)Pedro Araujo(Founder)Luis Braga(Founder)Daniel Araujo(Founder)
Bravely provides personalized coaching services to employees at organizations, helping with leadership development, conflict resolution, and employee retention.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechWellness & FitnessNew York, US
Toby Hervey(Executive Officer, Director)Sarah Sheehan(Executive Officer, Director)
Citus is a Postgres extension that enables horizontal scaling of databases by distributing data and queries across multiple nodes.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sumedh Pathak(Founder/Engineer)
DailyDoctor is a remote patient monitoring service where physicians review patient health data daily and provide same-day clinical responses, with a focus on chronic disease management for conditions like COPD and hypertension.
Digital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Vijay Rajasekhar(Founder)
Everlane designs and sells apparel and accessories positioned on transparency and sustainability, offering quality basics and fashion items through direct-to-consumer channels.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce<UNKNOWN>
Cambridge, US
MATT BURTON(Director)PRZEMYSLAW GOTFRYD(Executive Officer, Director)IGNACIO MORENO(Executive Officer)LUIS BASAGOITI(Executive Officer)MIGUEL FERNANDEZ(Executive Officer, Director)
Gallant develops regenerative medicine therapies for veterinary care, bringing treatments from laboratory research into clinical practice for pets.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Diego, US
Linda Black(Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Secretary)Aaron Hirschhorn(Executive Officer, Director)Davis Brimer(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTeymour Boutros-Ghali(Director)Valentine Williams(DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS)Aaron Schacht(Director)
Gather AI provides a drone- and vision-based data platform that captures structured warehouse insights such as 3D case counts, damage identification, and location verification, cross-referenced against a WMS in real time.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsPittsburgh, US
Hooman Radfar(Director)Ajay Agarwal(Director)Geetesh Dubey(Co-founder)Li Wu(Executive Officer)Chris Lytle(Director)Sankalp Arora(Co-founder & CEO)
San Francisco, US
Adrian Aoun(Executive Officer, Director)Ram Shriram(Director)Keith Rabois(Director)Max Ventilla(Director)
Gusto provides payroll processing, employee benefits administration, and HR management tools to businesses, offering integrated software alongside support services for these functions.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US
Josh Reeves(Founder/CEO)inEdward Kim(Founder/Empowering Gusto's Engineering Team)inTomer London(Founder/; Empowering Gusto's Product and Design Teams)in
Hansa provides embedded business credit reporting and SMB credit tools that enable financial institutions and lenders to deepen customer relationships, increase retention, and encourage timely repayment through standardized credit data reporting and customer-facing credit visibility.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
HelloPatient provides administrative and patient engagement software for healthcare providers to reduce administrative burden and improve patient experience.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Bling Capital invest at?
- Bling Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Bling Capital's typical check size?
- Bling Capital typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
- What sectors does Bling Capital focus on?
- Bling Capital focuses on Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Marketplaces, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Bling Capital located?
- Bling Capital is headquartered in Miami Beach, US.
- Does Bling Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Bling Capital leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamBling Capital's Ben Ling shares insights from 9 unicorns: founders, teams & markets | Angel S3 E6
This Week in Startups · Ben Ling
Ben Ling’s Bling Capital has already nabbed another $270M for fourth fund
SpokenLayer · Ben Ling
Building products for future needs with Kyle Lui (Bling Capital) + Toby Russell (Shift)
TechCrunch · Kyle Lui
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