Bobby Lent
InvestorManaging Partner at Hillsven · Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire · Board director at Metadata
Redwood City, California, United States
About
Bobby Lent cofounded Ariba. He currently serves as Managing Director at Hillsven, a $40M seed venture firm investing in internet, cloud, e-commerce, and mobile companies.
Board director at Metadata
Intro paths
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In turn, Bobby can intro founders to Metadata's investors below.
Metadata's investors · 12
500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2015Acorn Pacific VenturesSan MateoBeyond CapitalSan DiegoEmery CapitalMoscowGraph VenturesNew York · $5K – $5M checksGreycroft PartnersNew YorkHillsvenSan Francisco · since 2020Next47Palo AltoResolute VenturesSan Francisco · $1M checks · since 2022SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo AltoSnatched VenturesSan FranciscoVU Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $200K – $1M checks
Co-founders at Metadata
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Gil AlloucheExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Mobilize Networks, Inc.Member Board of Directors and Investorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HoneyBookMember Board of Directors and Investorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HillsvenManaging General Partnercurrent2004 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Cyhawk Ventures Ltd.Partner and Member of Investment Committeecurrent2011 — presentTel Aviv, Israel
- ExpensifyBoard Member and Investorcurrent2008 — present
- LiveFyreInvestorcurrent2008 — present
- Check (formerly PageOnce)Investor2008 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Bleacher ReportInvestor, Board Member and Co-Chairman2007 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- TraianaChairman and Investor2004 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
- AribaCo-Founder and VP Corp Dev1995 — 2001Sunnyvale
- InmacVice President Marketing1993 — 1995
- QuantumManager Product Marketing1987 — 1992
Skills & more
Start-ups73Venture Capital37Mobile3Investments17Cloud Computing17E-commerce5Mobile Devices18Business Development27Digital Media2Product Marketing12Direct Marketing4Lead Generation1
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Business StrategyMergers & AcquisitionsEntrepreneurshipMarketing StrategyMarketingStrategic PartnershipsProduct ManagementSaaSStrategyStrategic PlanningManagementLeadershipLanguages English · Hebrew
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Deals · 1
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Hillsven
Network5
Kirsten Green
Founder and Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures
Chris Farmer
Partner & CEO at SignalFire
Eddy Shalev
Investor at F2 Capital
Ken Seiff
Managing Partner at Blockchange Ventures
Stan Chudnovsky
Venture Partner at NFX
Investors connected to Bobby in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bobby Lent?
- Bobby Lent cofounded Ariba. He currently serves as Managing Director at Hillsven, a $40M seed venture firm investing in internet, cloud, e-commerce, and mobile companies.
- Where does Bobby Lent work?
- Bobby Lent is Managing Partner at Hillsven and Board director at Metadata.
- What boards does Bobby Lent sit on?
- Bobby Lent holds tracked board seats at Metadata.
- Where did Bobby Lent go to school?
- Bobby Lent studied at Harvard Business School (MBA, Business); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (BS, Business); Skyline College (General Studies).
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesHristo BorisovCo-founder & CEO of Payhawk
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business616
Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital
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Also attended Skyline College2
Shared employers
Also worked at Cyhawk Ventures Ltd.1
Also worked at Check (formerly PageOnce)7
Rebecca LynnManaging Director at Canvas VenturesJimManaging partner of Maven Ventures, a consumer-focused micro-VC fund and incubator in Palo AltoAlon HuriManaging Partner at Team8Eitan BekCo-Founder and Managing Partner at TLV PartnersSteve SchultzGeneral Partner at DiagramSasha OrloffFounder/CEO at Lendup
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Also worked at Bleacher Report6
Alex NiehenkePartner at Scale Venture PartnersJosh KipnisHead of Marketing & Communications at AlleyCorpHadas SparfeldPartner, COO, and CFO at Group 11Preston DeGarmoAssociate at Armory Square VenturesDave NemetzGeneral Partner at Reverb VenturesYvonne SuDigital Equity Student Fellow at Michelson 20MM Foundation
