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Bobby Lent

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Managing Partner at Hillsven · Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire · Member Board of Directors and Investor at HoneyBook

Redwood City, California, United States

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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.

Experience

  1. Mobilize Networks, Inc.Member Board of Directors and Investorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. HoneyBookMember Board of Directors and Investorcurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. HillsvenManaging General Partnercurrent2004 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. Cyhawk Ventures Ltd.Partner and Member of Investment Committeecurrent2011 — presentTel Aviv, Israel
  5. ExpensifyBoard Member and Investorcurrent2008 — present
  6. LiveFyreInvestorcurrent2008 — present
  7. Check (formerly PageOnce)Investor2008 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Bleacher ReportInvestor, Board Member and Co-Chairman2007 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  9. TraianaChairman and Investor2004 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
  10. AribaCo-Founder and VP Corp Dev1995 — 2001Sunnyvale
  11. InmacVice President Marketing1993 — 1995
  12. QuantumManager Product Marketing1987 — 1992

Skills & more

Start-ups73Venture Capital37Mobile3Investments17Cloud Computing17E-commerce5Mobile Devices18Business Development27Digital Media2Product Marketing12Direct Marketing4Lead Generation1
+12 moreBusiness StrategyMergers & AcquisitionsEntrepreneurshipMarketing StrategyMarketingStrategic PartnershipsProduct ManagementSaaSStrategyStrategic PlanningManagementLeadership

Languages English · Hebrew

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Deals · 1

MetadataBoard seat

via Hillsven · filed Apr 2016 · $2M raise

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Other disclosed investments

Investor

HoneyBookINTURNMint BillsMobilizePeer5StampliThreadboxYodas.com

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

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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 Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire and Member Board of Directors and Investor at HoneyBook.
What boards does Bobby Lent sit on?
Bobby Lent holds tracked board seats at Metadata.
What companies has Bobby Lent invested in?
Investments tracked here include HoneyBook, INTURN, Mint Bills, Mobilize, Peer5, Stampli, Threadbox, Yodas.com.
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).

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