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Charlie Pinto

Investor

Founder & General Partner at Fundamental Ventures Β· Operating Partner at Bling Capital

Austin, Texas, United States

About

Operating Partner and YC alumnus at Bling Capital focused on SaaS, enterprise, consumer, defense tech, and frontier tech. Runs the firm's Series A program and portfolio onboarding, and serves as board observer of Hermeus, Somewear Labs, and NuBrakes.

Invests in

ConsumerDeep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

  1. Bling CapitalOperating Partnercurrent2018 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. HermeusInvestor & Board Observercurrent2024 β€” present
  3. Somewear LabsInvestor & Board Observercurrent2024 β€” present
  4. Stoke SpaceInvestorcurrent2020 β€” present
  5. ExowattInvestorcurrent2024 β€” present
  6. Recall.aiInvestorcurrent2022 β€” present
  7. PayabliInvestorcurrent2022 β€” present
  8. Fundamental VenturesFounding General Partnercurrent2014 β€” present
  9. ZBioticsInvestorcurrent2018 β€” present
  10. Rigetti ComputingInvestorcurrent2014 β€” present
  11. TempoBoard Observer2022 β€” 2025
  12. NuBrakesBoard Observer2021 β€” 2025
  13. SpellbookBoard Observer2021 β€” 2024
  14. GoogleHead of Operations2018 β€” 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  15. Ginkgo BioworksInvestor2014 β€” 2021
  16. Rocket LawyerDirector of Product Management2015 β€” 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  17. Rocket LawyerDirector of Business Development2014 β€” 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  18. SlidePayCo-Founder and CEO2011 β€” 2014Mountain View, CA
  19. unitechangeCo-Founder and Director2010 β€” 2012Worldwide
  20. WePaySales Manager2010 β€” 2011Palo Alto, CA

Education

  1. Y Combinator2012
  2. University of Maryland

Skills & more

Start-ups17Entrepreneurship9Business Strategy3Angel InvestingVenture Capital1Product Design2New Business Development10Business Development21Product Development3Product Management36User Experience16Positioning
+12 moreWeb DesignMobile DesignCrossFitFitnessNutritionMobile PaymentsInternet BankingBankingStrategySaaSPhotoshopSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

Languages English

  • CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) β€” CrossFit, LLC

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Same school

Shared employers

Deals Β· 28

Bird BuddySolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures Β· filed Oct 2021

AdonisSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

CoopSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

DeepnightSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

GinkgoSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

GreenliteSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

NoeticaSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

NominalSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

NovelliaSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

OdysseySolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

OsiumSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

PayabliSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

PryzmSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

RecallSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

RigettiSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

SomewearSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

SunboundSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

Tuesday LabsSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

VaireSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

VehoSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

WallySolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

WritingSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

YonedaSolo GP

via Fundamental Ventures

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