Charlie Pinto
InvestorFounderFounder & General Partner at Fundamental Ventures · Principal at Bling Capital · Founder/CEO at SlidePay
Austin, Texas, United States
Writes $1M checks
FoundedSlidePay · YC
About
Charlie Pinto is a Principal at Bling Capital, a seed-stage fund, and also invests via his angel fund, Fundamental Ventures, targeting SaaS, enterprise, and consumer health companies. Alongside investing, he works at Google as a Program Manager, running operations for Google Domains and heading a team within the CIO organization responsible for enterprise technology procurement. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of SlidePay, a Y Combinator company backed by Initialized Capital and DCVC that was acqui-hired by Rocket Lawyer in 2014, where he then held Director roles in product management and business development and drove the partnership with Stripe behind Stripe Atlas.
Contact· published on Charlie's own website
Invests in
ConsumerDeep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesSaaS
Founder/CEO at SlidePayYC W12
Intro paths
Charlie went through Y Combinator (Winter 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Charlie can intro founders to SlidePay's investors below.
SlidePay's investors · 3
Co-founders at SlidePay
Experience
- Bling CapitalOperating Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HermeusInvestor & Board Observercurrent2024 — present
- Somewear LabsInvestor & Board Observercurrent2024 — present
- Stoke SpaceInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- ExowattInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- Recall.aiInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- PayabliInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Fundamental VenturesFounding General Partnercurrent2014 — present
- ZBioticsInvestorcurrent2018 — present
- Rigetti ComputingInvestorcurrent2014 — present
- TempoBoard Observer2022 — 2025
- NuBrakesBoard Observer2021 — 2025
- SpellbookBoard Observer2021 — 2024
- GoogleHead of Operations2018 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Ginkgo BioworksInvestor2014 — 2021
- Rocket LawyerDirector of Product Management2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Rocket LawyerDirector of Business Development2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- SlidePayCo-Founder and CEO2011 — 2014Mountain View, CA
- unitechangeCo-Founder and Director2010 — 2012Worldwide
- WePaySales Manager2010 — 2011Palo Alto, CA
- Deloitte ConsultingManagement Consultant2008 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
- The M ClubBoard Member2008 — 2010College Park, Maryland, United States
- Pinto Service IncSanitation Worker1997 — 2007Lodi, New Jersey, United States
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Skills & more
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Web DesignMobile DesignCrossFitFitnessNutritionMobile PaymentsInternet BankingBankingStrategySaaSPhotoshopSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Languages English
- CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) — CrossFit, LLC
From Charlie's professional profile.
Deals · 28
Bird BuddySolo GP
via Fundamental Ventures · filed Oct 2021
CoverdashSolo GP
ExowattSolo GP
Hermeus Mach 5 engineSolo GP
PayabliSolo GP
Stoke SpaceSolo GP
ZBioticsSolo GP
AdonisSolo GP
CoopSolo GP
DeepnightSolo GP
GinkgoSolo GP
GreenliteSolo GP
NoeticaSolo GP
NominalSolo GP
NovelliaSolo GP
OdysseySolo GP
OsiumSolo GP
PryzmSolo GP
RecallSolo GP
RigettiSolo GP
SomewearSolo GP
SunboundSolo GP
Tuesday LabsSolo GP
VaireSolo GP
VehoSolo GP
WallySolo GP
WritingSolo GP
YonedaSolo GP
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters. Some rows are inferred. Not right? Tell us.
Other disclosed investments
Investor
Ginkgo BioworksNotable Labs
Per curated public sources.
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Investors connected to Charlie in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Charlie Pinto?
- Charlie Pinto is a Principal at Bling Capital, a seed-stage fund, and also invests via his angel fund, Fundamental Ventures, targeting SaaS, enterprise, and consumer health companies. Alongside investing, he works at Google as a Program Manager, running operations for Google Domains and heading a team within the CIO organization responsible for enterprise technology procurement. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of SlidePay, a Y Combinator company backed by Initialized Capital and DCVC that was acqui-hired by Rocket Lawyer in 2014, where he then held Director roles in product management and business development and drove the partnership with Stripe behind Stripe Atlas.
- Where does Charlie Pinto work?
- Charlie Pinto is Founder/CEO of SlidePay and Founder & General Partner at Fundamental Ventures.
- What does Charlie Pinto invest in?
- Charlie Pinto invests in Consumer, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Enterprise Software, Marketplaces, SaaS.
- What check size does Charlie Pinto write?
- Charlie Pinto typically writes checks of $1M.
- What companies did Charlie Pinto found?
- Charlie Pinto founded SlidePay.
- What companies has Charlie Pinto invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Ginkgo Bioworks, Notable Labs.
- Where did Charlie Pinto go to school?
- Charlie Pinto studied at Y Combinator; University of Maryland.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Also attended University of Maryland275
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Shared employers
Also worked at Exowatt9
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Also worked at ZBiotics5
Also worked at Google1,783
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Also worked at Deloitte Consulting1,858
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