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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
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About
Founder and General Partner of Fundamental Ventures, focused on first check and seed investing. He is an Operating Partner at Bling Capital, a former NCAA Division I wrestler, and a YC-backed founder who has scaled products from near-zero to nine figures in revenue.
Contact· published on Charlie's own website
Invests in
ConsumerDeep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesSaaS
Founder/CEO at SlidePayYC W12
Intro paths
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SlidePay's investors · 15
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 · 27
Bird BuddySolo GP
via Fundamental Ventures · filed Oct 2021
AdonisSolo GP
CoopSolo GP
CoverdashSolo GP
DeepnightSolo GP
ExowattSolo GP
GreenliteSolo GP
Hermeus Mach 5 engineSolo GP
Osium AISolo GP
PayabliSolo GP
PryzmSolo GP
Recall.aiSolo GP
Stoke SpaceSolo GP
Tuesday LabsSolo GP
Vaire ComputingSolo GP
ZBioticsSolo GP
GinkgoSolo GP
NoeticaSolo GP
NominalSolo GP
NovelliaSolo GP
OdysseySolo GP
RigettiSolo GP
SomewearSolo GP
SunboundSolo GP
WallySolo GP
WritingSolo GP
YonedaSolo GP
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Other disclosed investments
Investor
BlueCargoCulture RoboticsFramed DataGinkgo BioworksiMicrobesJambleMuseAINotable LabsOne CodexRescue ForensicsSF17 TherapeuticsSixfold BioscienceStandard CyborgYoneda LabsZesty
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at Fundamental Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Charlie Pinto?
- Founder and General Partner of Fundamental Ventures, focused on first check and seed investing. He is an Operating Partner at Bling Capital, a former NCAA Division I wrestler, and a YC-backed founder who has scaled products from near-zero to nine figures in revenue.
- 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 BlueCargo, Culture Robotics, Framed Data, Ginkgo Bioworks, iMicrobes, Jamble, MuseAI, Notable Labs, Odyssey, One Codex, Rescue Forensics, SF17 Therapeutics, and 6 more.
- Where did Charlie Pinto go to school?
- Charlie Pinto studied at Y Combinator; University of Maryland.
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University of Maryland mafia224
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Ginkgo Bioworks mafia19
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Stoke Space mafia9
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Exowatt10
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Also worked at ZBiotics5
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