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Eric Theis

Investor

Investor at Bling Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $400K – $2.5M checks Β· typically $1M

About

Partner at Bling Capital focused on SaaS, data products, marketplaces, and automation. Previously a senior software engineer at Flexport building marketplace, finance, and payments products, and earlier worked at Barefoot Networks (acquired by Intel), Facebook, and Instagram. Holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford.

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Eric Theis @ertheis

Thrilled to be a part of Bling Capital Fund IV and invest in the next generation of early-stage founders! https://t.co/odIgebxzHp

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Invests in

Data & InfrastructureMarketplacesSaaS

Experience

  1. Bling CapitalPartnercurrent2020 β€” present
  2. SpellbookBoard Observercurrent2023 β€” present
  3. SunboundBoard Observercurrent2021 β€” present
  4. FlexportSenior Software Engineer2019 β€” 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Barefoot NetworksSoftware Engineer2016 β€” 2019Palo Alto
  6. InstagramEngineering2016
  7. FacebookEngineering2015
  8. Stanford University16th Undergraduate Senate - Senator2014 β€” 2015
  9. Stanford UniversityUndergraduate Researcher2013 β€” 2014Moler Lab Group
  10. PubNubSoftware Engineering Intern2014San Francisco
  11. Disney InteractiveBusiness Intelligence Intern2012Palo Alto, CA
  12. Nanofast Lab - UC DavisSummer Research Intern2011Davis, CA
  13. TapulousQA Engineering Intern2010Palo Alto, CA

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science
  2. Stanford UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science

Skills & more

Public Speaking3Distributed Systems5Databases5Data Mining2Machine Learning2Python11Java11C++4Entrepreneurship2Microsoft Excel3SwiftObjective-C1
+12 moreiOS developmentSQLPHPTableauSolderingTrumpetFlutePianoCSoftware EngineeringComputer ScienceMicrosoft Office

Languages English Β· German Β· Japanese

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Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,726

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Spellbook4

Mohan MarkandaierManaging Partner at Good News VenturesJosh SteinManaging Partner at Threshold VenturesCharlie PintoOperating Partner at Bling CapitalSteven WoodsPartner at Inovia Capital

Also worked at Barefoot Networks279

Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Also worked at Instagram26

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SwainChief Marketing Officer at ParadigmIrving HsuInvestor at Mayfield FundKevin WeilOperator in Residence at Scribble VenturesTao XieInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsAminata DialloDigital Booster at GreenTec Capital Partners

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Also worked at Stanford University458

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanAngel investor and founder of The Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures

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Colleagues at Bling Capital

Ash Panchang
Senior Associate at Bling Capital
Benjamin Ling
General Partner at Bling Capital
Charles Yu
Principal at Bling Capital
Charlie Pinto
Operating Partner at Bling Capital
Kyle Lui
General Partner at Bling Capital

Network1

Benjamin LingScout
General Partner at Bling Capital

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