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Nils Bunger

Former Partner at Pear VC

Stanford, California

Writes $10K – $100K checks · typically $50K

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About

Nils Bunger is co-founder and CTO of Turboprop, an AI data hub for real estate operators. Previously, he was a partner at Pear VC, where he oversaw the Pear Accelerator and worked with pre-seed and seed-stage companies. Bunger holds an MSEE from Stanford, has 25+ issued patents, and sold his second startup to Dropbox.

Experience

  1. TurbopropCo-Founder & CTO2023 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  2. Pear VCPartner2018 — 2021Palo Alto, CA
  3. EvernoteDirector of Product, Evernote Business2017 — 2018Redwood City
  4. DropboxStaff Engineer, Dropbox Business2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  5. MobileSpanCo-Founder & CTO2011 — 2017Santa Clara, CA
  6. SunfireMember2011 — 2013Mountain View, CA
  7. Foundation CapitalEntrepreneur in Residence2010 — 2011
  8. Pano LogicCo-Founder, VP Engineering, and Board Member2006 — 2010
  9. Kealia IncEngineering Lead2001 — 2005

Skills & more

Venture Capital1Strategic Customer DevelopmentProduct Management31Start-ups42Cloud Computing50Entrepreneurship25Software Engineering12Software Development11Virtualization7Architecture7Distributed Systems6Scalability8
+12 moreMobile DevicesMobile ApplicationsSystem ArchitectureCRMWirelessWeb DevelopmentWeb ApplicationsSoftware DesignEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Team Leadership

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Who is Nils Bunger?
Nils Bunger is co-founder and CTO of Turboprop, an AI data hub for real estate operators. Previously, he was a partner at Pear VC, where he oversaw the Pear Accelerator and worked with pre-seed and seed-stage companies. Bunger holds an MSEE from Stanford, has 25+ issued patents, and sold his second startup to Dropbox.
What check size does Nils Bunger write?
Nils Bunger typically writes checks of $10K – $100K.
Where did Nils Bunger go to school?
Nils Bunger studied at Stanford University (MSEE, Computer Architecture); Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; University of Virginia (BSEE, Computer Architecture).

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