Bling Capital

Bling Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Ben Ling, focusing on early-stage investments in technology companies. The firm has backed 19 'unicorn' billion-dollar companies, including Rippling, Gusto, Webflow, and HoneyBook. ([forbes.com](https://www.forbes.com/profile/benjamin-ling/?utm_source=openai))

Prior to founding Bling Capital, Ben Ling was a General Partner at Khosla Ventures, where he led investments in companies such as Wattpad, Tapingo, GitLab, TrueAccord, and Webflow. ([blingcap.com](https://www.blingcap.com/ben-ling/?utm_source=openai)) He has also held senior operating roles at Google, YouTube, and Facebook, contributing to products like Google Wallet, Google Shopping, and Facebook Connect. ([blingcap.com](https://www.blingcap.com/ben-ling/?utm_source=openai))

Bling Capital's investment strategy focuses on sectors including consumer technology, internet and mobile platforms, marketplaces, data, fintech, SaaS, automation, and frontier technologies. The firm primarily invests in the United States and Canada, targeting pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages with investment sizes ranging from $500,000 to $1 million. ([mercury.com](https://mercury.com/investor-database/ben-ling?utm_source=openai))