# Ankur Pansari

> Ankur Pansari is a seed investor at Bling Capital (San Francisco) backing Internet and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bling Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bling-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankurpansari
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ankur

Ankur Pansari is an experienced technology executive.Ankur was a member Facebook's Platform Partnerships founding team and touched over 250 partnerships during his tenure. His role grew to managing the Facebook experience on over 50m mobile devices and preloaded on over 100m devices. Prior to Facebook, Ankur was at Google where hehelped distribute hundreds of millions of Google Toolbars. He also won the highly prestigous Google OC award -- Google's second highest honor.He received a a BS in Applied Math, a BS in Optical Engineering, and a minor in Physics from the University of Rochester where he graduated with Distinction.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |
| Android | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arya Health | Arya helps flex workforce operators get compensation, incentives and rewards right to grow faster, more profitably and with happier workers. | $3.3M | Seed | Jun 10, 2022 |  |
| Arya Health | Arya helps flex workforce operators get compensation, incentives and rewards right to grow faster, more profitably and with happier workers. | $3.2M | Pre-Seed | Jun 10, 2022 |  |
| Proper | Proper is an automated accounting startup that offers property accounting tools that help property managers to grow their portfolios.The company utilizes machine learning and Fortune-500 level financial specialists to help property managers and owners grow their businesses without fear of operational limitations, as well as decrease the timetheir accountants spend performing routine tasks.Mark Rojas founded it in San Francisco, California in 2017. | $4.8M | Seed | May 15, 2020 |  |
| Arthena | Arthena is a venture-backed financial technology company which has pioneered quantitative strategies for asset acquisition, allowing for targeting investment decisions. Arthena is committed to bringing transparency to art investing, enabling investors to view and learn about acquired assets and artists. | $1.2M | Seed | Jul 11, 2014 |  |
| App.io | App.io streams your mobile apps from the cloud to any device.Nothing to download. Device agnostic. No custom code. The fastest, easiest way to give people access to your apps.- Customer SupportYour support team needs to see what your customers see. App.io provides on-demand, economical access to your apps without needing to buy devices.- Sales & MarketingStop asking potential customers to jump through hoops. App.io instantly puts potential customers in your app with no download, setup or hassle. Give them the full app experience or fast-forward right to the “aha moment”.- Testing & Quality AssuranceForget about device provisioning, version control or UDIDs. Regardless of platform, quickly and securely share apps with internal and external teams using App.io. | $1.1M | Seed | May 21, 2013 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cooley](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cooley-llp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [f7 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f7-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Oceans](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oceans-9747) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Operator Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/operator-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ridge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ridge-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AngelPad](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelpad) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bling Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Bling Capital is a venture capital investment firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It primarily invests in consumer tech, internet, mobile, marketplace, data, fintech, SaaS, and automation sectors.

5 contacts available at Bling Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Rudenstine | Product Council / Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-rudenstine |
| Ankur Pansari | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankur-pansari |
| Benjamin Ling | Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-ling |
| Charles Yu | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-yu |
| Charlie Pinto | Venture Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlie-pinto |

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## FAQ

### What does Ankur Pansari invest in?

Ankur Pansari invests primarily in Internet, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ankur Pansari last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ankur Pansari closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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