# Benjamin Ling

> Benjamin Ling is a seed investor at Bling Capital (Menlo Park) backing Software and E-Commerce. See 139 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bling Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bling-capital)
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 139
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 24%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminling/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bling0
- Website: https://www.blingcap.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/benjamin.ling

Benjamin Ling is a seed investor at Bling Capital in Menlo Park focused on Software and E-Commerce. Ben Ling is an Investment Partner at Khosla Ventures, where he is focused on mobile and Internet, marketplace, consumer health and data businesses. He is an accomplished executive and angel investor, with senior operating roles at Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Badoo. His personal investments include Square, Palantir, Quora, and PracticeFusion,Fab, DogVacay, and he holds advisory roles at Pinterest and Pulse.Ben currently serves on the board of Wattpad, Tapingo, Academia.edu, TheHunt, Quantopian, and Pymetrics.At Google, he was Google’s Senior Director of Search Products and Local Business Products, including overseeing Images, Videos, Books, News and Finance. At YouTube, he was Senior Director of Partnerships and Platform, responsible for Music, Movies, Sports, News, as well as Mobile, TV, and API partnerships. In his first role at Google, Ben was the founder and GM of Google’s Commerce group, including Google Wallet and Shopping.At Facebook, Ben was Director of Facebook Platform overseeing the Facebook developer ecosystem, and led product, marketing, developer operations, partner solutions, and helped build Facebook Connect, which has helped Facebook grow across the web.Ben holds a Ph.D. and Master’s in Computer Science from Stanford University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering / Computer Science with a minor in Business Administration from UC Berkeley.Ben is a Department of Defense Fellow and recipient of UC Berkeley’s Bechtel Achievement Award (Top graduating senior in College of Engineering).

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $650k–$5M |
| Series A | $6M–$15M |
| Series B | $10M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 31 | 22% |
| E-Commerce | 21 | 15% |
| SaaS | 15 | 11% |
| Mobile | 14 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 14 | 10% |

183 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 81 | 58% |
| Series A | 21 | 15% |
| Series B | 12 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 5% |
| Angel | 6 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 104 | 75% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| eyesAtop | eyesAtop develops a hardware-agnostic software and edge-AI platform designed to coordinate multi-drone fleets from a unified interface. The technology integrates autonomous control, video analytics, and jam-resistant communications, enabling a single operator to command diverse drone types simultaneously for defense and surveillance missions | $15M |  | Jul 20, 2026 |  |
| eyesAtop | eyesAtop develops a hardware-agnostic software and edge-AI platform designed to coordinate multi-drone fleets from a unified interface. The technology integrates autonomous control, video analytics, and jam-resistant communications, enabling a single operator to command diverse drone types simultaneously for defense and surveillance missions | $15M | Seed | Jul 20, 2026 |  |
| Maneva | Maneva develops video-to-action artificial intelligence systems for manufacturing environments, using computer vision and deep learning to analyze production processes and support operational decision-making in real time. Its platform helps manufacturers address quality assurance, downtime reduction, productivity monitoring, and workplace safety byconverting visual data from factory-floor cameras into actionable insights and automated responses. The company offers solutions such as VITA for defect detection, product verification, and equipment monitoring, as well as ALIS, an AI-powered line supervision system that tracks production efficiency and safety compliance. Maneva's technology is designed to work with existing camera infrastructure and can be applied across industries, including food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, electronics, automotive, steel, and distribution operations. The company focuses on helping manufacturers improve production consistency, identify operational issues, and monitor factory processes through AI-driven visual analysis. | $27M | Series A | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Parambil | Parambil is an AI-powered legal technology company that specializes in medical record review and litigation support. | $6M | Seed | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| teachme.to | Teachme.to is a community of learners discovering lessons for everything. | $3M | Seed | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| Klutch.ai | Extracting client insights from clunky CRM systems is time consuming and tedious. Klutch analyses multiple data sources including email, CRM and calendar data to extract critical insights and best 'next action' suggestions to help after-sales teams turbo-charge productivity. | $8M | Seed | Jun 26, 2025 |  |
| Maneva | Maneva develops video-to-action artificial intelligence systems for manufacturing environments, using computer vision and deep learning to analyze production processes and support operational decision-making in real time. Its platform helps manufacturers address quality assurance, downtime reduction, productivity monitoring, and workplace safety byconverting visual data from factory-floor cameras into actionable insights and automated responses. The company offers solutions such as VITA for defect detection, product verification, and equipment monitoring, as well as ALIS, an AI-powered line supervision system that tracks production efficiency and safety compliance. Maneva's technology is designed to work with existing camera infrastructure and can be applied across industries, including food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, electronics, automotive, steel, and distribution operations. The company focuses on helping manufacturers improve production consistency, identify operational issues, and monitor factory processes through AI-driven visual analysis. | $10M | Seed | Mar 05, 2025 |  |
| Capitalize | Capitalize is a fintech company that helps people find and transfer old retirement accounts and open new ones.The company aims to eliminate all of the friction in the retirement savings system that stops them from doing so by building an online platform for consumers to roll over and consolidate legacy retirement accounts. Capitalize’s unique mixof proprietary technology and leading customer service helps users instantly locate misplaced 401k accounts, select and open individual retirement accounts (IRAs) at leading financial institutions, and initiate rollovers on their behalf for free. By helping terminated employees roll over 401ks at the time of job change, Capitalize enables individuals to keep track of their savings and helps employers lower administrative fees and fiduciary risk. It is a well-funded, early-stage company backed by leading venture capital investors in New York (Greycroft, RRE Ventures), the Bay Area (Bling Capital), and Los Angeles (Walkabout Ventures). It was founded by Christopher Phillips and Gaurav Sharma in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, New York. | $19M | Series B | Aug 14, 2024 |  |
| teachme.to | Teachme.to is a community of learners discovering lessons for everything. | $5M | Seed | Jul 23, 2024 |  |
| Odyssey | Odyssey is the first business to create a product specifically for managing education savings accounts and microgrants. | $10M | Series A | May 29, 2024 |  |

10 of 139 investments shown.

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## 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 Benjamin Ling invest in?

Benjamin Ling invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 139 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Benjamin Ling's check size?

Benjamin Ling typically joins rounds of $650k–$5M at Seed, $6M–$15M at Series A and $10M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Benjamin Ling participates in.

### When did Benjamin Ling last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Benjamin Ling closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 139 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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