# Eric Carlborg

> Eric Carlborg is a Series A investor at August Capital backing Software and Machine Learning. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [August Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/august-capital)
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 53%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-carlborg-94a60744

Eric Carlborg is a General Partner at August Capital since 2010. Eric focuses on investing in later stage growth companies to provide capital for growth, acquisitions, recapitalizations and shareholder liquidity. Eric has broad investing, transaction and operating experience in private and public growth companies. Immediately, prior to joiningAugust Capital, Eric was a Partner at Continental Investors where he invested in ecommerce and software companies; and financial technology and service companies. Eric's transaction experience includes several years of investment banking at Merrill Lynch & Co including the position of Co-Head of Technology Investment Banking. Eric also served as an Executive in Residence at Golden Gate Capital. Previously. Eric was Chief Financial Officer at Einstein Noah Bagel Corporation (ENBC) during the company’s initial public offering, Chief Financial Officer at Authorize.Net which was acquired by Go2Net (GNET) and Chief Financial Officer at Provide Commerce (PRVD) which was acquired by Liberty Media Interactive (LINTA). Eric received a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Illinois and MBA from the University of Chicago. Eric currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Blue Nile (NILE), Dydacomp, Integral Ad Science, PubMatic, SnagAJob, and Zulily (ZU).Eric's current and past investments includes Bodybuilding.com (acquired by Liberty Media Interactive), CarHop, Veritec, TradingScreen, HighTower and Seaside National Bank.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 18% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 18% |
| Delivery | 2 | 12% |
| Analytics | 2 | 12% |
| Logistics | 2 | 12% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 35% |
| Series B | 5 | 29% |
| Series D | 3 | 18% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kolena | Kolena is an ML testing platform that allows ML teams to rigorously test their model behavior. With Kolena, ML teams can identify and track failure modes to help engineering, sales, and customers better understand model performance and identify gaps. Kolena is the creator of a machine learning testing and analytics platform used to ensure thequality of machine learning and related technologies. Clients can use the company's platform to streamline and rectify machine learning and analytics projects by providing a testing infrastructure for machine learning software models and updates. | $15M | Series A | Sep 26, 2023 |  |
| Better Trucks | Better Trucks is a last-mile parcel carrier that specializes in rapid-residential deliveries. | $15M | Series A | Nov 15, 2022 |  |
| Docyt | Docyt is a real-time accounting automation platform. It uses AI and machine learning to automate financial workflows, continuously reconcile the general ledger, and generate real-time financial reports. | $11.5M | Series A | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| Kin Insurance | Kin Insurance is a direct-to-consumer digital insurer focusing on the homeowner's insurance market. Kin Insurance enhances homeowners insurance convenience and affordability by removing external agents. The tech platform offers a seamless user experience, personalized coverage options, and efficient claims service. Kin utilizes extensiveproperty data for precise pricing and improved underwriting results. | $82M | Series D | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Springcoin, Inc | Spring Labs they supports industries like healthcare and media with measurements like P2P (peer-to-peer), Spring, and white-labeled hosting. | $30M | Series B | Apr 21, 2021 |  |
| FourKites | FourKites is a supply chain visibility platform that extends visibility beyond transportation into yards, warehouses, stores, and beyond. Tracking more than 1 million shipments daily across road, rail, ocean, air, parcel, and courier, and reaching 176 countries, FourKites combines real-time data and powerful machine learning to help companiesdigitize their end-to-end supply chains. More than 500 of the world’s most recognized brands — including 9 of the top-10 CPG and 18 of the top-20 food and beverage companies — trust FourKites to transform their business and create more agile, efficient, and sustainable supply chains. | $100M | Series D | Mar 24, 2021 |  |
| Kin Insurance | Kin Insurance is a direct-to-consumer digital insurer focusing on the homeowner's insurance market. Kin Insurance enhances homeowners insurance convenience and affordability by removing external agents. The tech platform offers a seamless user experience, personalized coverage options, and efficient claims service. Kin utilizes extensiveproperty data for precise pricing and improved underwriting results. | $35M | Series B | Aug 13, 2020 |  |
| Kin Insurance | Kin Insurance is a direct-to-consumer digital insurer focusing on the homeowner's insurance market. Kin Insurance enhances homeowners insurance convenience and affordability by removing external agents. The tech platform offers a seamless user experience, personalized coverage options, and efficient claims service. Kin utilizes extensiveproperty data for precise pricing and improved underwriting results. | $12M | Convertible Note | Aug 27, 2019 |  |
| Springcoin, Inc | Spring Labs they supports industries like healthcare and media with measurements like P2P (peer-to-peer), Spring, and white-labeled hosting. | $23M | Series A | Jun 12, 2019 |  |
| FourKites | FourKites is a supply chain visibility platform that extends visibility beyond transportation into yards, warehouses, stores, and beyond. Tracking more than 1 million shipments daily across road, rail, ocean, air, parcel, and courier, and reaching 176 countries, FourKites combines real-time data and powerful machine learning to help companiesdigitize their end-to-end supply chains. More than 500 of the world’s most recognized brands — including 9 of the top-10 CPG and 18 of the top-20 food and beverage companies — trust FourKites to transform their business and create more agile, efficient, and sustainable supply chains. | $50M | Series C | Feb 05, 2019 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Commerce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerce-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Avanta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avanta-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [CEAS Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ceas-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Flourish Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flourish-venture) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GreatPoint Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greatpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About August Capital

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

August Capital is an early stage venture capital fund focused on investing in companies differentiated by technical innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. Today, August Capital's six active investment professionals -- David Hornik, Eric Carlborg, Howard Hartenbaum, Tripp Jones, Villi Iltchev, and Lisa Marrone -- have more than a century ofcombined venture and operational experience. Together they manage $2.5 billion and have invested in hundreds of companies across the technology spectrum.From its inception, August Capital has funded an extraordinary group of entrepreneurs who have built significant, long-term value across the full range of information technologies. The companies that August Capital's partners have backed represent an aggregate market capitalization of well over $250 billion, generate in excess of $75 billion in annual revenue and employ a quarter of a million people around the world. This success is a testament to the entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the fundamental technologies they have created. They are proud to have supported these entrepreneurs and their companies as they have grown and prospered.

5 contacts available at August Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eric Carlborg | General Partner, Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-carlborg |
| John Johnston | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-johnston |
| David Hornik | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-hornik |
| David Marquardt | Co-Founder, General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-marquardt |
| Howard Hartenbaum | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-hartenbaum |

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## FAQ

### What does Eric Carlborg invest in?

Eric Carlborg invests primarily in Software, Machine Learning and Delivery startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 17 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 Eric Carlborg last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eric Carlborg closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 17 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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