Investing Profile

Erik Torenberg(453)

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Co-Founder and Partner at Village Global
eriktorenberg.blogspot.comSan Francisco, California
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115 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), and 112 other investors on Signal.

Networks Erik is a member of
University of Michigan Network
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On Deck Network
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Current Investing Position
Village Global Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $1.5M
Sweet Spot
$750K
Investments On Record
8
Current Fund Size
$1.5B

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Erik Torenberg's Investments On Record (6)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Forethought
Series DMay 2025$25M
Series ADec 2018$9M
SeedFeb 2018$1M
$120M
Co-investors: Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Robert Downey Jr (Footprint Coalition), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Ben Casnocha (Village Global), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Axiom Partners), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Suranga Chandratillake (Balderton Capital), Christopher Manning (AIX Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Mathilde Collin, Peter Sonsini, Gwyneth Paltrow, Andy Coravos, Trevor McFedries, Baron Davis, Kelvin Beachum Jr.
ValueBase
Pre SeedFeb 2023$2M
$14M
Co-investors: Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Julian Weisser (Kepler Operator’s Fund), Sam Altman, Sahil Lavingia
Plural.com
Pre SeedFeb 2022$750K
$750K
Co-investors: Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Tobias Knaup
Extend, Inc.
Series ANov 2019$16M
$320M
Co-investors: Alex Clayton (Meritech Capital Partners), Nagraj Kashyap (Softbank Group), Michael Marks (Celesta), Rick Smith (Crosscut Ventures), Jay Ganatra (Infinity Ventures), Lindsay Fitzgerald (Company Capital), Michael Arrieta (Garden City Companies), Jason Robins
Wasoko
SeedJul 2018$2M
$140M
Co-investors: Griffin Schroeder (Tiger Global Management), Omar Darwazah (AAF Management Ltd.), Eric Quan, Justin Mateen
VeriSIM Life
Pre SeedJan 2018$1M
$26M
Co-investors: Srini Ananth (Intel Capital), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Damien Petty (Morpheus Ventures), David Beyer (Amplify Partners), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC)

Erik Torenberg's Experience

Product Marketing SeelioPresent
Business Development Direct Brands (Columbia House & Doubleday)Present
Curriculum Development / Player Training IMG AcademyPresent
Co-Founder and Partner Village Global2017 - Present
Co-founder and Chairman Token Daily, evolved into Volt Capital2017 - Present
Co-founder, Partner Village Global2017 - Present
Founder, Co-CEO On Deck2015 - Present
Founder On Deck2015 - Present
Investor Angel Investing2019
Founding Team, Employee #1, Community Product Hunt2014 - 2016
Founding Team, Employee #1, Community & Business Development Product Hunt2014 - 2016
Co-Founder, CEO (#500 Strong) rapt.fm2011 - 2013

Erik Torenberg's Education

University of Michigan Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics, English Literature