Erik Torenberg

Erik Torenberg

I’m a technology entrepreneur and investor.

Presently I am the founder of Turpentine. Previously, I was the chairman of On Deck, co-founder and general partner at Village Global, and first employee at Product Hunt.

You can find me elsewhere on X, LinkedIn, and Substack. I also recently put out an investor rating site and startup stack rating site—I’m actively collecting data for these, so if you’re interested in contributing, please check it out here:

Surveys I’m collecting data for

Edit

I’m hiring for a ton of roles on my personal team—people who will work closely with me across my projects. Check out the JDs below:

Erik Torenberg - Chief of Staff JD

Erik Torenberg - Analyst / Head of Research JD

Erik Torenberg - Head of Network JD

Erik Torenberg - Personal Assistant JD

I’m also currently incubating a few different communities. Click on any of the below links to apply to join.

Exited Entrepreneurs/early employees

Founders

Those who are in between things

"The Art of Conversation" by René Magritte

Investing

Pre-seed/seed investments include Scale AI, Pave, Applied Intuition, Zora, Rappi, Extend, Lattice, Royal, Multiverse, Crossbeam, Bitski, Addi, All Stripes, Alongside, Sardine, A Team, Enveda, Forethought, Nurx, Long-Term Stock Exchange, Carrot, Lit Protocol, Loyal, Secureframe, Settle, Sokowatch, Unit21, Primer, Spring Discovery, Overflow, Socket, Orchid, Kapwing, Tinycare, HumanFirst, Elemind, VeriSIM, Jam, VoiceOps The.com, Omneky, Flexport (late stage), Figma (late stage) and many more.

Writing