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’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:

"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
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