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Erik Torenberg

Founder/CEO, Turpentine

San Francisco, California

Work Experience

  • Founder

    2023

  • Founder

    2023 - 2024

    Turpentine is a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, culture, and the trends driving our future.

  • Co-Founder and Partner

    2017

    Village is an early stage venture fund capital fund backed by some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs. Village is not a traditional VC. We’re a network. From how we invest in startups to how we help founders - we operate as a network. When you raise money from Village, you’re not just getting money. You’re getting connected capital.

  • Investor

    2014

    I've Invested in Scale AI, Rappi, Nurx, Lattice, Extend, Figma (late), Perplexity, Replit (late), Flexport (late), Long-Term Stock Exchange, Winnie, Carrot, and ~60 more companies

2015 - 2023

  • Founder, Chairman

    2015 - 2023

    On Deck is building Stanford for the Internet. On Deck aims to take the bundle that is Stanford—network, credentials, education, etc—and apply it to the entire lifecycle of a person’s career. A place where people explore what they want to do, gain skills & expertise, and make the most meaningful relationships of their lives. On Deck is a totally independent, venture backed company and has no formal affiliation with any VC firm besides our investors (Founders Fund and Village Global among many others) Check out more here: www.beondeck.com

  • Co-founder and Chairman

    2017 - 2018

    Www.tokendaily.co

2014 - 2016

  • Founding Team, Employee #1, Community & Business Development

    2014 - 2016

    Product Hunt is the place to discover your next favorite thing. 😻 http://www.producthunt.com

2011 - 2013

  • Co-Founder, CEO (#500 Strong)

    2011 - 2013

    Bi-directional video platform for rap battles, cyphers, performances. We were trying to be like twitch.tv but for all verticals, starting with rap.

2010 - 2011

  • Product Marketing

    2010 - 2011

    Tried to make a better way for colleges and recruiters to evaluate students.

2009 - 2010

  • Curriculum Development / Player Training

    2009 - 2010

    Can't make the NBA? Help NBA players.

  • Business Development

    2008 - 2009

    Participated in making a social network for books. Tried to make a better goodreads / shelfari