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Erik Torenberg

Founder of Village Global

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Erik Torenberg is the Founder and CEO of Turpentine, a company that invests in various sectors including Digital Health, BioTech, and FinTech. With a background in founding and leading successful ventures like On Deck and Token Daily, Erik has built a reputation for his expertise in entrepreneurship and angel investing, making strategic investments in companies like Extend, Inc. and VeriSIM Life.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2025 - Current

Andreessen Horowitz is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm with assets under management across multiple funds.

  • Founder

    2023

    www.turpentinenetwork.com www.turpentine.co

  • 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

  • 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

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

    2014 - 2016

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

Sandboxes helps build website for a new product or startup.

  • 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.

rapt.fm allows its users to freestyle rap with top rappers around the world and challenge others to one-on-one rap battles.

  • Product Marketing

    2010 - 2011

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

  • Curriculum Development / Player Training

    2009 - 2010

    Can't make the NBA? Help NBA players.

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