Darwin Ling
Founder at Good AI Capital LLC
Profile
Darwin Ling was the founder of Connectbeam, Inc. (founded in 1998) where he held the title of VP from 1998 to 2000.
He is also the founder of Good AI Capital LLC (founded in 2017) where he currently holds the title of General Partner.
Additionally, Mr. Ling was the founder of SmarterMe, Inc. (founded in 2015) where he held the title of Chief Technology Officer from 2015 to 2017.
Mr. Ling's current job is as an Advisor at The Holt Xchange, starting in 2018.
Mr. Ling's former jobs include being a Senior Director at Skyfire Labs, Inc. from 2009 to 2010, Chief Technology Officer & Vice President at Thump Games, Inc. from 2010 to 2013, and Chief VoIP Architect at Jaxtr, Inc. from 2006 to 2008.
Mr. Ling's education includes an MBA from The University of Chicago in 2015, and undergraduate and graduate degrees from Purdue University in 1990.
Darwin Ling active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Good AI Capital LLC
 Good AI Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Good AI Capital LLC (Good AI Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Darwin Ling. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Founder | 2017-06-30 |
Holt Fintech Accelerator
 Holt Fintech Accelerator Investment ManagersFinance Holt Fintech Accelerator(Holt) is an Independent firm founded in 2017 by Brendan Dunn and Jan Christopher Arp. The firm is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. | Consultant / Advisor | 2018-07-31 |
Former positions of Darwin Ling
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
SmarterMe, Inc.
 SmarterMe, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of e-Zest Solutions Ltd., SmarterMe, Inc. develops mobile applications. The private company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company was founded by Darwin Ling. | Founder | 2016-12-31 |
| Thump Games, Inc. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 2013-09-30 |
Skyfire Labs, Inc.
 Skyfire Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Skyfire Labs, Inc. develops mobile web browsing applications. The company was founded by Nitin Bhandari and Erik Swenson in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2010-07-31 |
Jaxtr, Inc.
 Jaxtr, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Jaxtr, Inc. provides social and telecommunications services. It offers Jaxtr Mobile SIM card and Jaxtr Voice. The firm also owns and operates several businesses in the telecommunications space, including Jaxtr Virtual Number, Jaxtr Global SMSs, and Jaxtr SMS. The company was founded by Phillip Mobin and Touraj Parang in October 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2008-11-30 |
Connectbeam, Inc.
 Connectbeam, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Connectbeam's architecture and core application (Spotlight) were designed to help people in any role, across the enterprise, connect with both the growing pool of information and colleagues with the expertise and experience to help them get their jobs done more intelligently and more quickly. The company enables this by aggregating the social metadata that is generated naturally by using the web into a single repository that everyone in the company can access and use. Connectbeam is the first company to integrate concepts of social bookmarking and tagging with those of social networking. Connectbeam brings the 'Web 2.0' information-sharing, collaboration, and ease of use of sites like MySpace and del.icio.us to the daily work-flow of enterprise employees. It helps companies boost innovation, improve decisions, intensify collaboration, and build critical stakeholder relationships. To see what others think please search for the many positive reviews Connectbeam has received from the press, such as The Wall Street Journal; Blogs, such as TechCrunch; and analyst firms such as Gartner. Connectbeam was founded by experienced entrepreneurs with decades of experience in the enterprise software market. The company is venture backed and privately held. | Founder | 2000-10-31 |
Training of Darwin Ling
| The University of Chicago | Masters Business Admin |
| Purdue University | Graduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 7 |
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Skyfire Labs, Inc.
Skyfire Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Skyfire Labs, Inc. develops mobile web browsing applications. The company was founded by Nitin Bhandari and Erik Swenson in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
Connectbeam, Inc.
Connectbeam, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Connectbeam's architecture and core application (Spotlight) were designed to help people in any role, across the enterprise, connect with both the growing pool of information and colleagues with the expertise and experience to help them get their jobs done more intelligently and more quickly. The company enables this by aggregating the social metadata that is generated naturally by using the web into a single repository that everyone in the company can access and use. Connectbeam is the first company to integrate concepts of social bookmarking and tagging with those of social networking. Connectbeam brings the 'Web 2.0' information-sharing, collaboration, and ease of use of sites like MySpace and del.icio.us to the daily work-flow of enterprise employees. It helps companies boost innovation, improve decisions, intensify collaboration, and build critical stakeholder relationships. To see what others think please search for the many positive reviews Connectbeam has received from the press, such as The Wall Street Journal; Blogs, such as TechCrunch; and analyst firms such as Gartner. Connectbeam was founded by experienced entrepreneurs with decades of experience in the enterprise software market. The company is venture backed and privately held. | Technology Services |
| Thump Games, Inc. | |
Jaxtr, Inc.
Jaxtr, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Jaxtr, Inc. provides social and telecommunications services. It offers Jaxtr Mobile SIM card and Jaxtr Voice. The firm also owns and operates several businesses in the telecommunications space, including Jaxtr Virtual Number, Jaxtr Global SMSs, and Jaxtr SMS. The company was founded by Phillip Mobin and Touraj Parang in October 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Communications |
Good AI Capital LLC
Good AI Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Good AI Capital LLC (Good AI Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Darwin Ling. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
SmarterMe, Inc.
SmarterMe, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of e-Zest Solutions Ltd., SmarterMe, Inc. develops mobile applications. The private company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company was founded by Darwin Ling. | Technology Services |
Holt Fintech Accelerator
Holt Fintech Accelerator Investment ManagersFinance Holt Fintech Accelerator(Holt) is an Independent firm founded in 2017 by Brendan Dunn and Jan Christopher Arp. The firm is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. | Finance |
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