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Bobby Lent

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Member Board of Directors and Investor at Mobilize Networks, Inc.
📍 Redwood City, California, United States

Bobby Lent is the Managing Partner at Hillsven, a $40M seed venture firm he co-founded, focusing on internet, cloud, e-commerce, and mobile startups. An alumnus of UC Berkeley Haas and Harvard Business School, he co-founded Ariba (acquired by SAP) and has led investments in companies like Bleacher Report and Expensify.

Outside of his venture capital work, Bobby is a prominent philanthropist in the Bay Area Jewish community and spends several months a year in Israel. He is dedicated to balancing his career with family and his Jewish faith, engaging in daily Talmud study to stay grounded.

He intentionally maintains a low public profile, preferring to let his firms successful track record, which has generated over $1 billion in market capitalization, speak for itself.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Member Board of Directors and Investor
Location
Redwood City, California, United States
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Seed-Stage Investing
As Managing Partner of Hillsven, he focuses on seed capital for Silicon Valley and Israeli startups in the internet, cloud, e-commerce, and mobile sectors.
B2B Marketing
Showcased strong interest through his firm's seed investment in Metadata, a company building an operating system for B2B marketers.
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Career

Work history

1-2015
Member Board of Directors and Investor
Mobilize Networks, Inc.
6-2015
Member Board of Directors and Investor
HoneyBook
Managing General Partner
Hillsven
Partner and Member of Investment Committee
Cyhawk Ventures Ltd.
Board Member and Investor
Expensify
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Education
1983 - 1985
MBA
Harvard Business School
1977 - 1979
BS
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
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