Bobby Lent

Managing Partner at Hillsven

📍 Redwood City, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2008𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
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2008
Check Inc. (now Mint Bills) is a free app that stays on top of your bills & money for you - so that there's less work, less worrying, and more time for you. Check was acquired by Intuit in June 2014 for 360M. Product Information: The Check app pays your bills on time so you never stress about missing a bill again – we’ll remember so you don’t have to. Get reminders when bills are due, then pay them on the spot or schedule the payment for later. No stamps, no phone calls, no hassle. Check keeps it all together in once central place. With multiple credit cards, bank accounts, and numerous bills to keep track of, it’s too easy to overdraft, miss a payment or exceed credit limits. With our app, you never have to worry because you’ll always know exactly where you stand. How our app keeps your bills & money in check: • Get reminders when bills are due • Pay on the spot and schedule bill payments for free • Conveniently pay bills with a bank account or credit card* • See all your bills & accounts in one centralized place • Receive alerts when funds are low or credit limits are near
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2008
Livefyre, the leading social depth platform according to top industry analysts, gives marketers the tools they need to easily weave on-brand user-generated content into their own websites and other marketing experiences. Livefyre’s intuitive technology gives brands and publishers the ability to add social content to their branded websites, driving audience exploration of products and services that drive traffic, conversions, and revenue. Livefyre is powering real-time content marketing experiences for over 1,500 leading brands including CBS, Cisco Systems, Conde Nast, Cox Media Group, CNN, Dow Jones/WSJ, FedEx, Hallmark, Intel, Mashable, Motorola, NASCAR, the PGA Tour, and Universal Music Group. In 2015, Livefyre announced game-changing partnerships and integrations with Adobe, Salesforce, and Twitter. Livefyre was founded in 2009 and is backed by Adobe Systems, Salesforce Ventures, Greycroft, and U.S. Venture Partners. For more information, visit www.livefyre.com or follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @livefyre.
Board Member and Investor
2008
Expensify helps more than 12 million people around the world track expenses, reimburse employees, manage corporate cards, send invoices, pay bills, and book travel. All in one app. So whether youre working for yourself, running a small business, managing a team, or closing the books for your clients, let Expensify handle your spend so you can stay focused on success.
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2011
Partner and Member of Investment Committee
2011
Cyhawk Ventures is an early-stage investment fund that focuses on pre-seed and seed funding in the areas of media, social, mobile, digital marketing and advertising. Founded in 2001, Cyhawk Ventures focuses on innovative and technology disruptive companies in the range of the founders’ expertise, providing them with all of the tools necessary to enable success. It utilizes its vast business network, including an ecosystem of market leaders and technology experts, to ensure the success of its entrepreneurs. As part of this approach, Cyhawk operates an incubator where start-ups can work and focus on growing the core competence of their business, making available an umbrella of operational services to its companies.
2008
Investor
2008
Check Inc. (now Mint Bills) is a free app that stays on top of your bills & money for you - so that there's less work, less worrying, and more time for you. Check was acquired by Intuit in June 2014 for 360M. Product Information: The Check app pays your bills on time so you never stress about missing a bill again – we’ll remember so you don’t have to. Get reminders when bills are due, then pay them on the spot or schedule the payment for later. No stamps, no phone calls, no hassle. Check keeps it all together in once central place. With multiple credit cards, bank accounts, and numerous bills to keep track of, it’s too easy to overdraft, miss a payment or exceed credit limits. With our app, you never have to worry because you’ll always know exactly where you stand. How our app keeps your bills & money in check: • Get reminders when bills are due • Pay on the spot and schedule bill payments for free • Conveniently pay bills with a bank account or credit card* • See all your bills & accounts in one centralized place • Receive alerts when funds are low or credit limits are near
Investor
2008
Livefyre, the leading social depth platform according to top industry analysts, gives marketers the tools they need to easily weave on-brand user-generated content into their own websites and other marketing experiences. Livefyre’s intuitive technology gives brands and publishers the ability to add social content to their branded websites, driving audience exploration of products and services that drive traffic, conversions, and revenue. Livefyre is powering real-time content marketing experiences for over 1,500 leading brands including CBS, Cisco Systems, Conde Nast, Cox Media Group, CNN, Dow Jones/WSJ, FedEx, Hallmark, Intel, Mashable, Motorola, NASCAR, the PGA Tour, and Universal Music Group. In 2015, Livefyre announced game-changing partnerships and integrations with Adobe, Salesforce, and Twitter. Livefyre was founded in 2009 and is backed by Adobe Systems, Salesforce Ventures, Greycroft, and U.S. Venture Partners. For more information, visit www.livefyre.com or follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @livefyre.
Board Member and Investor
2008
Expensify helps more than 12 million people around the world track expenses, reimburse employees, manage corporate cards, send invoices, pay bills, and book travel. All in one app. So whether youre working for yourself, running a small business, managing a team, or closing the books for your clients, let Expensify handle your spend so you can stay focused on success.
2004
Managing General Partner
2004
Hillsven is a seed capital venture firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some of our investments: Traiana, acquired by ICAP Adify, acquired by Cox TMI ShopStyle, acquired by POPSUGAR Check (formerly PageOnce), acquired by Intuit Bleacher Report, acquired by Time Warner Expensify, IPO Nov 2021 ThreadBox (formerly cc:Betty), acquired by MySpace LiveFyre, acquired by Adobe Touch of Modern Ongage FabKids, acquired by JustFab Qlika, acquired by Agoda Honeybook Javelin Networks, acquired by Symantec Codefresh Jaco, acquired by WalkMe Retail Zipline Jolt Stampli
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