Overview

Founded in 2022, Tings Capital (“Tings”) is a venture capital firm investing in “The Underdogs” founders from suppressed social and demographic backgrounds who we identify as People of Color, Women, LGBTQIA+, 1st Gen Immigrants, People in Low-Income/ Single-Parent Households, and People with Disabilities whose life experiences translate into entrepreneurial aptitude.

At Tings and prior firms, our Managing Partner has invested in 13 deals with 7 exits valued at ~$310MM as of Dec 2022.

Our key point of differentiation is our expertise in partnering with founders. We are “The Underdogs” investors backing “The Underdogs” founders to generate top-tier financial and social returns. We serve as a hands-on strategic partner at all stages of the value creation process encompassing new market expansion, new product/service introductions, technical hiring, user acquisition, or media outreach — just to name a few. Our founders value our responsiveness and commitment to excellence, diversity, and inclusion.

Investment Philosophy

Tings seeks to build a diversified portfolio investing across high-growth recurring topline industries in U.S. and Canada. We are absolute-return investors targeting “3Ds Businesses” - Disruptive companies that operate in large yet high-growth industries with Differentiated value propositions and Defensible competitive advantage in solving important problems. We typically pursue Seed and Series A stage transactions.

The most critical part of our underwriting process is to identify multiple value creation opportunities, including cost savings, M&A, strategic partnerships, new product/service introductions, and new market expansion — any combination of which, if executed by management, would allow us to generate strong risk-adjusted returns at exit.

Overall, our target is to invest between $1MM - $5MM in equity capital per transaction in opportunities, in which we target 5 - 15% ownership.