Spark Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 33 people tracked
Also known as Spark Capital Founders' · SPARK CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
Investment thesis
Backs non-consensus, anti‑thesis product bets (AI‑native and future‑of‑work), with former-operator and product-leader partners who advise founders on product strategy.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 33 people
from the firm's website & public directories
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What they invest in
from 136 of 223 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×59Enterprise Software ×49SaaS ×44Fintech ×39Data & Infrastructure ×19Developer Tools ×16Future of Work ×14Consumer ×13
HQs:United States×111Germany×3United Kingdom×2Australia×1France×1Israel×1
Investments · 223 tracked
founders shown can be your intro patheToro is an online trading and investment platform that enables retail investors to trade stocks, ETFs, and other assets with zero broker fees, and offers a CopyTrader feature allowing users to automatically replicate trades of experienced investors.
FintechBnei Brak
Johnathan Alexander Assia(Executive Officer, Director)Shalom Berkovitz(Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer)Ronen Assia(Executive Director, Co-founder and Director)Eddy Shalev(Director)Avner Stepak(Director)Santo Politi(Director)
Board seatSanto Politi· per SEC Form D
Braze is a customer engagement platform that helps brands connect with customers across multiple channels.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Bill Magnuson(CEO)Jon Hyman(CTO)Mark Ghermezian
Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that offers trading, custody, and financial services for cryptocurrencies, stocks, derivatives, and prediction markets to consumers, institutions, and developers.
Crypto & Web3FintechLos Angeles, US
Brian Armstrong(Founder/CEO)in
Venice, US
Talkspace is an online mental health care platform that provides research-backed therapy and psychiatric services covered by insurance, allowing users to connect with licensed therapists and psychiatrists through text, audio, or video.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental Health
Warby Parker is a direct-to-consumer eyewear retailer offering prescription eyeglasses, sunglasses, contacts, and eye exams at affordable prices, with a home try-on service and flexible return policy.
Direct to ConsumerRetail Tech
Wayfair is an online retailer for home goods, selling furniture, decor, lighting, rugs, mattresses, appliances, kitchenware, and home improvement products to consumers.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Wealthfront provides an automated investing account that builds and manages globally diversified portfolios using low-cost index funds for individual investors.
FintechPalo Alto, US
Instabase provides an AI platform that transforms unstructured documents into reliable, auditable data for organizations to automate mission-critical business processes.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Anant Bhardwaj(Founder)inAditya Ramesh(Director)Gerald Chen(Director)David Karger(Director)Peter Sonsini(Director)
Inversion develops spacecraft and systems to establish Low-Earth Orbit as an on-demand logistics network for rapid global transportation and defense applications.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainSpace TechLos Angeles, US
PreVeil provides secure communication and file-sharing platforms for business and personal use, built on a different security paradigm than traditional data protection approaches.
CybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBoston, US
Sanjeev Verma(Founder & Chairman)Randy Battat(Founder & CEO)
Priceonomics creates data-driven content marketing for companies, turning datasets into published stories and insights.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US
TigerBeetle is a specialized transactions database designed for online transaction processing (OLTP) with focus on safety and performance.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureFintechSan Francisco, US
Joran Dirk Greef(Founder & CEO)David Gardiner(Director, Promoter)
Vinyl Equity builds financial infrastructure for the IPO process, offering registrar, proxy and AGM, and security products.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Rob Schoder(CEO)Poorna Udupi(CTO)Lisa Scotland(Chief Compliance Officer)Nagaraj Acharya(Director of Engineering)
New York, US
Board seatTodd Dagres· per SEC Form D · $80M raise · filed Apr 2019
San Francisco, US
Nancy Yu(Executive Officer, Director)Onno Faber(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D · $45.2M raise · filed Feb 2022
HealthtechNew York, US
Amir Reuveny(Executive Officer)Santo Politi(Director)
Board seatSanto Politi· per SEC Form D · $5.6M raise · filed Feb 2020
New York, US
Jordana Kier(Executive Officer, Director)Alexandra Friedman(Director)
Board seatKevin Thau· per SEC Form D · $12.1M raise · filed Nov 2020
San Francisco, US
Gabe Stern(Executive Officer)Jay Simons(Director)Shravan Narayen(Director)Philip Howes(Director)Amir Haghighat(Executive Officer, Director)Danielle Herzberg(Executive Officer)
Board seatWilliam Reed· per SEC Form D
Billerica, US
Dino Di Palma(Executive Officer, Director)Francis J. Cusick(Executive Officer)Bruce McClelland(Director)Todd Dagres(Director)David F. Callan(Director)Stefan Dyckerhoff(Director)
Board seatTodd Dagres· per SEC Form D · $4.4M raise · filed Oct 2015
San Francisco, US
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D · $152.2M raise · filed May 2024
Palo Alto, US
Payam Banazadeh(Executive Officer, Director)William Woods(Director)Chris Boshuizen(Director)Nabeel Hyatt(Director)
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D
New York, US
Banu Guler(CEO, Secretary)Anarghya Vardhana(Director)
Board seatKevin Thau· per SEC Form D · $15M raise · filed Apr 2021
New York, US
Christopher Robert Bayley(Director, Promoter)Angus James Ridley McDonald(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Tom Leone(Director, Promoter)Daniel Chaplin(Director, Promoter)Kabir Humayra(Director, Promoter)James Sutcliffe(Director, Promoter)
Board seatJames Kuklinski· per SEC Form D · $111M raise · filed Jul 2026
CrowdRise is an online fundraising platform that enables individuals and organizations to raise money for charitable causes and personal needs.
FintechMarketplacesLos Angeles, US
Edward Norton(Co-founder)Shauna Robertson(Co-founder)Robert Wolfe(CEO)Jeffrey Wolfe(Co-founder)Bijan Sabet(Director)
BoardFred Wilson(Director)
Board seatBijan Sabet· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Dec 2015
San Francisco, US
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D · $16.9M raise · filed Sep 2015
San Francisco, US
Board seatYasmin Razavi· per SEC Form D · $50M raise · filed Feb 2023
Descript is a video creation and editing platform that enables marketing and product teams to produce and update video content quickly using text-based editing.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Rampell(Director)Kundan Kumar(Director)Andrew Mason(Executive Officer, Director)Nabeel Hyatt(Director)
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D
Boston, US
Rathi Srinivas(Executive Officer, Director)Madhavi Gavini(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatSanto Politi· per SEC Form D
Burlingame, US
Kevin Thau(Director)Nirav Patel(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatKevin Thau· per SEC Form D · $18M raise · filed Feb 2022
Freight Farms designs and operates hydroponic container farms that enable local food production in urban and rural areas worldwide.
AgTechFoodTechHardwareBoston, US
Brad McNamara(Co-founder)Jon Friedman(Co-founder)Steven Warren(Executive Officer)Reenie McCarthy(Director)
Board seatTodd Dagres· per SEC Form D
San Francisco, US
Board seatFraser Kelton· per SEC Form D · $400M raise · filed Jun 2026
Granola is an AI notepad app that transcribes meetings from computer audio (without joining as a bot), enhances user notes, and generates action items and follow-ups.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D · $20M raise · filed Aug 2024
Boston, US
Paul Lipari(Director)Michael Verrette(Executive Officer)Steve Janiak(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Sung(Executive Officer)Walter Somol(Executive Officer)Brad Feld(Director)
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D · $15M raise · filed Sep 2015
Helaina uses precision fermentation to produce human proteins, including lactoferrin and other bioactive nutrients found in human milk, for consumer nutrition products serving athletes, new parents, and health-conscious consumers.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechFoodTechHealthtechNew York, US
Laura Katz(Founder & CEO)in
Board seatKevin Thau· per SEC Form D · $4M raise · filed Aug 2020
Boston, US
Maurice Levy(Director)Nathan Eagle(Executive Officer, Director)Todd Dagres(Director)Benjamin Olding(Director)
Board seatTodd Dagres· per SEC Form D · $57M raise · filed Feb 2016
Lightmatter builds photonic interconnect and compute technologies for AI infrastructure, enabling faster data transfer between processors in large AI clusters.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHardwareSemiconductorsMountain View, US
Darius Bunandar(Executive Officer, Director)Nicholas C. Harris(Executive Officer, Director)Colin Sturt(Executive Officer)Simona Jankowski(Executive Officer)Thomas Graham(Executive Officer)Stan Reiss(Director)
Board seatSanto Politi· per SEC Form D
Hampton, US
Scott Morrisse(Executive Officer)Kevin Tsujihara(Director)Jeffrey Morin(Executive Officer, Director)Steven Bell(Executive Officer)Todd Dagres(Director)
BoardIsaiah Kacyvenski(Director)
Board seatTodd Dagres· per SEC Form D · $20.3M raise · filed Mar 2025
Covina, US
Michial Gunter(Executive Officer, Director)Reiner Pope(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatYasmin Razavi· per SEC Form D
New York, US
Brian Eugene Adams(Executive Officer, Director)Dan Ciporin(Director)Santo Politi(Director)Michael Barrett(Director)
Board seatSanto Politi· per SEC Form D · $2.3M raise · filed Jun 2016
Boston, US
Seth Levine(Director)Elery Pfeffer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Santo Politi(Director)
Board seatSanto Politi· per SEC Form D · $16.4M raise · filed Apr 2018
San Francisco, US
Zachary Supalla(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Jacobsen(Director)Zachary Crockett(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSameer Reddy(Director)Avidan Ross(Director)Jim Andelman(Director)
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D · $30M raise · filed Nov 2021
Los Altos, US
Amir Bassan-Eskenazi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Gal Israely(Director)Ofer Friedman(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Santo Politi(Director)
Board seatSanto Politi· per SEC Form D · $24.9M raise · filed Jul 2016
San Francisco, US
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D · $81.3M raise · filed Jun 2015
Boston, US
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D · $12M raise · filed Nov 2020
San Francisco, US
Pranab Krishnan(Executive Officer, Director)Kirti Shenoy(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Natalie Sandman(Director)
Board seatNatalie Sandman· per SEC Form D · $15M raise · filed Dec 2023
Wilmington, US
Rene Rechtman(Director)Russell Buckley(Director)Santo Politi(Director)Christopher Kahler(Executive Officer, Director)Gerald Mueller(Executive Officer)Abraham Mueller(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatSanto Politi· per SEC Form D · $2.6M raise · filed Mar 2017
San Francisco, US
Amitt Mahajan(Executive Officer, Director)David Pekar(Executive Officer, Director)Nabeel Hyatt(Director)
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D · $7.2M raise · filed Apr 2018
Ridwell offers a subscription pickup service that collects hard-to-recycle household items—such as batteries, light bulbs, clothing, and Styrofoam—that curbside programs don't accept, and routes them to reuse and recycling partners.
Circular EconomyCleantechConsumerSeattle, US
Ryan Panchadsaram(Director)Aliya Marder(Executive Officer, Director)Saar Gur(Director)Glenn Kelman(Director)Ryan Metzger(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D
SiFive develops processor IP based on the open-standard RISC-V instruction set architecture, offering customizable and scalable chip designs.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSan Francisco, US
Stefan A Dyckerhoff(Executive Officer, Director)Todd Dagres(Director)Yunsup Lee(Executive Officer, Director)Krste Asanovic(Director)Naveed Sherwani(Executive Officer)Andrew Waterman
Board seatTodd Dagres· per SEC Form D
Signpost provides AI-powered customer communication and lead management for home service businesses across HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, and related trades.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US
Stuart Wall(Executive Officer, Director)Justin LaFayette(Director)John Buchanan(Director)Adam Marcus(Director)
Board seatTodd Dagres· per SEC Form D
Travel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Nabeel Hyatt(Director)Francis Davidson Tanguay(Executive Officer, Director)Vivek Pattipati(Director)Laurence Tosi(Director)Lucas Pellan(Executive Officer, Director)Neil Mehta(Director)
Board seatNabeel Hyatt· per SEC Form D · $225M raise · filed Jul 2019
San Francisco, US
RODERICK DE RODE(PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)SERGE DE WARRIMONT(CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER)DIRK JAN EMMENS(Director)RALF GRASS(Director)CURTIS MO(SECRETARY)GERBEN BOMERS(CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
Board seatKevin Thau· per SEC Form D · $12.5M raise · filed Jun 2021
Waltham, US
Amit Jain(Executive Officer, Director)Santo Politi(Director)Vedat Eyuboglu(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatSanto Politi· per SEC Form D · $10.1M raise · filed May 2020
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Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Spark Capital invest at?
- Spark Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Spark Capital's typical check size?
- Spark Capital typically writes checks of $500K – $25M.
- What sectors does Spark Capital focus on?
- Spark Capital focuses on Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Spark Capital located?
- Spark Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Spark Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Spark Capital leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamNabeel Hyatt, GP @ Spark Capital: To Win in AI, Investors Need to Change Their Approach | E1255
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Unsolicited Feedback S1EP15 w/ Nabeel Hyatt: How Spark Capital Works
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Nabeel Hyatt, Spark Capital: The Next Billion Dollar Companies at the Frontiers of Computer Vision
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