Spark Capital
Actively deployingSan Francisco · Series A–Series C · 25 people tracked
Fund manager profile
Spark Capital is a venture fund manager based in San Francisco. SEC filings show 4 venture funds on record, most recently Spark Capital IX, L.P. ($1B offering) filed June 2026.
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings. Firm website data not yet available.
Team · 25 people
from the firm's website
Alex Finkelstein is a co-founder of Spark Capital who began his career at Cambridge Associates and worked at two SoftBank venture capital funds before taking a creative detour writing and selling television shows to networks including Fox, Discovery, and E!. He focuses on identifying unconventional, product-driven founders globally who challenge industry norms, with notable investments including Wayfair and GetYourGuide.
CFO at Spark Capital since 2014, overseeing fund financial operations, limited partner communications, and internal operations. Previously served as Finance Manager for Bain Capital's General Partners Group and provided audit and assurance services at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Holds a B.S. in Accounting from Syracuse University and is a CPA.
Arpan Shah is an investment partner at Spark Capital with deep technical expertise spanning fintech, AI, and enterprise infrastructure. He previously led data and infrastructure teams at Robinhood and served as an engineering leader at Plaid following founding the fintech company Flannel. His background includes stints as a partner at Pear VC and scout at Sequoia, combining operator experience with investment acumen.
Co-founder of Spark Capital who spent his early career building consumer internet platforms including WebTV. He is known for identifying exceptional founders, including early investments in Twitter at Series B and Tumblr at Series A. Bijan moved from San Francisco to Boston and met co-founder Santo Politi at Charles River Ventures before launching Spark in 2005 with the vision of building a differentiated venture capital firm.
General Partner on Spark's venture-growth team focused on supporting ambitious entrepreneurs. He began his career at Allen & Company advising technology companies on strategic matters. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago.
Coen Armstrong is an investor on Spark Capital's growth team who was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Singapore and the UK. He holds degrees in mathematics and history from Stanford and brings experience from biotech startups, insurance startups, Bridgewater hedge fund, and 8VC before joining Spark Capital in 2024.
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Legal professional who joined Spark Capital in 2023 as the firm's first General Counsel, overseeing all legal matters including investment structuring, portfolio company management, and fund formation. Previously worked as counsel in the capital markets group at Skadden, advising companies on capital raises and corporate governance.
A founder and product leader who previously served as Head of Product at OpenAI, where he led product development for ChatGPT and DALL-E. Prior to OpenAI, he co-founded and served as CEO of an AI startup that Airbnb acquired in 2018. At Spark Capital, he focuses on supporting technical founders building transformative technology across various company stages.
Finance Manager at Spark Capital responsible for financial operations, reporting, and portfolio monitoring. Previously worked at Deloitte & Touche providing audit and assurance services to public companies.
James is a General Partner on Spark's growth team who brings a diverse background spanning Broadway performance, philosophy studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and advisory work at Allen & Company advising high-growth tech companies on M&A and financing. He invests across sectors and geographies, seeking founders who employ first-principles thinking and demonstrate persistence in building consequential companies.
Jeff Doran joined Spark Capital in early 2021 as Head of Investor Relations. He brings nearly two decades of experience in investor relations and business development, having previously served as Director of Investor Relations at Bain Capital Credit and held roles at Acadian Asset Management and Longfellow Investment Management.
Jeremy is a veteran technology executive and founder with deep experience building and scaling businesses. He co-founded ecorp, a portfolio of technology companies that went public, and held executive positions at News Corp focused on digital strategy and acquisitions. He joined Spark Capital in 2014 to establish and lead the firm's growth fund, bringing founder perspective to investment decision-making. He has also taught strategy as an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School.
Kevin spent over two decades with visionary founders, including roles at Openwave (formerly Software.com) and Twitter, where he led mobile and business development teams. He joined Spark Capital as a general partner in 2015, bringing extensive experience in product development and corporate strategy.
An investor on Spark's early-stage team who previously led investments at Ribbit Capital. He studied music and industrial engineering at Northwestern University and worked at Goldman Sachs before transitioning to venture capital.
Nabeel Hyatt is a General Partner at Spark Capital who focuses on companies that use technology and design to create innovative user experiences. He started his first technology company at age 16 and was a serial entrepreneur before joining Spark in 2012 to open their San Francisco office. His entrepreneurial experience includes the acquisition of Conduit Labs by Zynga, where he helped lead the company's growth from 200 to 2,000 employees.
A General Partner at Spark Capital with expertise in building technical products and platforms. Natalie began her career as an engineer working on databases and distributed systems, later serving as Director of Product at an analytics startup and as a Product Lead at Google working on cloud infrastructure. She previously worked as a General Partner at Amplify Partners focusing on early-stage enterprise companies.
Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of Spark Capital since 2005, Paul Conway manages the firm's day-to-day operations including finance, limited partner relations, and human resources. Previously, he spent 12 years as CFO of Charles River Ventures after beginning his career in public accounting.
Controller at Spark Capital responsible for financial reporting, LP communications, and internal operations. Previously spent over three years providing audit and assurance services to public companies at Deloitte & Touche. Holds a B.A. in Economics and Accounting and is a CPA.
Co-founder and partner emeritus of Spark Capital who led investments in companies including 1stdibs, Freight Farms, Jana, Kateeva, and SiFive. Previously a general partner at Battery Ventures with a track record investing in technology companies such as Akamai Technologies, and earlier worked as a senior technology analyst at multiple investment firms.
Virat Talwar is a Growth team investor at Spark Capital who previously joined Mercor as its first employee, where he built go-to-market, delivery, and business operations functions and contributed to scaling the company from six-figure to a billion-dollar run rate. He studied computer science and philosophy at Harvard.
Will Reed is an investor at Spark Capital who focuses on Series B and C emerging category leaders in AI, infrastructure, healthcare, and fintech. He joined the firm in 2015 after spending his early career in high-yield credit and leveraged buyouts on Wall Street.
General Partner at Spark Capital who focuses on go-to-market strategy and founder scaling. She previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, an investor at Index Ventures in London, and as a product manager at Snap Inc. where she built the app's monetization technology. Razavi studied engineering at the University of Toronto and earned an MBA from Harvard.
What they invest in
from 82 of 109 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×39Enterprise Software ×34SaaS ×23Fintech ×19Developer Tools ×13Data & Infrastructure ×11Future of Work ×9Marketplaces ×8
HQs:United States×40Australia×1Germany×1United Kingdom×1Netherlands×1Norway×1
Investments · showing 60 of 109
founders shown can be your intro pathAnrok provides an automated tax compliance platform for software and digital goods companies, handling sales tax and VAT across multiple jurisdictions. The platform is designed specifically for modern companies with remote teams and complex billing models.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Michelle Valentine(Founder)
Instabase provides an AI platform that transforms unstructured documents into reliable, auditable data for organizations to automate mission-critical business processes. The company serves large enterprises in financial services, insurance, retail, and government sectors to reduce manual work and improve compliance at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Inversion develops spacecraft and systems to establish Low-Earth Orbit as an on-demand logistics network for rapid global transportation and defense applications. The company manufactures reentry vehicles and related hardware to enable cargo transportation across Earth via space.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainSpace TechLos Angeles, US
Mastra is an open-source TypeScript framework for building AI agents. The platform serves developers and teams building agent-based applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sam Bhagwat(Founder & CEO)inAbhi Aiyer(CTO)inShane Thomas(Co-founder & Chief Product Officer)in
PreVeil provides secure communication and file-sharing platforms for business and personal use, built on a different security paradigm than traditional data protection approaches. The company serves enterprises and organizations, particularly those with compliance and cybersecurity requirements.
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. The company also provides Content Tracker, a measurement tool to help brands assess content performance.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US
Rohin Dhar(Founder)inBrendan(CTO)Susan(Sales)
Sift provides an AI-powered platform for fraud prevention and risk decisioning that helps digital businesses detect and manage online fraud. The platform serves companies across industries looking to reduce fraud losses while enabling secure growth.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US
Jason Tan(Founder/CEO)in
TigerBeetle is a specialized transactions database designed for online transaction processing (OLTP) with focus on safety and performance. It serves financial services companies, trading platforms, and other transaction-heavy businesses across sectors like banking, energy, and capital markets.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureFintech
Joran Dirk Greef(Founder & CEO)
Zeal is an embedded payroll and workforce payments platform for staffing companies, labor marketplaces, and workforce management tools. The company provides API-based onboarding, payroll processing, payments, and billing infrastructure designed to handle dynamic schedules, multiple worker classifications (W-2 and 1099), and multi-jurisdiction tax compliance.
FintechHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Abridge builds AI software that converts clinical conversations into structured insights for healthcare providers. The platform helps clinicians and patients by automating documentation and improving clinical decision-making from the conversation itself.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Airspace Intelligence develops predictive software for mission-critical operations in defense and infrastructure sectors, serving large airlines and US government agencies. The company uses geospatial AI and machine learning to provide decision-makers with predictive capabilities rather than reactive visibility into complex operational environments.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechLogistics & Supply ChainBoston, US
Airtop provides web automation and agent-building tools that enable users to automate workflows across websites, apps, and legacy portals—including authenticated logins—by describing tasks in natural language or using a visual builder. The platform compiles automations into deterministic agents that run at scale with real cloud browsers and integrations with existing tools.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
PicnicHealth aggregates medical records from multiple healthcare providers into a unified digital platform and connects patients with a clinical team to develop personalized care plans. The company serves patients seeking better organization of their health information and clearer guidance on their care journey.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Andela connects global technologists with enterprise opportunities and serves as a platform for hiring, building AI systems, and upskilling teams. The company leverages a network of 650+ organizations across AI, cloud, data, and application development, offering talent supply, enterprise-ready AI system deployment, and AI-ready team acceleration programs.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechWashington, D.C., US
Carrol Chang(CEO)Barun Singh(Chief Product & Technology Officer)Geoff MacNeil(Chief Revenue Officer)Kennith Jackson(Senior Vice President of Solutions)
Antithesis provides deterministic simulation testing software that automatically finds and reproduces bugs in mission-critical software systems. The platform helps engineering teams in tech companies reduce production defects and accelerate development cycles for distributed systems and complex software.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Will Wilson(CEO & Co-Founder)inDave Scherer(Co-Founder)
Base Power provides residential battery systems and retail electric provider services to customers in Texas. The company develops battery storage solutions certified under UL safety standards and offers electricity supply services through its licensed retail electric provider operations.
CleantechEnergyHardwareTexas, US
Baseten provides AI inference and infrastructure services that optimize model deployment, serving, and orchestration across the full stack. The platform handles post-training, model performance profiling, and multi-cloud infrastructure management for enterprises running large language models and other AI systems in production.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Tuhin Srivastava(CEO and Co-Founder)inAmir Haghighat(CTO and Co-Founder)inPhil Howes(Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)inPankaj Gupta(Co-Founder)in
Benchling provides an AI-powered cloud platform for scientific research teams to design experiments, automate lab workflows, and manage structured data from biomolecules to cell lines. The platform integrates predictive models, lab automation, and data capture to help researchers in biotech and life sciences accelerate discovery cycles.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sajith Wickramasekara(Founder/CEO)
Bits is a credit-building platform offering a Mastercard and companion app for first-time credit users who want to establish credit history. The service provides instant approval decisions, weekly repayment cycles, and transparent bureau reporting for all payment activities.
FintechLondon, GB
Faisal Khalid(Founder)in
Cardless provides a modular credit card platform that allows companies to embed credit products directly into their applications and websites. The platform offers APIs, prebuilt components, and end-to-end infrastructure for managing credit card programs within a brand's own user experience.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
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. The company operates a full-stack infrastructure including secure custody, liquidity services, stablecoin infrastructure, and global settlement rails.
Crypto & Web3FintechLos Angeles, US
Brian Armstrong(Founder/CEO)in
ServiceTitan provides software to home and commercial services contractors (plumbers, electricians, HVAC, etc.) to manage their operations, customer relationships, and business growth.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Ara(Co-founder)Vahe(Co-founder)
Interactive Advisors provides investment management and advisory services to help clients invest more effectively.
FintechMarketplaces
Sanjoy Ghosh(Chief Investment Officer)Bimal Shah(Chief Technology Officer)Jeff Roth(Chief Compliance Officer)
Credal provides a platform for managing AI agents with administrative visibility and team access controls. The product serves organizations deploying multiple agents.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkNew York City, US
Ravin(Co-Founder and CEO)Jack(Co-Founder and CTO)Ria(Founding Engineer)Livia(Founding Engineer)
Crusoe builds energy-first AI infrastructure, using innovative and renewable energy sources to power hyperscale AI factories and a cloud platform for AI workloads. The company serves customers building and deploying AI applications at scale.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnergy
Cully Cavness(Co-Founder)
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. The platform serves companies looking to create product videos, sales enablement content, and social media material without requiring specialized production expertise.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Freight Farms designs and operates hydroponic container farms that enable local food production in urban and rural areas worldwide. The company serves small businesses, entrepreneurs, traditional farmers, hotels, restaurants, corporate campuses, universities, and nonprofits seeking year-round access to fresh produce through a modular farming infrastructure.
AgTechFoodTechHardwareBoston, US
Brad McNamara(Co-founder)Jon Friedman(Co-founder)
FundersClub is a venture capital platform that sources early-stage investment opportunities in seed and series A rounds through direct relationships, referrals, and connections to top incubators and VC firms, offering accredited investors access to vetted startups. The platform provides software tools for deal evaluation, investor management, and portfolio tracking, along with support services including software access and community resources for portfolio founders.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechMarketplacesSaaSSan Francisco, US
Gambit builds an adaptive intelligence software platform for autonomous systems that enables teams to deploy and evolve autonomous behaviors across multiple hardware platforms. The system supports real-time multi-robot control and coordination for defense, aerospace, and infrastructure applications.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics
Handshake is a three-sided job marketplace connecting 25 million knowledge workers, 1,600+ educational institutions, and 1 million employers. The platform provides career discovery, hiring, and skill-building services to help talent find opportunity in the AI economy.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplaces
Garrett Lord(CEO)
Hivemapper is a decentralized mapping network built on Solana that enables contributors to map the world in real time using cameras and apps while earning rewards through a token-based incentive system.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Instawork is a marketplace that connects local businesses with hourly workers for short-term staffing needs. The platform enables businesses to hire temporary labor efficiently and provides income opportunities for hourly workers globally.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Sumir Meghani(Founder/CEO)in<UNKNOWN>
Kik is a messaging and community platform that enables users to discover public groups, watch live streams, and make one-to-one connections. The service caters to people seeking to find and build communities online.
Creator EconomySocial
Kinnu is a learning platform that uses product design and technology to enable people to learn across various subjects. The company combines game design, AI, and educational methodology to create engaging learning experiences.
AI & Machine LearningEdTech
Christopher Kahler(Founder)Abraham Muller(Founder)Hanna Celina(Founder)
KitchenSurfing is a product recommendation resource for cooking and kitchen items, reviewing products from manufacturers based on quality checks, manufacturer reputation, and user feedback.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerRetail Tech
Latent builds software to optimize the prescription fulfillment process for health systems, enabling faster access to medications for patients. The platform serves hospital pharmacy operations and medication access workflows.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechInsurTechSan Francisco, US
Lightmatter builds photonic interconnect and compute technologies for AI infrastructure, enabling faster data transfer between processors in large AI clusters. The company serves hyperscale AI labs and data center operators by replacing electrical interconnects with photonic systems to solve bandwidth bottlenecks.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHardwareSemiconductorsMountain View, US
Mark43 creates software for public safety and law enforcement agencies. The company serves government organizations and aims to deliver social impact through technology solutions.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaS
Scott Crouch(Co-Founder & Chairman)Matt Polega(Co-Founder, President, Managing Director UK and Head of Marketing, Communications & Enablement)Florian Mayr(Co-Founder & Vice President)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Spark Capital invest at?
- Spark Capital invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C stages.
- Where is Spark Capital located?
- Spark Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
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