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Spark Capital β€” 2015 Investments

7 investments dated 2015 Β· listed companies and verified rows first Β· show all

Benu NetworksinOct 2015AcquiredSEC filingmedium confidence

Massachusetts developer of cloud-native subscriber management and virtual broadband network gateway software, acquired by Ciena in 2022.

Billerica, US

Dino Di Palma(Executive Officer, Director)Francis J. Cusick(Executive Officer)

BoardStefan Dyckerhoff(Director)Louis Toth(Director)Bruce McClelland(Director)

Board seatTodd DagresΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $4.4M raise Β· filed Oct 2015

Crowdrisecrowdrise.com𝕏Dec 2015acquired by GoFundMeSEC filingmedium confidence

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)in

BoardFred Wilson(Director)in

Board seatBijan SabetΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $5M raise Β· filed Dec 2015

Co-investorsLightbankUnion Square Ventures (USV)

Cruise Automation, Inc.Jun 2015AcquiredSEC filingmedium confidence

Self-driving car developer, founded 2013 in San Francisco, acquired by GM and wound down as a robotaxi business in 2025.

San Francisco, US

Board seatNabeel HyattΒ· per SEC Form D Β· $16.9M raise Β· filed Sep 2015

Harmonixmusicharmonixmusic.com𝕏Aug 2015Acquired

Harmonix Music Systems develops music and rhythm-based video games, with titles including Rock Band, Dance Central, Fuser, Guitar Hero, DropMix, and Audica.

GamingMedia & EntertainmentBoston, US

Alex Rigopulos(Executive Officer, Director)Eran Egozy(Director)Michael Verrette(Executive Officer)Steve Janiak(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Sung(Executive Officer)Walter Somol(Executive Officer)

Board seatNabeel HyattΒ· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsPresence Capital

Postmatespostmates.comJun 2015Acquired

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San Francisco, US

Bastian Lehman(Founder & CEO)Sam Street(Founder)in

Board seatNabeel HyattΒ· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAngelPadBrighter CapitalCrosslink CapitalEntrΓ©e CapitalFirstMark CapitalFontinalis Partners+20 more

Signpost Inc. (Georgian Partners) (Exited)signpost.comin𝕏Apr 2015

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)

BoardJustin LaFayette(Director)John Buchanan(Director)Adam Marcus(Director)

Board seatTodd DagresΒ· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsHighBar PartnersKensington Capital Partners LimitedMI VenturesOpenView Venture PartnersScout Ventures

Stack Exchangestackexchange.comin𝕏Jan 2015Acquired

Stack Exchange operates a network of question-and-answer communities where users ask and answer questions across topics such as board games, mathematics, and other subject areas.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSocialNew York, US

Avram Joel Spolsky(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Howard Pryor(Executive Officer, Director)Jack Sinclair(Executive Officer)Jeff Szczepanski(Executive Officer)

BoardBrad Burnham(Director)inNeil Rimer(Director)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBezos ExpeditionsIndex VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)

Rows marked β€œSEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D β€” public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.