Andrew Parker
InvestorGeneral Partner at Spero Ventures
Hawaii
Writes $2M – $25M checks · typically $5M
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About
Andrew Parker is a General Partner at Spero Ventures. He began his career in product design before spending 16 years in venture capital at Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures. As an investor, he has led or sourced dozens of startup investments and publishes his investment theses publicly. He describes himself as an alpha-geek drawn to new products, and is an avid marathon runner and surfer based in Hawaii.
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Invests in
Climate TechHealthtechMarketplaces
Beyond investing
- Communities
- Started his career in product design before moving into venture capital for 16 years.
- Hobbies
- Is an avid marathon runner with a personal record of 3:07:54 at Sacramento in 2023. Is a surfer. Is a bookworm who maintains a public list of books he has read with 5-star ratings on Goodreads. Hand-coded his personal website in HTML without a framework out of a love of nostalgia.
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Experience
- Spero VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2020 — present
- South Park CommonsMember2019 — 2020
- Spark CapitalGeneral Partner2013 — 2019
- Spark CapitalPrincipal2011 — 2013
- Spark CapitalSenior Associate2010 — 2011
- Union Square VenturesAssociate2007 — 2010
- Union Square VenturesAnalyst2006 — 2007
- Homestead Technologies, IncProducer2005 — 2006
- Groupspace.orgDeveloper2004 — 2005
Skills & more
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Investments
Investor
AllHere EducationBase OperationsBloomNationCartaConfirmCoverEuclid PowerGranolaGuideKikLeaf AgricultureNylasPanjoPanorama EducationParticleQuantopianSkillshareSocraticTimehopUpworthy
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Writing
All posts ↗Andrew Parker has recently written about Spero Ventures' investment in agriculture data API company Leaf, a founder-focused guide to handling busted term sheets, and a job posting for an Analyst/Associate at Spero Ventures.
Announces Spero Ventures' Series A investment in Leaf, a unified API for food and agriculture data used across 200M+ acres to consolidate proprietary farming data formats.
Explains why venture term sheets fall through and offers founders a playbook covering runway bridges, revisiting prior offers, managing venture debt, and self care.
Announces an Analyst/Associate opening at Spero Ventures, reflecting on the author's VC apprenticeship and the traits and tradeoffs of working in venture capital.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Andrew Parker?
- Andrew Parker is a General Partner at Spero Ventures. He began his career in product design before spending 16 years in venture capital at Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures. As an investor, he has led or sourced dozens of startup investments and publishes his investment theses publicly. He describes himself as an alpha-geek drawn to new products, and is an avid marathon runner and surfer based in Hawaii.
- Where does Andrew Parker work?
- Andrew Parker is General Partner at Spero Ventures.
- What does Andrew Parker invest in?
- Andrew Parker invests in Climate Tech, Healthtech, Marketplaces.
- What check size does Andrew Parker write?
- Andrew Parker typically writes checks of $2M – $25M.
- What companies has Andrew Parker invested in?
- Investments tracked here include AllHere Education, Base Operations, BloomNation, Carta, Confirm, Cover, Euclid Power, Granola, Guide, Kik, Leaf Agriculture, Nylas, and 8 more.
- Where did Andrew Parker go to school?
- Andrew Parker studied at Stanford University (BS, Symbolic Systems - Concentration: HCI).
- What has Andrew Parker written?
- Andrew Parker has 3 tracked posts on blog.andrewparker.net, including "Spero Ventures Investment in Leaf: a Unified API to Address all Agriculture Data", "Busted Term Sheets", "Spero Ventures is Hiring for an Analyst/Associate".
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Also worked at South Park Commons95
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Also worked at Spark Capital40
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Also worked at Union Square Ventures22
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