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Bijan Sabet

Investor

General Partner at Spark Capital

Boston, Massachusetts

Writes $100K – $15M checks · typically $10M

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About

Bijan Sabet maintains a personal journal on his own site. He notes that he is married and has three children. In 2026 he built two small web apps: Squares, a tool for formatting photos for Instagram, and Add to GCal, a utility for adding screenshots, images, PDFs, or natural language input to Google Calendar. Beyond these details, the about page focuses on personal matters and directs readers to Wikipedia for further background.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeep TechFintechHardwareSaaS

Beyond investing

Hobbies
Built two small web apps in 2026: Squares, for formatting photos for Instagram, and Add to GCal, for adding content to Google Calendar.
Family
Is married and has three children.

From Bijan's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Experience

  1. Human Rights WatchMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
  2. U.S. Department of StateUnited States Ambassador to the Czech Republic2022 — 2025Prague, Czechia
  3. Boston CollegeMember Board Of Trustees2021 — 2022
  4. St. Mark's SchoolMember Board Of Trustees2021 — 2022Southborough, Massachusetts, United States
  5. Spark CapitalGeneral Partner & Co-founder2005 — 2022
  6. Beaver Country Day School, Inc.Member Board Of Trustees2017 — 2022Chestnut Hill, MA
  7. Biden for PresidentMember, National Finance Committee2019 — 2020
  8. TrelloBoard Member2014 — 2017New York, United States
  9. TumblrBoard Member2007 — 2013New York City Metropolitan Area
  10. OMGPOPBoard Member2008 — 2012New York City Metropolitan Area
  11. TwitterBoard Member2008 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
  12. thePlatformBoard Member2005 — 2006Greater Seattle Area

Education

  1. Boston College1987 — 1991

Skills & more

Business Development29Corporate Development12Venture Capital19Start-ups15Product Management28Mergers & Acquisitions14Strategic Partnerships14Entrepreneurship17Private Equity5

From Bijan's professional profile.

Same school

Shared employers

Deals · 2

CrowdriseBoard seat

via Spark Capital · filed Dec 2015 · $5M raise

TumblrLed round

via Spark Capital

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Spark Capital

Network13

1 more connections

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Investors connected to Bijan in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.