Mikowai Ashwill
InvestorGeneral Partner, Early at Spark Capital
San Francisco, California, United States
About
Miko is an investor on Spark's early-stage team, previously at Ribbit where he led the investment in Decagon. He studied music and industrial engineering at Northwestern and worked at Goldman Sachs, and describes a hands-on approach to backing a small number of ambitious founders.
Experience
- Spark CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2026 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Spark CapitalInvestor2025 β 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- Standard IntelligenceBoard Membercurrent2026 β present
- XDOFInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- DecagonInvestor2025 β 2026
- Ribbit CapitalRibbit Capital2023 β 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- DFJ GrowthInvestor2022 β 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Goldman SachsAnalyst2019 β 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
Education
- Northwestern UniversityBachelors of Arts, Piano Performance
- Northwestern UniversityBachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering
Skills & more
Languages English Β· Polish Β· Spanish
From Mikowai's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Northwestern University278
Hannah KrootMarketing Lead at Intel CapitalNaomi Pilosof IonitaBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesEric OngInvestor at LightbankBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupAnna WangAssociate at March Capital Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Spark Capital39
Alex FinkelsteinInvestor at Spark CapitalNabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agencyFraser KeltonInvestor at Spark CapitalSanto PolitiInvestor at Spark CapitalArpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalKevin ThauInvestor at Spark Capital
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Also worked at Standard Intelligence4
Also worked at XDOF1
Also worked at Ribbit Capital22
Micky MalkaFounder and Managing Partner at Ribbit CapitalSalvador GalaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Ev3 Ventures LlcEvi MucoInvestor at Flourish VenturesAna MartinsPartner at AtlanticoLotti SiniscalcoPartner at Emergence Capital PartnersNick ShalekGeneral Partner at Ribbit Capital
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Investments
Led
Decagon
Per the firm's website.
