Santo Politi

Experience

1. Spark Capital LLCFounder and General Partnercurrent2006 — presentGreater Boston
2. SesameCurrent Board membercurrent2025 — present
3. PlaidCurrent Board Membercurrent2015 — present
4. eToroCurrent Board Membercurrent2011 — present
5. AlpacaCurrent Board Membercurrent2019 — present
6. Liquidity GroupCurrent Board Membercurrent2020 — present
7. Stoke SpaceEarly Investorcurrent2021 — present
8. LightmatterInvestor & Former Board Membercurrent2017 — present
9. PreVeilCurrent Board Membercurrent2018 — present
10. Oculus VRFormer Board Member2013 — 2014
11. adap.tvFormer Board Member2010 — 2013
12. IPWirelessFormer Board Member2009 — 2012
13. AdMeldFormer Board Member2007 — 2011
14. 5minFormer Board Member2008 — 2009
15. thePlatformFormer Board Member2005 — 2006
16. BigBand NetworksFormer Board Member2002 — 2005
17. Broadbus TechnologiesFormer Board Member2001 — 2005
18. Charles River VenturesPartner2000 — 2005
19. BlockbusterPresident of New Media1999 — 2000
20. DigitalthinkFormer Board Member1997 — 1999

Education

1. The Wharton SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and Entrepreneurship1995 — 1997
2. Boğaziçi UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering1983 — 1987
3. Boğaziçi UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Physics1983 — 1987
4. New Jersey Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering1987 — 1989

Same school

Also attended The Wharton School1,323

FWFred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJKJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalASAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKRKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTOTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRJRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended Boğaziçi University47

EElçinTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAGAnıl Gökçen KörpınarManaging Partner at IdacapitalSBSecil BaysalOperator in Residence at QED InvestorsGÖGülenay ÖzbekInvestment Director at IdacapitalSOSercan OzcanPartner, Finance & Operations at AlleyCorpEDEmrecan DoganVP of Tech & Platform, Glean at EMERGENT VENTURES

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Also attended New Jersey Institute of Technology14

JCJon ChuExperts | Venture Partner at 212RGRyan GrossPrincipal at TCP CapitalRRRaj RaoInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsOKOliver KaulPartner at STS Ventures GmbHGBGeorge BurkeCo-founder and Biz Dev at PortalNNNaresh NagarajanVenture Partner at Kalaari Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sesame4

LBLogan BartlettManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesARAntonio RodriguezPartner at Matrix PartnersNMNate MitchellManaging Director at Teachers' Venture GrowthDCDavid CahnGeneral Partner and COO of Venture at Sequoia Capital

Also worked at eToro15

LGLiran GrinbergCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Team8TNTomer NivInvestor at Entree CapitalAMAmos MeiriCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Node CapitalRLRotem LevCo-Founder, Partner & CTO at Node CapitalJMJoe MihmInvestor at Susquehanna Growth EquityNWNoa WolfsonInvestor at Susquehanna Growth Equity

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Also worked at Liquidity Group4

AOAkihiko OkamotoInvestor at HeadlineRCRoi CarthyManaging Partner at initial.vcSWShane WeissmanScout at Mars Growth CapitalBSBrendan SyronVenture Partner at Scout Ventures

Also worked at Lightmatter5

PBPeter BordesManaging Partner at Trajectory VenturesSRStan ReissPartner at Matrix PartnersMOMatt OguzFounding Partner at venture / scienceONOlivia NottebohmAdvisor at ARCADIAN FundAKAniq KassamManaging Director at FAST — by GETTYLAB