Spencer Farrar
Investor at Theory Ventures
San Francisco, California
Writes $1M β $25M checks Β· typically $12.5M
About
Spencer Farrar is a Partner at Theory Ventures focused on researching emerging technologies and backing determined founders with unique customer insight. He previously helped build an options trading platform with quantitative traders and, before that, invested at a US $4B asset manager where he backed a decacorn alongside Tomasz.
Spencer Farrar @spencerfarrar
It's been a wonderful 3yrs. We've got an exceptional team and the systems we've built are starting to compound. I'm thankful to the founders that took a bet on us. https://t.co/fZf9jy5l24
Jul 10, 2026 Β· β₯ 29
Spencer Farrar @spencerfarrar
@ollama Ollama is also one of my favorite brands and I use their tote bag everyday ππ¦
Jul 9, 2026 Β· β₯ 4
Spencer Farrar @spencerfarrar
We couldn't be more excited to be backing @ollama, the easiest way for developers to run open models. Michael, Jeff & the Ollama team are incredible. They've built a thriving community of 8.9m developers with 85% of the Fortune 500 actively using it. Open source is here and it https://t.co/6F5SwZRk3z
Jul 9, 2026 Β· β₯ 36 Β· β 3
Experience
- Theory VenturesPartnercurrent2023 β present
- Stealth StartupChief Strategy Officer2022
- BienvillePartner2021
- Velocity Mortgage CapitalSales2019 β 2021
Education
- University of California, BerkeleyBA in Cognitive Science2016 β 2019
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