Spark Capital

Investor- Venture Capital

Overview

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in startups led by creative thinkers. At Spark Capital, we take risks on visionary people and products that move us. We look for three things: Founder, Product, and Vision.

Country: United States

Founded: 2005

Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America

Sector Focus

  • Marketplace Lending
  • Funding Platforms
  • Payments and Remittances
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
  • Data and Analytics
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Blockchain

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Later Stage Venture
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C
  • Series D

Summary

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in startups led by creative thinkers. We partner with entrepreneurs who make products and services for consumers as well as business people. We have offices in SoMA in San Francisco, Astor Place in New York City, and the Back Bay in Boston. Spark Capital was founded ten years ago, and today we invest out of a $450M early-stage venture fund, and a $375M venture growth fund. In total we manage five funds with $2B under management.

At Spark Capital, we take risks on visionary people and products that move us. We look for three things: Founder, Product, and Vision. When we are considering a new opportunity, we spend time using the product and getting to know the founders. We view each product as an extension of the founder and an expression of his or her vision. We aim to be the best, most loyal long-term partner to entrepreneurs. We are founder-first, even when it may not be in our best interest.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

July 2016

Sift Science

$30m

Series C

Mo Koyfman

Security Technology

United States

June 2016

Colu

$9.6m

Series A

Santo Politi

Cryptocurrencies

June 2016

Plaid

$44m

Series B

Mo Koyfman

Banking Software

United States

April 2016

Affirm

$100m

Series D

Jeremy Philips

Payments

United States

January 2016

Foursquare

$45m

Series E

Bijan Sabet

Data Analytics

United States

November 2015

Panjo

$4.6m

Series A

Andrew Parker

E-Commerce

United States

October 2015

Cybereason

$59m

Series C

Santo Politi

Security Technology

United States

September 2015

Fundbox

$55m

Series B

Enterprise Software

United States

September 2015

Orchard Platform

$30m

Series B

Santo Politi

Lending

United States

August 2015

EBTH

$30m

Series B

Alex Finkelstein

E-Commerce

United States

August 2015

Fig

Undisclosed

Seed

Nabeel Hyatt

Crowdfunding

United States

August 2015

eShares

$17m

Series B

Andrew Parker

Enterprise Software

United States

July 2015

Behalf

$124m

Series B

Santo Politi

Lending

United States

June 2015

Bond Street

$10m

Series A

Mo Koyfman

Lending

United States

May 2015

Affirm

$275m

Series B

Jeremy Philips

Payments

United States

May 2015

Cybereason

$25m

Series B

Santo Politi

Security Technology

United States

April 2015

Signpost

$20.5m

Series C

Mo Koyfman

Enterprise Software

United States

March 2015

Keep Holdings

$4.15m

Debt Financing

E-Commerce

United States

January 2015

Colu

$2.5m

Seed

Santo Politi

Cryptocurrencies

January 2015

eShares

$7m

Series A

Andrew Parker

Enterprise Software

United States

Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

2005

Spark Capital Fund I

$225M

Spark Media Fund II

$360M

Spark Capital Fund III

$360M

2013

Spark Capital Fund IV

$450M

Spark Capital Fund V

Unknown

2014

Spark Capital Growth Fund

$375M

2016

Spark Capital Growth Fund II

Unknown

Key Employees

Bijan Sabet
Founder & General Partner

Santo Politi
Founder & General Partner

Todd Dagres
Founder & General Partner

Nabeel Hyatt
Venture Partner