# SPARK Microsystems funding: rounds and investors

> SPARK Microsystems has raised $25M across 2 rounds since 2023. Investors include Y Combinator, Real Ventures and Export Development Canada.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/spark-microsystems (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *SPARK Microsystems*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Cleantech

Raised 6 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$25M** raised across 2 rounds since 2023, from 2 sources

**$25M** Series B **$730K** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $730K May 2026
- **Biggest round:** $25M Series B · Mar 2023
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2023 2024 2025 2026

**$25M** Series B

**$730K** Grant

- **First round:** Series B, $25M
- **Biggest round:** $25M
- **Between rounds:** 3.2 years

## The rounds

- **May 2026** Grant **$730K** *4 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) [Cycle Momentum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycle-momentum) Source recorded
- **Mar 2023** Series B **$25M** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) [Cycle Momentum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycle-momentum) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From SPARK Microsystems's own website: 4 founders, 7 on the team.

**Dominic Deslandes** Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer

**Frederic Nabki** Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer

**Michiel Soer** Co-founder & Chief Designer

**Mohammad Taherzadeh** Co-founder & Principal RF & Mixed-Signal Designer

- **Fares Mubarak** Chief Executive Officer
- **Dhiraj Sogani** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Gale Armour** VP, Finance & Administration
- **George Taylor** VP of Sales, Americas
- **Sylvain Jalbert** VP, Engineering
- **Bruce Lin** Senior Director of Sales, APAC
- **Jocelyn Carroué** Senior Director of Technical Support & EMEA Sales

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series B** 2023 **Grant** 2026 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) [Cycle Momentum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycle-momentum)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) Family office **2** rounds

[Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) Government **2** rounds

[Cycle Momentum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycle-momentum) VC firm **2** rounds

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=spark-microsystems).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list SPARK Microsystems as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Rep Matters Angel Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rep-matters-angel-network) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about SPARK Microsystems

### Who invested in SPARK Microsystems?

SPARK Microsystems's investors include Y Combinator, Real Ventures, Export Development Canada and Cycle Momentum.

### How much has SPARK Microsystems raised?

SPARK Microsystems has raised $25M across 2 rounds since 2023.

### When did SPARK Microsystems last raise?

SPARK Microsystems's most recent round was a Grant of $730K in May 2026.

### What was SPARK Microsystems's biggest round?

SPARK Microsystems's largest round on record is $25M (Series B), in Mar 2023.

### Who backed SPARK Microsystems first?

SPARK Microsystems's first round on record, in Mar 2023, was backed by Y Combinator, Real Ventures and Export Development Canada and 1 others.

### What stage is SPARK Microsystems at?

SPARK Microsystems's latest named round is a Grant, in May 2026.

### Where is SPARK Microsystems based?

SPARK Microsystems is based in Canada.

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