Who invested in SPARQ

3 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

Financial Services

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$1.7Mraised across 3 rounds since 2010, from 3 sources

$550KSeed$501KSeries A$651KSeries A

Latest round: Series A, $651KJun 2013
Step-upi: 1.3×
Investors: 5

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The funding story

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

201120122013

$550KSeed$501KSeries A$651KSeries A

First round: Seed, $550K
Biggest round: $651K
Usual gap between rounds: 2.3 years

The rounds

Jun 2013
Series A$651K
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by pevc.dowjones.com
Nov 2012
Series A$501K
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by sec.gov
Aug 2010
Seed$550K5 new
Reported by techcrunch.com

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.

Seed2010Series A2012Series A2013

Founders' Co-opAndy Liu

Ackerley PartnersChris DeVoreJohn Keister

The exit

ExitBuyerPriceWhen

AcquiredYahoo!undisclosedJan 2014

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Everyone who backed them

Founders' Co-opVC firm1round

Andy LiuAngel1round

Ackerley PartnersVC firm1round

Chris DeVoreAngel1round

John KeisterAngel1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists SPARQ as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.