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What does Spark Capital invest in?
Spark Capital invests most often at Series A and Series B (53% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B-to-c, Genai and Streaming.
Spark Capital highlights
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58 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 53% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 28 rounds, median $8.2M
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32 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Spark Capital invests in products we love by creators we admire across all sectors and stages.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $1.0M – $50M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- B-to-cGenaiStreaming
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first471 appearances
- 2026
52 rounds
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration19 named
AFAlex FinkelsteinManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
ALAlexa LyonsChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
AJAlexander J FinkelsteinMemberiForm ADV
APAndrew ParkerExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
BSBijan SabetExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CFClay FisherManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
DBDiana BerishaGeneral CounseliForm ADV
FKFraser KeltonManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JGJeremy G PhilipsManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
KTKevin ThauManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
MQMegan QuinnExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MKMoshe KoyfmanExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
NHNabeel HyattManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
PCPaul ConwayManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
SPSanto PolitiManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
TDTodd DagresExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
WRWiliam ReedManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
WFWilliam Fields ReedManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
YRYasmin RazaviManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 26 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$16Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
2+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Spark Capital Partners, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 161231
Who backs their funds
1 LP on record in Spark Capital's funds
- Committed
- $30M
- Funds
- 2
- Vintages
- 2024
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2025.
- California State Teachers Retirement System2 funds$30M
Fund Vintage Committed Spark Capital Growth Fund V 2024 $20M Spark Capital Fund VIII 2024 $10M
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
21 of 44 we have independently watched raise
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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed32 in all
CovestorBought by Interactive Brokers GroupUndisclosedApr 2015
TriggitBought by Gravity4UndisclosedMar 2015
AviaryBought by Adobe SystemsUndisclosedSept 2014
OnSwipeBought by Beanstock MediaUndisclosedAug 2014
Extension EntertainmentBought by RhapsodyUndisclosedAug 2014
TwitterListed$1.8BNov 2013
SincerelyBought by Provide CommerceUndisclosedNov 2013
Altius EducationBought by Helix EducationUndisclosedOct 2013
Adap.tv, now a part of ONE by AOLBought by AOL$405MAug 2013
Group CommerceBought by Nimble CommerceUndisclosedMay 2013
KickAppsBought by Perfect Sense DigitalUndisclosedDec 2012
VerivueBought by Akamai TechnologiesUndisclosedNov 2012
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.