# SparkLabs Global Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> SparkLabs Global Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 46 investments on record, latest Oct 2016. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/sparklabs-global-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# SparkLabs Global Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2016. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Quiet VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Advertising Consumer FinTech

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 46 on record

Since the last cheque **3665** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$35M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **0 of 46** Sole investor **8 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 57%**

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## SparkLabs Global Ventures highlights

- 01 46 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 93% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $1.0M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> We are a new type of seed-stage fund. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Advertising Consumer FinTech
- **Based in:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **46 appearances**

- **2016** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Pay By Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/pay-by-group)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$3.4M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Memebox](https://millionrounds.com/company/memebox)** **$66M** With 25 others
- **2015** 7 rounds
- **Nov** **[WaHome](https://millionrounds.com/company/wahome)** Seed · KR **$1.0M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Hullabalu](https://millionrounds.com/company/hullabalu)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 10 others
- **May** **[Dating LATAM](https://millionrounds.com/company/dating-latam)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[DocDoc](https://millionrounds.com/company/docdoc)** Series A · SG **$8.6M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[HUD Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/hud-inc)** Seed · KR **$1.0M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Origin](https://millionrounds.com/company/origin)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Aire](https://millionrounds.com/company/aire)** Seed · GB **$1.1M** With 3 others
- **2014** 33 rounds
- **Dec** **[Mino Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/mino-games)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 2 others
- **Dec** **[Selfscore](https://millionrounds.com/company/selfscore)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[MangoPlate](https://millionrounds.com/company/mangoplate)** Seed · KR **$900K** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Payoff](https://millionrounds.com/company/payoff)** Series B · US **$12M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[KnowRe](https://millionrounds.com/company/knowre)** Venture · US **$6.8M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Flow State Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/flow-state-media)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Cargo.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/cargo-io)** Seed · GB **$1.5M** With 7 others
- **Sept** **[Andela](https://millionrounds.com/company/andela)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 12 others
- **Sept** **[GUST](https://millionrounds.com/company/gust)** Seed · GB **$100K** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[CwaveSoft](https://millionrounds.com/company/cwavesoft)** Seed · KR **$600K** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Out of the Box](https://millionrounds.com/company/out-of-the-box)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Squirrel](https://millionrounds.com/company/squirrel)** Seed · GB **$50K** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Tryum](https://millionrounds.com/company/tryum)** Seed · GB **$200K** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[MyGoGames](https://millionrounds.com/company/mygogames)** Seed · US **$1.4M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Blend Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/blend-systems)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 8 others
- **Jun** **[TimeCast](https://millionrounds.com/company/timecast)** Seed · KR **$600K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Aire](https://millionrounds.com/company/aire)** Seed · GB **$300K** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[ClauseMatch](https://millionrounds.com/company/clausematch)** Seed **$100K** With 3 others
- **May** **[Code Kingdoms](https://millionrounds.com/company/code-kingdoms)** Seed · GB **$400K** With 3 others
- **May** **[42](https://millionrounds.com/company/42)** Seed · US **$800K** With 5 others
- **May** **[Hullabalu](https://millionrounds.com/company/hullabalu)** Seed · US **$2.1M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Good.Co](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-co)** Seed · US **$750K** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Stitch](https://millionrounds.com/company/stitch)** Seed · US **$3.3M** With 13 others
- **Apr** **[Blend Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/blend-systems)** Seed · US **$2.7M** With 8 others
- **Apr** **[Lifesum](https://millionrounds.com/company/lifesum)** Series A · SE **$6.7M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Memebox Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/memebox-corporation)** Seed · US **$800K** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Iodine](https://millionrounds.com/company/iodine)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 6 others
- **Feb** **[WOO Sports](https://millionrounds.com/company/woo-sports)** US **$510K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Zanbato](https://millionrounds.com/company/zanbato)** Series B · US **$2.0M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Soundwave](https://millionrounds.com/company/soundwave)** Seed · IE **$1.0M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Orange Chef](https://millionrounds.com/company/orange-chef)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$3.0M** With 21 others

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

We hold **14** 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Stitch](https://millionrounds.com/company/stitch)** Bought by SugarCRM **Undisclosed** Mar 2015

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$35M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.0M**

Led 0 of 46 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 8 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2016
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *39*
- Series A said *2*
- Series B said *2*
- Venture *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2011 2016

Often in the room with

- [Barclays Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-accelerator) 5
- [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) 5
- [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 4
- [Tekton Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tekton-ventures) 4
- [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) 3
- [Galvanize](https://millionrounds.com/fund/galvanize) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as SparkLabs Global Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Barclays Accelerator** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barclays-accelerator)[**Kima Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures)[**Techstars** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**Tekton Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tekton-ventures)[**BoxGroup** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)[**Galvanize** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/galvanize)[**Great Oaks Venture Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital)[**Lerer Hippeau** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau)[**Maveron** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron)[**Melo7 Tech Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/melo7-tech-partners)[**SV Angel** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**SparkLabs** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-labs)

## Recently backed

The latest companies SparkLabs Global Ventures put money into.

[**Pay By Group** $3.4M · Oct 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/pay-by-group)

## Quick answers about SparkLabs Global Ventures

### What does SparkLabs Global Ventures invest in?

SparkLabs Global Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (93% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Advertising, Consumer and FinTech.

### How active is SparkLabs Global Ventures?

46 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2016.

### What has SparkLabs Global Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Pay By Group (Seed, Oct 2016) and Memebox (Sept 2016).

### How big are SparkLabs Global Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $35M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

### Does SparkLabs Global Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 46 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does SparkLabs Global Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (57%), the United Kingdom (22%) and South Korea (14%).

### Is SparkLabs Global Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2016.

### Who does SparkLabs Global Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Barclays Accelerator (5 rounds together), Kima Ventures (5 rounds together) and Techstars (4 rounds together).

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