Spark Capital
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Spark Capital backs transformative products built by creators with genuine vision and technical depth. We believe that the best way to evaluate a founding team is not through credentials or market analysis, but by experiencing their product firsthand. Product comes first, and everything else follows.
Likely not a fit for
Commodity businesses without defensible product differentiation, teams where product is secondary to business model optimization, markets without differentiated user experience
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
4 contacts on file
Portfolio
Ramp Network is a global financial technology company building solutions that connect the crypto economy with today’s financial infrastructure. They provide a powerful fiat<>crypto toolkit to onboard users into web3.
Kalshi is the first CFTC regulated exchange dedicated to trading on the outcome of future events. It allows users to trade on a wide range of topics, including economics, culture, and climate, through innovative financial instruments called event contracts, which enable trading based on specific yes-or-no questions regarding future occurrences.
Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider, building large-scale, renewable-powered data centers and cloud platforms optimized for high-performance workloads.
Baseten is an AI infrastructure platform that provides the tooling, expertise, and hardware necessary to rapidly bring AI products to market. Their proprietary Inference Stack combines performance research with reliable infrastructure, ensuring global availability and high uptime.
Parallel provides web search and research APIs specifically designed for AI agents, enabling them to efficiently retrieve and process information from the web.
Cardless is an embedded credit card platform that allows businesses to create custom co-branded credit card products, enhancing customer engagement and loyalty through flexible credit solutions.
F4 is a product-led venture capital firm that offers a platform where every founder can enter, and their work decides their progress. It provides a roadmap for founders to close the gap through mentor time, investor intros, and capital targeted for those proving they can build.
Fireblocks is the world's most trusted digital asset infrastructure company, empowering organizations of all sizes to build, manage, and grow their business on the blockchain. With the industry's most scalable and secure platform, Fireblocks streamlines stablecoin payments, settlement, custody, tokenization, and trading operations across the largest ecosystem of banks, payment providers, stablecoin issuers, exchanges, and custodians.
Optimism is a blockchain infrastructure scaling Ethereum, offering scalable, secure Layer 2 solutions. It uses the OP Stack to lower barriers for developers and focuses on solving complex problems with an optimistic mindset.
Stoke Space is revolutionizing space access with its 100% reusable Nova rockets, designed to provide affordable and on-demand access to any orbit. By leveraging full reusability, Stoke aims to significantly reduce launch costs and enhance the sustainability of space operations.
We're building a helpful robot for every home. A better way to live is coming with robots doing all the little things that eat away at our time and energy.
Flock Safety provides advanced security solutions including license plate readers, video cameras, and drones for public safety and crime prevention.
Recent activity
- Jan 2026
Baseten
Series E · Investor
- Nov 2025
Profluent Bio
Series B · Investor
- Nov 2025
Parallel
Series A · Lead
- Sep 2025
Cardless
Series C · Lead
- Aug 2025
Crusoe
Series Unknown · Investor
- Feb 2025
Elicit
Series A · Lead
Spark Capital in the news
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Spark Capital launches ₹2,500-crore push with new late-stage PE and credit funds
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
AlleyWatch
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
WSJ
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
eciks.org
Khosla Ventures co-leads $300M quantum computing bet on Oratomic
1 month ago
TechCrunch
Oratomic raises $300M to build a viable quantum computer that needs only 20K qubits
1 month ago
SiliconANGLE
Quantum startup Oratomic banks $300M to race straight to fault-tolerance
2 months ago
The Quantum Insider
Oratomic Raises $300 Million Series A
2 months ago
Quantum Computing Report
Oratomic Secures $300M Series A to Build Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers via Reconfigurable Neutral-Atom Arrays
2 months ago
AlleyWatch
The 10 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of June 2026
2 months ago
Axios
Edward Jones backs Quicken, Valor Equity targets $2.5B, Josh Elman joins a16z
2 months ago
Alternatives Watch
Los Angeles Fire and Police assign $175m to private funds
2 months ago
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 6/8/26
3 months ago
Venture Capital Journal
LAFPP commits to Spark, eyes emerging manager
3 months ago
fintech.global
Mercury raises $200m Series D as AI fuels startup surge
3 months ago
Business Insider
A Spark Capital VC says the AI boom is creating a new kind of gig worker
4 months ago
dakota.com
Consultant-Led VC Allocations, Q1 2026
4 months ago
Semiconductor Engineering
Startup Funding: Q1 2026
4 months ago
Venture Capital Journal
Washington bullish on Spark, sees ‘almost uncapped upside’ for venture
5 months ago
Sifted
AI notetaking startup Granola hits unicorn status with $125m Series C
5 months ago
Newcomer | Substack
Founders Fund, General Catalyst & Spark Capital Crave Even Bigger War Chests
5 months ago
The Tech Buzz
VC Mega Funds Roar Back: General Catalyst Eyes $10B Raise
6 months ago
The Information
Anthropic Backer Spark Capital Targets $3 Billion in New Funds
6 months ago
The Information
Anthropic Backer Spark Capital Targets $3 Billion in New Funds
6 months ago
Data Center Dynamics
AI chip startup MatX raises $500m for development of LLM training chip
6 months ago
FinTech Futures
Cardless bags $60m in Spark Capital-led Series C round
11 months ago
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