Published inSpark Capital Publication·Nov 20Hallway ChatIt was kind of fresh, novel, and raw to just flip on a mic in those early days of podcasting and talk about what we were seeing in the world of founders and startups. It also happened to be the dawn of the mobile era, and the beginning of my…We Know2 min readWe Know2 min read
Published inSpark Capital Publication·Apr 13Welcoming Fraser to SparkToday we at Spark are happy to welcome Fraser Kelton. He becomes the sixth member of our venture team, and it already feels like he’s been here forever. Since day one at Spark, we’ve been obsessed with magical products — believing products can create markets, not just find market fit…We Are2 min readWe Are2 min read
Published inSpark Capital Publication·Mar 14Adept, the AI Co-Pilot for Your ComputerIs a software product going to be delightful but simple in functionality, or a power tool that is hard to learn? Software interfaces have always had to navigate the power vs simplicity curve, that desire to be joyful to use but also add that one more button for a niche…We Invest2 min readWe Invest2 min read
Published inSpark Capital Publication·Feb 7, 2022Welcoming Sarah and Ben to SparkWe are thrilled to welcome two new Venture Partners to the Spark Family: Sarah Meyohas and Ben Simon. Both Sarah and Ben bring an entrepreneurial spirit that we value so deeply here. At Spark we invest in technologists with the heart of an artist, but in the case of…Venture Capital3 min readVenture Capital3 min read
Published inSpark Capital Publication·Jan 30, 2021Hallway Chat: Apple & Software, Creator Economy, why we playBijan and I recorded our first podcast of 2021 this week. And this time we were joined by our new Spark colleague, Brian Watson. In todays show we discussed: Apple and service-based software releasing the PS5 and why we play games creating a middle class Creator Economy blogging in…We Know1 min readWe Know1 min read
Published inSpark Capital Publication·Jan 13, 2021Welcoming Brian Watson to SparkWe are delighted to announce that Brian Watson has joined us on the early-stage investing team at Spark Capital. He’ll be based out of our San Francisco office — though, for the moment, that means online video, of course. Brian comes to Spark from Apple, where he rose the ranks…Spark Announcements2 min readSpark Announcements2 min read
Published inSpark Capital Publication·Jan 12, 2021Welcome, DescriptNabeel: Hey everybody, this is Nabeel and Bijan from Spark. Normally this would be a fundraising blog post, which basically I started to write a couple of days ago to announce our investment in Descript, but it felt not native to the medium. Here we are announcing a new…We Invest11 min readWe Invest11 min read
Published inSpark Capital Publication·Jul 7, 2020Partnering with QuaestorAt Spark, we seek to keep those we work with close, whether they’re part of our internal team or the founders we back. When John Melas-Kyriazi, a friend and long-time investor on our early-stage team, said he was ready to take the founder journey with Quaestor, we knew we wanted…We Invest2 min readWe Invest2 min read
Published inSpark Capital Publication·Jul 6, 2020Thank you, PostmatesI met Bastian Lehman, CEO and co-founder of Postmates, back in 2013 in their cramped and tiny office in the Mission. At the time, Bastian was in his mid-30s, a college drop out, recent immigrant to the U.S., with few connections in Silicon Valley, who had unceremoniously failed at his…We Invest2 min readWe Invest2 min read
Published inSpark Capital Publication·Apr 16, 2020A community for curesLike so many enduring companies we have partnered with over the years at Spark, AllStripes (formerly known as RDMD) did not start out of some top-down market analysis. It began with a personal need that developed into a mission. Specifically, when entrepreneur Onno Faber was diagnosed with the rare genetic…Venture Capital3 min readVenture Capital3 min read
