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Spark Capital

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Founded eight years ago, Spark Capital is a leading venture capital firm focused on early stage startups. Spark’s portfolio includes companies such as Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, AdMeld, OMGPOP (acq Zynga), ThePlatform (acq Comcast), and 5Min (acq AOL).

With offices in Boston and New York, Spark invests across the globe and across stages, from a $250k active partner at a seed stage, to $25m to establish category leadership.

Spark’s tight-knit group of partners focuses on a number of areas including: advertising & monetization, commerce & services, cloud & infrastructure, social, mobile and content.

Recent Milestones

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  Spark Capital invested in Jelly HQ. (5/16/13)
  Posted 5/16/13 at 7:06pm via allthingsd.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Kik Interactive. (4/21/13)
  Posted 4/23/13 at 7:12am via techcrunch.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Kitchensurfing. (4/4/13)
  Posted 4/6/13 at 6:34pm via allthingsd.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Kitchensurfing. (4/4/13)
  Posted 4/8/13 at 5:44am via pandodaily.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Close.io. (4/2/13)
  Posted 4/5/13 at 4:57am via techcrunch.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Consumer United. (2/12/13)
  Posted 2/12/13 at 8:45pm via bizjournals.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Storenvy. (2/12/13)
  Posted 2/12/13 at 4:34pm via techcrunch.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Skillshare. (1/31/13)
  Posted 1/31/13 at 9:52pm via techcrunch.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Linkwell Health. (1/30/13)
  Posted 1/30/13 at 7:10pm via techcrunch.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Quantopian. (1/29/13)
  Posted 1/29/13 at 7:29pm via dowjones.com
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  Spark Capital invested in GetYourGuide. (1/7/13)
  Posted 1/7/13 at 3:18pm via techcrunch.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Wayfair. (12/10/12)
  Posted 12/11/12 at 9:08pm via venturebeat.com
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  Spark Capital invested in 1stdibs. (12/3/12)
  Posted 12/4/12 at 2:47am via pandodaily.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Triggit. (11/29/12)
  Posted 12/1/12 at 3:01am via adexchanger.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Lift Worldwide. (11/28/12)
  Posted 11/28/12 at 4:39am via techcrunch.com
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  Spark Capital invested in Lift. (11/27/12)
  Posted 3/20/13 at 7:20pm via techcrunch.com

Investments

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1. Spark Capital raises $360M for second media fund (venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. Spark Capital Raises New Fund (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
3. Boston-Based VC Firm And Early Twitter Investor Spark Capital Raises $450M For Fourth Fund (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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Spark Capital Launches Seed Funding Program Start@Spark (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Jelly, Biz Stone’s Startup, Raises a Round (With a Little Help From Friends) (allthingsd.com) [edit]
5. Kik Raises $19.5M Series B, Bets On Its Cards Platform Play To Take On WhatsApp And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Kitchensurfing Wants to Make Dinner at Your House, With Help From USV, Spark (allthingsd.com) [edit]
7. Private chef service Kitchensurfing picks up $3.5M Series A round (pandodaily.com) [edit]
8. Close.io Raises Funding From SV Angel, Spark Capital To Improve Communication For Salespeople (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Online insurer Consumer United raises $52.5M co-led by Spark Capital (bizjournals.com) [edit]
10. Storenvy Goes From Getting Kicked Out Of YC To Raising A $5M Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. With A Fresh $1M From Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, Skillshare Looks To Expand Its Course Menu And Go Big Abroad (techcrunch.com) [edit]
12. Linkwell Lands $11M From WellPoint, Spark Capital To Help You Make Healthier Choices (techcrunch.com) [edit]
13. Quantopian Raises $2.1M to Make Traders of Techies (pevc.dowjones.com) [edit]
14. Online Holiday Events Booking Platform GetYourGuide Raises $14M Series A To Internationalize Content, Zero In On Mobile (techcrunch.com) [edit]
15. Wayfair raises $36M to extend its control over home goods sales (venturebeat.com) [edit]
16. 1stdibs raises $42 million for luxury marketplace (pandodaily.com) [edit]
17. ‘Facebook DSP’ Triggit Raises $7.4 Million From Existing Investors (adexchanger.com) [edit]
18. Obvious-Incubated Lift Lands $2.5M From Spark Capital, SV Angel To Help You Build Good Habits (techcrunch.com) [edit]
19. Obvious-Incubated Lift Lands $2.5M From Spark Capital, SV Angel To Help You Build Good Habits (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. OMGPOP Founder Charles Forman Raises $4M For Picturelife, An App For Backing Up Your Photos In The Cloud (techcrunch.com) [edit]
21. To Turn The Crowd Into Venture Capitalists, FundersClub Raises $6M Seed Round -- Biggest In YC History (techcrunch.com) [edit]
22. Warby Parker Sees Its Way To $36.8M Of A $40M Series B Round, Led By General Catalyst (techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. Aviary Soars to $6M from Spark, Bezos (allthingsd.com) [edit]
24. With new funding, Group Commerce looks beyond daily deals (gigaom.com) [edit]
25. YC Price Guide Startup Priceonomics Raises $1.5M Seed From Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel (techcrunch.com) [edit]
26. “AdSense For Local Commerce” Signpost Raises $3.75M From Spark Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
27. ‘Social’ Investment Network eToro Is Picking Up Another $15 Million From Spark, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
28. techcrunch.com [edit]
29. Academia.edu Raises $4.5 Million To Help Researchers Share Their Scholarly Papers (techcrunch.com) [edit]
30. RunKeeper Raises $10 Million From Spark Capital, Steve Case, And OATV (techcrunch.com) [edit]
31. Sincerely Raises $3 Million To Deliver Real-World Postcards, Holiday Cards On The Way (techcrunch.com) [edit]
32. Tumblr Raises $85M in Funding (finsmes.com) []
33. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
34. Skillshare Raises $3.1 Million to Turn Everyone Into Teachers (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
35. PeerTransfer Raises $7.5 Million From Spark, Accel, And Maveron For Simple Payment Solution For Students (techcrunch.com) [edit]
36. Foursquare Closes $50M at a $600M Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
37. CSN Stores adds $165M VC funding to bootstrapped strategy (masshightech.com) [edit]
38. Spark, Lightbank And Yuri Milner Get In On OnSwipe's $5M "Series Awesome" (techcrunch.com) [edit]
39. NYC Startup Group Commerce Raises An Additional $10 Million And Says It Could Have Raised More (businessinsider.com) [edit]
40. Social Jukebox exfm Raises $750,000 For Its Music Discovery And Sharing Extension (techcrunch.com) [edit]
41. Social Jukebox exfm Raises $750,000 For Its Music Discovery And Sharing Extension (techcrunch.com) [edit]
42. Eagletxt raises $8.5M with Spark Capital (masshightech.com) [edit]
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44. Stack Overflow, Now Stack Exchange Inc, Raises $12M From Union Square Ventures And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
45. Mobile Messaging Startup Kik Raises $8M; Launches Group Chat And Photo Sharing (techcrunch.com) [edit]
46. Vurve Raises Another $4.5 Million To Give Businesses "Advertising On Autopilot" (techcrunch.com) [edit]
47. Boxee Raises $16.5 Million For Its Vision For The "Future Of TV" (techcrunch.com) [edit]
48. Storenvy Finds A Number Of Impressive Buyers For Its $1.5 Million Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
49. Sensr.net Raises $1.5M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
50. ETORO COMPLETES FUNDING ROUND OF $8.3 MILLION LED BY SPARK CAPITAL (freshnews.com) [edit]
51. OnSwipe Raises $1M for Insanely Simple Tablet Publishing Platform (blog.onswipe.com) [edit]
52. Gaming Site OMGPOP Raises $10.1 Million, Plans Acquisitions (techcrunch.com) [edit]
53. FitOrbit Gains $3.2 Million To Help You Lose Pounds (techcrunch.com) [edit]
54. AdKeeper Inc. Secures $35 Million in Series B Funding Led by Oak Investment Partners (businesswire.com) [edit]
55. TechStars [edit]
56. AdKeeper Inc. Secures $35 Million in Series B Funding Led by Oak Investment Partners (businesswire.com) [edit]
57. Svpply is a Social Shopping Site With a Funny Name, Good Buzz and a New Funding Round (mediamemo.allthingsd.com) [edit]
58. What’s New At Tumblr: Funding, Hires, Office, Board Member, And A Focus On Fashion (techcrunch.com) []
59. Altius Education Raises $18.6M in Series B Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
60. PeerTransfer Banks $1.1M For International Money Transfers (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
61. “Stealth” Advertising Startup AK Networks Raises $8 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
62. "Stealth" Advertising Startup AK Networks Raises $8 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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64. AdMeld Raises $15 Million Round; Time Warner Among New Backers (paidcontent.org) [edit]
65. Triggit Raises $4.2 Million For Its Demand Side Ad Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
66. Semantic Web Startup Inform Technologies Lands $4 Million, New CMO (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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68. Extension Entertainment Inc. Launches ExtensionFM: A Chrome Extension That Turns The Entire Web Into Your Personal Music Library (blog.extension.fm) [edit]
69. Union Square, Spark Capital Double Tumblr’s Funding To $10 Million Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/20/tumblr-funding/#ixzz0lf32gno4 (techcrunch.com) []
70. Gdgt Raises New Financing with New Concept (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
71. IPWireless (ipwireless.com) [edit]
72. Aviary Raises $7 Million From Spark And Jeff Bezos To Crush Adobe Online (ADBE, AMZN) (businessinsider.com) [edit]
73. AltAssets (altassets.com) [edit]
74. Twitter (blog.twitter.com) []
75. Altius lands $8M to launch accredited online colleges (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
76. Verivue streams $20M straight to coffers in latest round (masshightech.com) [edit]
77. techcrunch.com [edit]
78. Boxee Watches $6 Million More In Funding Stream In (techcrunch.com) [edit]
79. ‘How To’ Video Site 5min Raises An Extra $7.5 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
80. Ad Optimizer AdMeld Raises $8 Million, Opens UK Operations (techcrunch.com) [edit]
81. SendMe nabs another $12 million for mobile entertainment content (venturebeat.com) [edit]
82. Twitter Raises $35 Million Series C From Benchmark and IVP, Others (techcrunch.com) []
83. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) []
84. Boxee raisted 4m Today (vccafe.com) [edit]
85. Industry Moves: AdMeld Taps Former FIM Exec Barrett As CEO, Secures New Funding (admeld.com) [edit]
86. Video Ad Platform Adap.tv Raises Another $13 Million (sociableblog.com) [edit]
87. Verified Identity Pass, Steve Brill's Airport Security Company, Raises $44.4 Million (alleyinsider.com) [edit]
88. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
89. We’ve raised a third round of funding (bugblogger.com) [edit]
90. VeriVue Picks up $40M For Video On Demand (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
91. Iminlikewithyou Gets VC Cash For New Game (gigaom.com) [edit]
92. Veoh Raises Another $30 Million From Intel Capital, Adobe, and Gordon Crawford (techcrunch.com) [edit]
93. Twitter Announces Their Funding, Calls Itself A Communication Utility (techcrunch.com) []
94. Covestor Raises $6.5M for Social Investing (mashable.com) [edit]
95. biz.yahoo.com [edit]
96. Next New Networks - $15 million From Velocity Interactive Group And Goldman Sachs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
97. TechCrunch [edit]
98. Inform Technologies Raises $15M For Big Media Site Tools (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
99. techcrunch.com [edit]
100. techcrunch.com [edit]
101. http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/10/tumblr-funded-750k-vimeo.html (alleyinsider.com) []
102. Intune Networks (intunenetworks.com) [edit]
103. KickApps Secures Series B Funding to Extend Leadership in Hosted Social Media Platform Market (kickapps.com) [edit]
104. Veoh Goes for the Big Money (newteevee.com) [edit]
105. Mobile Audio/Video Streaming Service Buzzwire Gets $4 Million Funding (moconews.net) [edit]
106. thealarmclock.com [edit]
107. Next New Networks Building Micro Television Networks (techcrunch.com) [edit]
108. sendmemobile.com [edit]
109. Stealth-Mode KickApps Seals $6M Series A, Plans Beta (kickapps.com) [edit]
110. Veoh Gets $12.5M From Eisner, Others (socaltech.com) [edit]
111. ThePlatform pulls in $8 million to boost its online distribution deals (seattlepi.com) [edit]
112. OneRiot lets you search for Spock in realtime (venturebeat.com) [edit]
113. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]