Spark Capital

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionSep 30, 2026 · Sep 1, 2026

Spark Capital is a venture investor that works with founders during early company development, with an emphasis on product judgment and founder-led businesses.

Spark’s stated approach favours sustained company building over short-term resale or financial engineering. It offers direct advice while leaving founders responsible for running their companies, rather than prescribing a single operating formula.

Sources
Rounds participated in
7
Confirmed lead rounds
4
All roles disclosed
New companies
6
First participation on record · 1 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$1.2B
7 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series A5
Pre-seed1
Series C+1

By primary sector

Climate tech3
Fintech2
AI1
Space tech1

By country

United States7

Rounds

7 in this selection
HiringCafe

A job-search platform whose AI agent matches a person's resume and preferences to roles indexed from employer career pages.

$6.8MPre-seed
Lead
Rune

A modular clean-compute platform that deploys GPU clusters at renewable-energy sites without building a conventional data center.

$40MSeries A
Lead
Piston

A cardless fuel-payment network connects commercial fleets and stations with real-time controls for every fill.

$15MSeries A
Participant
Piston

A cardless fuel-payment network connects commercial fleets and stations with real-time controls for every fill.

$15MSeries A
Participant
TAR

Modular off-grid power systems help AI data centers secure dependable electricity outside constrained grids.

$120MSeries A
Lead
Stoke Space Technologies

Stoke Space develops Nova rockets with reusable first and second stages for commercial and government launch customers.

$1BSeries E initial closing
Lead
Light

Light supplies the retail-energy platform behind branded electricity offers from partners such as solar and battery providers.

$46MSeries A
Participant