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137 Newbury Street, 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: 617-830-2000
Fax: 617-830-2001
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Information Technology
Media & Digital Media
Software & Internet
Sports & Entertainment
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Founded in 2005, Spark Capital invests in companies at all stages of their life cycle. The firms most recent funds include a $450 million early-stage venture fund and a $900 million venture growth fund. In total Spark has over $4 billion under management. Spark targets products that define a new category and enable applications and services that couldn't exist without the infrastructure and platforms they provide. The firm typically appoints one of its members to sit on the board of directors for its portfolio companies. Spark considers investments ranging from $250,000 in seed funding or $25,000,000. Spark invests across a number of key market segments including: advertising & monetization, commerce & services, cloud & infrastructure, social, mobile and content. Spark maintains offices in Boston, New York City, and San Francisco.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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| COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
| Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage
(includes "pre-seed," or
concept stage) | No Revenue |
| Early Stage | Minimal
Revenue |
Growth Stage
(also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage
(also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
| Private Equity | |
| Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
| Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
| Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
| Large Cap | >$1B |
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