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Spark CapitalFirm match from fund name (lower confidence)

Spark Capital IX, L.P.

Open, writing first checks

Open: first sale Apr 2026, per Form D (fund age approximates vintage)

Vintage
2026
Fund size
$1000.36M (Form D)
Stages
Not stated
Sectors
Not stated
Regions
Not stated

01 · Thesis

Spark Capital invests in founders with ambition, brains, guts, and resolve, backing ideas about the future, science, and products that can make markets. It says there is no playbook or formula for venture investing.Inferred from the firm's website

02 · Initial check

$10M to $16.67M (estimated from fund size)

Estimated from Form D

03 · Who to approach

Named on this fund's Form D

  • Jeremy Philips
  • Fraser Kelton
  • Alex Finkelstein
  • Santo Politi

04 · Deals

No deals attributed to this fund yet.

05 · Evidence

  • Firm-wideSpark Capital says there are no playbooks or formulas for venture investing. It says it invests in founders with qualities such as ambition, brains, guts, and resolve.

    We invest in ambition, brains, guts, people, crazy dreams, idealists, optimism, resolve, independence, reinvention, action, systems, clarity and complexity, distinction, counterpoint, art, humanness.
    https://www.sparkcapital.com/

06 · Sources

  1. https://www.sparkcapital.com/
  2. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2123887/000212388726000002/

Last verified: Oct 28, 2026