Spark Capital VIII, L.P.
Open, writing first checks
Open: no first sale reported; age from Form D filed Dec 2023 (approximate)
- Vintage
- Unknown
- Fund size
- $700M to $777.44M (Form D and SEC adviser filing)
- 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
$7M to $12.96M (estimated from fund size)
Estimated from Form D and SEC adviser filing
03 · Who to approach
Named on this fund's Form D
- Jeremy Philips
- Kevin Thau, Managing Member of the General Partner
- Alex Finkelstein
- Nabeel Hyatt, Managing Member of the General Partner
- 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
Last verified: Oct 28, 2026