Marc Tarpenning
Venture Partner at Spero Ventures
Marc Tarpenning
Venture Partner at Spero Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Venture Partner
2019 - Current
Spero Ventures in an early stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building a future that belongs to everyone. We aim to deliver value to shareholders and society. We invest in the things that make life worth living: well-being (of people and planet), work and purpose and human connections.
Spero Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in the things that make life worth living.
Member of the Advisory Board
2018
Since 2005, SCET has created the foundation of Berkeley’s entrepreneurship ecosystem including SkyDeck, the Fung Institute, the Engineering Leadership Professional Program, Global Venture Lab, and an extensive ecosystem of Silicon Valley and Global partners. The Center is also known for developing the Berkeley Method, an internationally recognized approach to teaching technology entrepreneurship to undergraduates, innovation to Ph.D. students, and technology firm leadership to professionals and executives.
The Sutardja Center supports new venture teams with mentoring, network connections, and Delta prize awards.
Advisor
2015
Advisor to new companies coming out of UC Berkeley
Member of the Advisory Board
2016 - 2023
Acquired by Rockwell Automation
Advisory Board Member, Science Learning Institute
2012 - 2023
Member Board of Trustees
2014 - 2023
Member Board Of Directors
2015 - 2022
Innovate Public Schools is a nonprofit organization working to make sure that all students — especially low-income students and students of color — receive a world-class public education that prepares them for success in college, careers and beyond. We’re building a movement of families, educators, and business and elected leaders who together will make this vision a reality.
Innovate Public Schools is a nonprofit organization focused on all Bay Area students, low-income & students of color, receive education.
Trustee
2009 - 2018
Elected school board member, and Vice President since 2011. Helped lead a $17M campus project funded by public bonds and private donations that removed the last "modular" buildings, replaced our main auditorium and performance space, and built a new maker and design space. In program, we successfully added a Mandarin language option in the middle school, introduced design thinking, oversaw the whole school adoption of SEL, and renewed our emphasis on differentiated learning.
Oakland Unified School District is a school.
Raised $7,500,000.00 from Salesforce Foundation.
Member, Supervisorial District Three
2013 - 2018
It was a pleasure to have served the County on the CCSDO for 5 years and great to have been present to welcome the winning members of the committee for District 3 on election night.
Mentor
2011 - 2013
Advising early stage and expanding cleantech companies on business model and strategy
Education
BA
1982 - 1985