Santo Politi
General Partner at Spark Capital LLC
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and General Partner
2006 - Current
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in the consumer, commerce, FinTech, software, frontier, and media sectors.
Current Board Member
2015
Plaid provides companies with the tools and access needed for the development of a digitally-enabled financial system.
Raised $734,300,000.00 from Bedrock, American Express Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, Raed Malek, Index Ventures and Spark Capital.
Current Board Member
2011
Current Board Member
2015
Cybereason is an endpoint detection and response platform that identifies cyber attacks for effective response.
Raised $850,600,000.00 from SoftBank.
Current Board Member
2019
Alpaca is a financial system platform that allows developers and businesses to build apps, embed investing, and trade algorithms.
Raised $86,800,000.00 from SBI Group.
Current Board Member
2012
Superpedestrian is a venture-backed robotics company that develops lightweight electric vehicles with integrated online platforms.
Raised $261,700,000.00 from General Catalyst, Jefferies, Spark Capital, Antara Capital, Citi and FM Capital.
Current Board Member
2017
Lightmatter develops photonic chips that enable data processing and communication using light instead of electricity.
Raised $822,000,000.00 from Bossa Invest, T. Rowe Price, Google Ventures and Fidelity.
Current Board Member
2020
Liquidity Dynamics brings your portfolio to life through algorithmic analysis & forecasting.
Current Board Member
2019
Droplette is a needle-free and hand-held device that delivers large molecules deep through skin.
Raised $21,049,703.00 from Suttona Capital.
Current Board Member
2018