Spark Capital

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco with offices in Boston and New York. It invests in startups across the United States, spanning early-stage to growth opportunities, focusing on software, internet, media, consumer products and services, fintech, and information technology. The firm backs companies across sectors such as software-as-a-service, digital media, online platforms, and technology-driven consumer products, often supporting ventures at the intersection of entertainment and technology, e-commerce, and education technology. It typically makes investments from formative rounds up to larger growth rounds, and seeks to take a board seat in portfolio companies to help guide strategy and growth. Notable investments include Twitter, Discord, Anthropic, Cruise, Niantic, Oculus, Warby Parker, and Tumblr, illustrating a history of backing influential products and teams.

Coen Armstrong

Investor

Paul Conway

General Partner

Todd Dagres

Partner

Alex Finkelstein

General Partner

Clay Fisher

Investor

Past deals in Image Recognition

Lumafield

Series C in 2025
Lumafield provides industrial computed tomography solutions for non-destructive testing and inspection in engineering environments. Its Neptune X-ray CT scanner enables detailed imaging to analyze internal structures and detect defects across materials. The Voyager software platform delivers cloud-based AI-powered analysis, automated inspections, and collaboration tools to support product development from design through manufacturing. Triton is a high-speed CT system designed for rapid scanning in high-volume manufacturing settings. The company serves industries including aerospace, automotive, electronics, and medical devices, helping to improve product quality and reliability through advanced imaging and analysis capabilities.

VideaHealth

Series B in 2025
VideaHealth develops AI software that automatically detects dental pathologies in imaging, providing real‑time second opinions and visual case presentations to improve diagnosis accuracy, treatment planning, and case acceptance. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company’s VideaDetect platform helps dentists reduce missed disease rates, enhance patient communication, and streamline practice operations and insurance claims through analytics.

Scale AI

Series F in 2024
Scale AI develops a platform that provides training and validation data for artificial intelligence applications. Its products include advanced annotation tools for images, videos, text, documents, and 3D sensor data, serving sectors such as autonomous vehicles, retail, conversational AI, robotics, AR/VR, and document processing.

Lumafield

Series B in 2022
Lumafield provides industrial computed tomography solutions for non-destructive testing and inspection in engineering environments. Its Neptune X-ray CT scanner enables detailed imaging to analyze internal structures and detect defects across materials. The Voyager software platform delivers cloud-based AI-powered analysis, automated inspections, and collaboration tools to support product development from design through manufacturing. Triton is a high-speed CT system designed for rapid scanning in high-volume manufacturing settings. The company serves industries including aerospace, automotive, electronics, and medical devices, helping to improve product quality and reliability through advanced imaging and analysis capabilities.

VideaHealth

Series A in 2022
VideaHealth develops AI software that automatically detects dental pathologies in imaging, providing real‑time second opinions and visual case presentations to improve diagnosis accuracy, treatment planning, and case acceptance. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company’s VideaDetect platform helps dentists reduce missed disease rates, enhance patient communication, and streamline practice operations and insurance claims through analytics.

Capella Space

Series B in 2019
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.

Scale AI

Series C in 2019
Scale AI develops a platform that provides training and validation data for artificial intelligence applications. Its products include advanced annotation tools for images, videos, text, documents, and 3D sensor data, serving sectors such as autonomous vehicles, retail, conversational AI, robotics, AR/VR, and document processing.

Capella Space

Series B in 2018
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.

Capella Space

Series A in 2017
Capella Space is an information services company based in San Francisco that operates a constellation of small satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar, delivering on-demand, high-resolution radar imagery of the Earth's surface. The SAR imagery can be acquired through clouds, smoke, fog, and darkness, enabling continuous global monitoring and rapid insight across industries. Capella's services support infrastructure monitoring, agriculture, disaster response, maritime domain awareness, city planning and mapping, and business intelligence, helping customers detect sub-meter surface changes, track economic activity, and monitor environmental and security-related conditions. Founded in 2016, Capella Space provides timely earth observation for commerce, conservation, and safety.

Lily

Series A in 2015
Lily, founded in September 2013 in a UC Berkeley robotics lab, specializes in developing innovative camera drones designed for ease of use and portability. The company's flagship product is a throw-and-shoot camera that can be conveniently stored in a backpack while withstanding challenging weather conditions. Utilizing advanced technology, including global positioning and computer vision, Lily's drones autonomously capture high-quality images and videos from the sky. With a mission to enhance human creativity, Lily focuses on creating tools that facilitate effortless expression, ensuring that users can easily document their experiences from unique aerial perspectives.

Jelly HQ

Series B in 2014
Jelly HQ is a technology company that offers a human-powered discovery and search engine focused on image-based queries. Founded in April 2013 by Biz Stone and Ben Finkel, Jelly allows users to ask questions by uploading photos, leveraging social networks to facilitate responses. The platform is designed to connect individuals and utilize a loosely distributed network of people to provide answers, resembling the decentralized neural structure of a jellyfish, which serves as the company's emblem. Through this innovative approach, Jelly aims to enhance the way users seek information and interact with their social circles.

Jelly HQ

Series A in 2013
Jelly HQ is a technology company that offers a human-powered discovery and search engine focused on image-based queries. Founded in April 2013 by Biz Stone and Ben Finkel, Jelly allows users to ask questions by uploading photos, leveraging social networks to facilitate responses. The platform is designed to connect individuals and utilize a loosely distributed network of people to provide answers, resembling the decentralized neural structure of a jellyfish, which serves as the company's emblem. Through this innovative approach, Jelly aims to enhance the way users seek information and interact with their social circles.
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