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 Messaging

Credal.ai

Seed Round in 2023
Credal.ai provides an enterprise AI platform that enables secure adoption and governance of AI by offering APIs, a secure chat UI, and a Slack bot with data pre-integrated and automatic enforcement of access policies, data masking, and acceptable use policies. The platform supports popular models such as GPT-4 32k and Claude, allowing enterprises to control usage with audit logging and robust data security. In addition, Credal.ai develops an AI-based assistant that helps managers draft personalized memos for stakeholders by syncing with productivity tools to infer changes in key documents, task trackers, and data, and by generating explanations for internal teams. This combination supports secure data handling, responsible decision-making, and seamless integration with existing workflows.

Ada

Series C in 2021
Ada Support Inc. is a computer software company that specializes in a chatbot platform designed to enhance customer experience for enterprise businesses. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Ada's platform leverages artificial intelligence to enable non-technical support teams to automate responses to customer inquiries. By utilizing a web and mobile machine learning engine, the platform effectively reduces support volume and empowers customers to find answers independently. Additionally, the system is capable of learning from interactions, continuously improving its ability to address customer needs and streamline support processes.

Bird

Series C in 2020
MessageBird B.V. is a cloud communications platform that provides software solutions for customer communication, including voice services, SMS, email, and two-factor authentication. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the company operates additional offices in major cities such as San Francisco, London, and Singapore. MessageBird aims to simplify customer communication by offering a comprehensive suite of APIs that enable enterprises to connect reliably with their global customers. With its own telecommunications carrier infrastructure, MessageBird serves over 15,000 businesses, ensuring fast and dependable communication through SMS, voice, and chat services. The company has garnered significant attention and investment, including a notable $60 million Series A funding round in 2017, underscoring its position as a leading player in the European software industry.

Outreach

Series F in 2020
Outreach is a sales engagement platform that helps organizations manage and optimize interactions across email, voice, and social channels throughout the customer lifecycle. The platform uses machine learning to guide sales representatives to take the right actions, automate repetitive tasks, and personalize communications while tracking sales activity and performance. It supports account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as sequence and task management, email and activity tracking, and insights that analyze buyer sentiment to optimize content and sequences in real time. By integrating automated alerts, collaboration features, and performance analytics, Outreach aims to increase the volume of qualified meetings and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer-facing teams.

Slite

Series A in 2020
Slite is a collaborative software platform designed to help organizations create, organize, and share knowledge efficiently. Its application enables teams to develop and manage documents collectively, offering features such as real-time editing, Slack integration, and public link sharing. By centralizing company information in a structured and accessible manner, Slite allows users to find answers quickly and keeps documentation up-to-date without the need for extensive searching. The platform serves as a single source of truth for over 200,000 companies, streamlining workflows and enhancing collaboration within teams.

PreVeil

Series B in 2019
PreVeil is a cybersecurity company that provides encrypted email and cloud storage and file-sharing solutions for enterprises and individuals. Its platform delivers encrypted email, drive, and enterprise features across multiple devices, using end-to-end encryption to protect data even if servers are compromised. The service supports secure communications among employees, contractors, vendors, and third parties, reducing reliance on passwords. The company serves industries including aerospace and defense, financial services, biotech and pharma, and professional services. Founded in 2015 and based in Boston, PreVeil focuses on protecting sensitive communications and files from external intrusions through strong encryption and secure collaboration tools.

Talkspace

Series D in 2019
Talkspace is an online therapy platform connecting users with licensed therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists for mental health support. It offers unlimited messaging therapy, making professional help accessible and affordable.

Outreach

Series E in 2019
Outreach is a sales engagement platform that helps organizations manage and optimize interactions across email, voice, and social channels throughout the customer lifecycle. The platform uses machine learning to guide sales representatives to take the right actions, automate repetitive tasks, and personalize communications while tracking sales activity and performance. It supports account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as sequence and task management, email and activity tracking, and insights that analyze buyer sentiment to optimize content and sequences in real time. By integrating automated alerts, collaboration features, and performance analytics, Outreach aims to increase the volume of qualified meetings and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer-facing teams.

Discord

Series F in 2018
Discord operates as a communication platform offering voice, video, and text services for users to interact with friends and communities. Originally created for gamers, it has since expanded its user base to include various groups such as art communities, study groups, and local clubs.

Braze

Series E in 2018
Braze is a customer engagement platform that helps brands deliver relevant, human experiences across channels. It offers a mobile marketing automation and customer relationship management solution with AI-powered tools for engagement orchestration, including messaging, chatbots, and content management, plus campaign optimization insights, data analysis, and segment analytics. The platform enables cross-channel personalization across mobile, email, web, television, and connected devices, and provides data security, data warehousing and streaming capabilities. Braze uses AI to power functionality across its stack. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, it has offices in London, San Francisco, Chicago, and Singapore. Braze serves industries such as retail and e-commerce, media and entertainment, financial services, and travel and hospitality, focusing on timely, contextually relevant interactions between consumers and brands.

Outreach

Series D in 2018
Outreach is a sales engagement platform that helps organizations manage and optimize interactions across email, voice, and social channels throughout the customer lifecycle. The platform uses machine learning to guide sales representatives to take the right actions, automate repetitive tasks, and personalize communications while tracking sales activity and performance. It supports account-based, outbound, and inbound sales, as well as sequence and task management, email and activity tracking, and insights that analyze buyer sentiment to optimize content and sequences in real time. By integrating automated alerts, collaboration features, and performance analytics, Outreach aims to increase the volume of qualified meetings and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of customer-facing teams.

Discord

Series E in 2018
Discord operates as a communication platform offering voice, video, and text services for users to interact with friends and communities. Originally created for gamers, it has since expanded its user base to include various groups such as art communities, study groups, and local clubs.

PreVeil

Series A in 2018
PreVeil is a cybersecurity company that provides encrypted email and cloud storage and file-sharing solutions for enterprises and individuals. Its platform delivers encrypted email, drive, and enterprise features across multiple devices, using end-to-end encryption to protect data even if servers are compromised. The service supports secure communications among employees, contractors, vendors, and third parties, reducing reliance on passwords. The company serves industries including aerospace and defense, financial services, biotech and pharma, and professional services. Founded in 2015 and based in Boston, PreVeil focuses on protecting sensitive communications and files from external intrusions through strong encryption and secure collaboration tools.

Talkspace

Series C in 2017
Talkspace is an online therapy platform connecting users with licensed therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists for mental health support. It offers unlimited messaging therapy, making professional help accessible and affordable.

Discord

Series D in 2017
Discord operates as a communication platform offering voice, video, and text services for users to interact with friends and communities. Originally created for gamers, it has since expanded its user base to include various groups such as art communities, study groups, and local clubs.

Talkspace

Series B in 2016
Talkspace is an online therapy platform connecting users with licensed therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists for mental health support. It offers unlimited messaging therapy, making professional help accessible and affordable.

Snap

Series F in 2016
Snap Inc. is a United States technology and social media company best known for Snapchat, a multimedia messaging app that enables users to send ephemeral photos and videos, share Stories, and access augmented reality features. The company also offers Camera, Chat, Memories, Discover, and Snap Map to enhance communication and content discovery, and has produced Spectacles, a line of wearable camera hardware. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Snap Inc. was founded in 2010 and focuses on camera-based experiences that blend messaging, AR effects, and interactive media for a global audience.

Discord

Series C in 2016
Discord operates as a communication platform offering voice, video, and text services for users to interact with friends and communities. Originally created for gamers, it has since expanded its user base to include various groups such as art communities, study groups, and local clubs.

Talkspace

Series A in 2015
Talkspace is an online therapy platform connecting users with licensed therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists for mental health support. It offers unlimited messaging therapy, making professional help accessible and affordable.

Slack Technologies

Series E in 2015
Slack Technologies is a cloud-based business communication and collaboration platform for teams. The service combines messaging, file sharing, voice and video calls, a workflow builder, and extensive app integrations to unify people, tools, and data in a single interface. Sold as software as a service, Slack aims to improve workplace efficiency and information flow across industries worldwide. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, originally under the name Tiny Speck before rebranding to Slack. Slack serves organizations of various sizes, providing a scalable platform that streamlines communication and collaboration across departments.

Talkspace

Seed Round in 2014
Talkspace is an online therapy platform connecting users with licensed therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists for mental health support. It offers unlimited messaging therapy, making professional help accessible and affordable.

Kik

Series C in 2014
Kik, founded in 2009 by a group of University of Waterloo students, is a mobile messaging application based in Waterloo, Ontario. The company aims to facilitate connections among users, services, and businesses, particularly targeting a teenage audience. Kik offers features that allow users to share their feelings and engage with friends and family, as well as chatbots for entertainment. With over 300 million registered users, Kik has established itself as a popular messaging platform, with more than 40% of young Americans using it as their primary messaging app. Users typically spend an average of 35 minutes per session within the app, reflecting its strong engagement. The company is supported by notable venture capitalists and has raised significant funding, with Tencent, the creator of WeChat, as a strategic investor.

Drop

Seed Round in 2014
Drop, Inc. is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company founded in 2013 that offers a location-based messaging platform specifically for iPhone users. The platform enables individuals to send and receive messages tied to specific geographic locations, known as "drops." Users can alert their friends when they are near locations associated with photos and posts from their social media accounts, particularly Instagram. The app notifies users about nearby friends and their interactions with places, enhancing social connectivity through location awareness. Users can follow venues to receive alerts when friends visit, making it easier to coordinate meet-ups and share experiences. Drop's community spans over 85 countries and more than 150 college campuses across the United States, fostering a dynamic social environment centered around shared locations and experiences.

Talkspace

Seed Round in 2014
Talkspace is an online therapy platform connecting users with licensed therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists for mental health support. It offers unlimited messaging therapy, making professional help accessible and affordable.

Kik

Series B in 2013
Kik, founded in 2009 by a group of University of Waterloo students, is a mobile messaging application based in Waterloo, Ontario. The company aims to facilitate connections among users, services, and businesses, particularly targeting a teenage audience. Kik offers features that allow users to share their feelings and engage with friends and family, as well as chatbots for entertainment. With over 300 million registered users, Kik has established itself as a popular messaging platform, with more than 40% of young Americans using it as their primary messaging app. Users typically spend an average of 35 minutes per session within the app, reflecting its strong engagement. The company is supported by notable venture capitalists and has raised significant funding, with Tencent, the creator of WeChat, as a strategic investor.

Talkspace

Seed Round in 2012
Talkspace is an online therapy platform connecting users with licensed therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists for mental health support. It offers unlimited messaging therapy, making professional help accessible and affordable.

Kik

Series A in 2011
Kik, founded in 2009 by a group of University of Waterloo students, is a mobile messaging application based in Waterloo, Ontario. The company aims to facilitate connections among users, services, and businesses, particularly targeting a teenage audience. Kik offers features that allow users to share their feelings and engage with friends and family, as well as chatbots for entertainment. With over 300 million registered users, Kik has established itself as a popular messaging platform, with more than 40% of young Americans using it as their primary messaging app. Users typically spend an average of 35 minutes per session within the app, reflecting its strong engagement. The company is supported by notable venture capitalists and has raised significant funding, with Tencent, the creator of WeChat, as a strategic investor.
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