Spark Capital

Spark Capital Partners, LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 with offices in San Francisco, Boston, and New York City. The firm specializes in growth capital investments, focusing on early-stage companies across a wide range of sectors, including consumer products, fintech, software, media, and e-commerce. Spark Capital is known for its unique approach to investing, emphasizing support for exceptional products and the creative individuals behind them. The firm embraces risk and aims to help founders achieve success on their own terms, often taking board seats in its portfolio companies. Spark Capital has backed notable companies such as Twitter, Discord, and Warby Parker, demonstrating its commitment to innovative ventures. With investment amounts ranging from $0.5 million to $30 million, the firm targets businesses with revenues up to $1 billion, primarily within the United States but with a global outlook.

Coen Armstrong Ph.D

Investor

Paul Conway

General Partner and CFO

Alex Finkelstein

Co-Founder and General Partner

Clay Fisher

General Partner and Board Observer

Aaditya Jain

Investor, Growth

James Kuklinski

General Partner

Alexa Lyons

Co-CFO and General Partner

Connor Mullaney

Investor

Jeremy Philips

General Partner, Growth

Santo Politi

Co-Founder and General Partner

Yasmin Razavi

General Partner

Will Reed

General Partner

Natalie Sandman

General Partner, Early

Kevin Thau

General Partner

Natalie Vais

General Partner

Nabeel Hyatt

General Partner

Past deals in Travel

TravelPerk

Series D in 2021
TravelPerk is a comprehensive platform that streamlines business travel management by integrating booking, reporting, and support into a single tool. It enables users to easily book flights, hotels, and car rentals while ensuring adherence to company policies. The platform offers a wide range of travel options and features, including automated policies, expense integrations, and customer service support. With its user-friendly interface and advanced technology, TravelPerk helps organizations manage their travel needs efficiently, control costs, and simplify the overall booking process for employees. By combining various travel services into one solution, it aims to enhance the travel experience for businesses and reduce the complexities associated with managing business trips.

Gowalla

Seed Round in 2021
Gowalla is a company based in Austin, Texas, that focuses on creating social games played in real-world locations. Launched in 2009, it offers an award-winning mobile app and website, which serve as a social guide to popular places and cities worldwide. The platform features an extensive collection of guides to cities, parks, and regions, curated by both the Gowalla community and experts from organizations such as Disney and National Geographic. This allows users to easily share and discover photos, experiences, and recommendations while on the go, fostering a sense of connection among friends and families. Gowalla's innovative approach to blending social interaction with real-world exploration has garnered attention and support from various prominent investors.

Tourlane

Series C in 2020
Tourlane is a booking platform for multi-day tours, offering amazing experiences to over 30 countries worldwide. It creates adventures and authentic travel experiences to fabulous destinations in the world. The company combines the first-hand experience of a travel agency with the simplicity of an online product. Its apps bring travel consultancy to a state-of-the-art level of tech and design and thereby will shape the future of individual and adventure trips. Its product matches travelers with pre-selected travel specialists, making the booking of individual and adventure trips comparable, fast, and easy.

Sonder Holdings

Series E in 2020
Sonder Canada Inc. specializes in leasing hotel-style apartments to travelers, offering a range of accommodations from rooms to suites and apartments. Founded as Flatbook Corp. and rebranded in 2016, Sonder has expanded its presence across more than 30 cities in eight countries on three continents. The company focuses on delivering a seamless hospitality experience through thoughtfully designed spaces and a tech-powered service model. Its innovative app facilitates self-service features and provides 24/7 support for guests, enhancing convenience and accessibility. Sonder generates revenue by offering both short-term and month-to-month accommodations, with all units carefully selected, designed, and managed by the company.

Sonder Holdings

Series D in 2019
Sonder Canada Inc. specializes in leasing hotel-style apartments to travelers, offering a range of accommodations from rooms to suites and apartments. Founded as Flatbook Corp. and rebranded in 2016, Sonder has expanded its presence across more than 30 cities in eight countries on three continents. The company focuses on delivering a seamless hospitality experience through thoughtfully designed spaces and a tech-powered service model. Its innovative app facilitates self-service features and provides 24/7 support for guests, enhancing convenience and accessibility. Sonder generates revenue by offering both short-term and month-to-month accommodations, with all units carefully selected, designed, and managed by the company.

Tourlane

Series B in 2018
Tourlane is a booking platform for multi-day tours, offering amazing experiences to over 30 countries worldwide. It creates adventures and authentic travel experiences to fabulous destinations in the world. The company combines the first-hand experience of a travel agency with the simplicity of an online product. Its apps bring travel consultancy to a state-of-the-art level of tech and design and thereby will shape the future of individual and adventure trips. Its product matches travelers with pre-selected travel specialists, making the booking of individual and adventure trips comparable, fast, and easy.

TravelPerk

Series C in 2018
TravelPerk is a comprehensive platform that streamlines business travel management by integrating booking, reporting, and support into a single tool. It enables users to easily book flights, hotels, and car rentals while ensuring adherence to company policies. The platform offers a wide range of travel options and features, including automated policies, expense integrations, and customer service support. With its user-friendly interface and advanced technology, TravelPerk helps organizations manage their travel needs efficiently, control costs, and simplify the overall booking process for employees. By combining various travel services into one solution, it aims to enhance the travel experience for businesses and reduce the complexities associated with managing business trips.

Sonder Holdings

Series C in 2018
Sonder Canada Inc. specializes in leasing hotel-style apartments to travelers, offering a range of accommodations from rooms to suites and apartments. Founded as Flatbook Corp. and rebranded in 2016, Sonder has expanded its presence across more than 30 cities in eight countries on three continents. The company focuses on delivering a seamless hospitality experience through thoughtfully designed spaces and a tech-powered service model. Its innovative app facilitates self-service features and provides 24/7 support for guests, enhancing convenience and accessibility. Sonder generates revenue by offering both short-term and month-to-month accommodations, with all units carefully selected, designed, and managed by the company.

TravelPerk

Series B in 2018
TravelPerk is a comprehensive platform that streamlines business travel management by integrating booking, reporting, and support into a single tool. It enables users to easily book flights, hotels, and car rentals while ensuring adherence to company policies. The platform offers a wide range of travel options and features, including automated policies, expense integrations, and customer service support. With its user-friendly interface and advanced technology, TravelPerk helps organizations manage their travel needs efficiently, control costs, and simplify the overall booking process for employees. By combining various travel services into one solution, it aims to enhance the travel experience for businesses and reduce the complexities associated with managing business trips.

GetYourGuide

Series D in 2017
GetYourGuide operates an online platform that allows users to book tours, attractions, and activities globally. Founded in June 2009 by Jochen Mattes, Johannes Reck, Martin Sieber, Pascal Mathis, Tao Tao, and Tobias Rein, the company acts as a mediator between customers and service providers, facilitating the booking of experiences such as cooking classes and skip-the-line tickets for popular tourist sites. The platform is accessible via the internet and mobile applications, providing a variety of options for travelers, including last-minute activities and guided tours. While the service is free for customers, providers pay GetYourGuide a percentage of their revenue for each booking. An integrated customer review system helps users assess the quality of tour providers, with the platform actively removing those that consistently receive poor reviews.

Sonder Holdings

Series B in 2017
Sonder Canada Inc. specializes in leasing hotel-style apartments to travelers, offering a range of accommodations from rooms to suites and apartments. Founded as Flatbook Corp. and rebranded in 2016, Sonder has expanded its presence across more than 30 cities in eight countries on three continents. The company focuses on delivering a seamless hospitality experience through thoughtfully designed spaces and a tech-powered service model. Its innovative app facilitates self-service features and provides 24/7 support for guests, enhancing convenience and accessibility. Sonder generates revenue by offering both short-term and month-to-month accommodations, with all units carefully selected, designed, and managed by the company.

TravelPerk

Series A in 2016
TravelPerk is a comprehensive platform that streamlines business travel management by integrating booking, reporting, and support into a single tool. It enables users to easily book flights, hotels, and car rentals while ensuring adherence to company policies. The platform offers a wide range of travel options and features, including automated policies, expense integrations, and customer service support. With its user-friendly interface and advanced technology, TravelPerk helps organizations manage their travel needs efficiently, control costs, and simplify the overall booking process for employees. By combining various travel services into one solution, it aims to enhance the travel experience for businesses and reduce the complexities associated with managing business trips.

Sonder Holdings

Series A in 2016
Sonder Canada Inc. specializes in leasing hotel-style apartments to travelers, offering a range of accommodations from rooms to suites and apartments. Founded as Flatbook Corp. and rebranded in 2016, Sonder has expanded its presence across more than 30 cities in eight countries on three continents. The company focuses on delivering a seamless hospitality experience through thoughtfully designed spaces and a tech-powered service model. Its innovative app facilitates self-service features and provides 24/7 support for guests, enhancing convenience and accessibility. Sonder generates revenue by offering both short-term and month-to-month accommodations, with all units carefully selected, designed, and managed by the company.

GetYourGuide

Series C in 2015
GetYourGuide operates an online platform that allows users to book tours, attractions, and activities globally. Founded in June 2009 by Jochen Mattes, Johannes Reck, Martin Sieber, Pascal Mathis, Tao Tao, and Tobias Rein, the company acts as a mediator between customers and service providers, facilitating the booking of experiences such as cooking classes and skip-the-line tickets for popular tourist sites. The platform is accessible via the internet and mobile applications, providing a variety of options for travelers, including last-minute activities and guided tours. While the service is free for customers, providers pay GetYourGuide a percentage of their revenue for each booking. An integrated customer review system helps users assess the quality of tour providers, with the platform actively removing those that consistently receive poor reviews.

GetYourGuide

Series B in 2014
GetYourGuide operates an online platform that allows users to book tours, attractions, and activities globally. Founded in June 2009 by Jochen Mattes, Johannes Reck, Martin Sieber, Pascal Mathis, Tao Tao, and Tobias Rein, the company acts as a mediator between customers and service providers, facilitating the booking of experiences such as cooking classes and skip-the-line tickets for popular tourist sites. The platform is accessible via the internet and mobile applications, providing a variety of options for travelers, including last-minute activities and guided tours. While the service is free for customers, providers pay GetYourGuide a percentage of their revenue for each booking. An integrated customer review system helps users assess the quality of tour providers, with the platform actively removing those that consistently receive poor reviews.

GetYourGuide

Series A in 2013
GetYourGuide operates an online platform that allows users to book tours, attractions, and activities globally. Founded in June 2009 by Jochen Mattes, Johannes Reck, Martin Sieber, Pascal Mathis, Tao Tao, and Tobias Rein, the company acts as a mediator between customers and service providers, facilitating the booking of experiences such as cooking classes and skip-the-line tickets for popular tourist sites. The platform is accessible via the internet and mobile applications, providing a variety of options for travelers, including last-minute activities and guided tours. While the service is free for customers, providers pay GetYourGuide a percentage of their revenue for each booking. An integrated customer review system helps users assess the quality of tour providers, with the platform actively removing those that consistently receive poor reviews.

Verified Identity Pass

Venture Round in 2008
The company's voluntary credentialing program, Clear, is the first and only privately run Registered Traveler program operating at a U.S. airport.
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