Spero Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and staffed with former founders & operators from landmark companies, including eBay and Tesla.
We believe purpose-led companies outperform all others, and with our portfolio, we aim to deliver value to shareholders and society.
We invest in three verticals: well-being, work & purpose, and human connection.
Location: United States, California, Redwood City
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2018
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 27
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 12.06.2023 | Oova | oova.life | $11.5M | United Sta... |
| 24.03.2021 | talkshopli... | talkshop.l... | $9M | - |
| 07.12.2020 | Brainsgate | brainsgate... | $14M | Israel, Ha... |
| 14.03.2019 | Gencove | gencove.co... | $13.33M | United Sta... |
| - | Tortuga Ag... | tortugaagt... | $2.4M | United Sta... |
| - | Metamap | getmati.co... | $13.5M | - |
| - | Fathom AI | fathomai.c... | $3M | United Sta... |
| - | RushTix | rushtix.co... | $535K | United Sta... |
| - | Clarity Mo... | clarity.io | $9.6M | China, Gua... |
| - | Core | hellocore.... | $4M | United Sta... |
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Persons 7
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Marc | Tarpenning | Venture Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | m**c@spero... | - |
| - | Stephen | Wemple | Investor | linkedin.c... | - | s*****n@sp... | - |
| - | Sara | Eshelman | - | linkedin.c... | - | s**a@spero... | - |
| - | Mario | Sundar | Head Of Br... | linkedin.c... | - | m***o@sper... | - |
| - | Shripriya | Mahesh | Founding P... | linkedin.c... | - | s*****h@sp... | - |
| - | Brandon | Walker | - | linkedin.c... | - | b*****n@sp... | - |
| - | Andrew | Parker | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | a****w@spe... | - |
News 18
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.12.2020 | For Our Kids, We Will Always Want to Know | Perspectives · December 7, 2020 |
| 01.12.2020 | Talent-Driven Globalization | Perspectives · December 1, 2020 |
| 28.11.2020 | Opportunity and Agency for Blue-Collar Technicians | Perspectives · November 28, 2020 |
| 25.11.2020 | Contrarian Investing 101 | Perspectives · November 25, 2020 |
| 01.10.2020 | The Value of Writing for the Firmless Professional | Perspectives · October 1, 2020 |
| 01.10.2020 | A Framework for Understanding Customer Love | Perspectives · October 1, 2020 |
| 30.09.2020 | Introducing a New Wave of Hyper-Personalized Parenting Advic... | Perspectives · September 30, 2020 |
| 29.09.2020 | Getting to Know Gen Z | Perspectives · September 29, 2020 |
| 25.09.2020 | The Past, Present, and Future of Carbon | Perspectives · September 25, 2020 |
| 20.09.2020 | An Inside Look at Roblox, the Gaming Universe That’s Explode... | Perspectives · September 20, 2020 |
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Mentions in press and media 15
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 13.03.2024 | IVF uncertainty aside, startups rush to offer fertility care... | AI tools, egg freezing, surrogacy, IUI, donorship, oncofertility, genetic analysis, loans, and more ... | vator.tv/n... |
| 10.03.2024 | Revolutionizing Gut Health: Tiny Health's $8.5M Funding Roun... | Tiny Health, a leader in at-home gut microbiome testing, secures $8.5M in funding to expand its offe... | parsers.vc... |
| 02.06.2023 | Hyro Raises $20M for Conversational AI Assistant Used by Int... | Health-focused AI companies are continuing to generate venture capital funding as the healthcare ind... | medcitynew... |
| 09.03.2022 | Guide wants to make being a job candidate less terrible | Guide, a startup building HR software for job candidates, announced this morning that it has raised ... | techcrunch... |
| 08.07.2021 | Live video shopping startup Talkshoplive brings in another $... | Five months after announcing a $3 million seed round from Spero Ventures, shopping-focused live vide... | techcrunch... |
| 08.04.2021 | EXCLUSIVE: Harvest automation startup Tortuga raises $20m Se... | Harvest is one of the most hectic times on a farm. The idea of sending a fleet of robots to do the d... | agfunderne... |
| 16.02.2021 | Live video shopping startup Talkshoplive raises $3M | Talkshoplive is a startup that’s worked with stars like Paul McCartney and Garth Brooks, as well as ... | techcrunch... |
| 18.12.2020 | Hacking Education 2.0 | More than ten years ago, USV hosted a small group of educators, entrepreneurs, activists, and invest... | usv.com/wr... |
| 26.05.2020 | Omidyar-backed Spero Ventures invests in Mexico City’s Mati,... | Spero Ventures, the venture capital firm backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, has gone to Mexico C... | techcrunch... |
| 22.01.2020 | Ag robotics startup Tortuga comes out of stealth with Tesla ... | “One thing I learned in the car business is how tough the environment is on the road and it’s a very... | agfunderne... |
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