Bijan Sabet - Co-Founder and General Partner @ Spark Capital

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Primary Job Title Co-Founder and General Partner
Primary Organization
Spark Capital

Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England
Gender Male

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Website bijansabet.com
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Bijan Sabet has been a General Partner at Spark Capital since its inception in 2005. Bijan led Spark's investments at Twitter, Tumblr, Boxee, Foursquare, Stack Exchange, ExFM, OMGPOP, and Bug Labs. He also led the investment in thePlatform (acquired by Comcast) and was on the board at Next New Networks (acquired by Google).

Personal Investments

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Bijan Sabet

invested in

Street FC

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. This investment -

Seed Round - Street FC

- was valued at

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Street FC	—	Seed Round - Street FC	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Academia.edu	Spark Capital	—	Series D - Academia.edu	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Beam	Spark Capital	—	Series A - Beam	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Beam	Spark Capital	Yes	Seed Round - Beam	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Alfred	Spark Capital	—	Series C - Alfred	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Stack Overflow	Spark Capital	No	Series E - Stack Overflow	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	TEOOH	Spark Capital	—	Seed Round - TEOOH	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Slite	Spark Capital	Yes	Series A - Slite	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Overtime	Spark Capital	Yes	Series B - Overtime	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Alfred	Spark Capital	—	Series B - Alfred	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Foursquare	Spark Capital	No	Series E - Foursquare	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Bijan Sabet

has

current jobs as

Co-Founder and General Partner

Spark Capital

and

Director

Tumblr

Spark Capital Co-Founder and General PartnerJul 2005
Tumblr Director

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Bijan Sabet

holds

board and advisor roles including

Member Board Of Trustees

Boston College

Member Board Of Trustees

St. Mark's School

, and

Member Board Of Trustees

Beaver Country Day School

Boston College Member Board Of TrusteesJun 2021
St. Mark's School Member Board Of TrusteesMay 2021
Beaver Country Day School Member Board Of Trustees2017
Jelly HQ Board Member2014
Trello Board of Directors2014
Extension Entertainment Board Member2014
Academia.edu Board Member2013
Biosocia Board Member
Stack Overflow Board Member
Alfred Board Member

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
CrowdRise	Director	Apr 21, 2014	2017
Boxee	Board Member	May 1, 2006	Jul 3, 2013
Tumblr	Board Member	2007	May 21, 2013
OMGPOP	Board Member	2007	Mar 22, 2012
X (formerly Twitter)	Board Member	2008	Sep 16, 2011
thePlatform	Board Member	2005	Jun 1, 2006
Foursquare	Boards Member	—	—
Next New Networks	Boards of Directors	—	—

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