Nabeel Hyatt

General Partner

2014

Spark Capital is an early stage venture capital firm. We invest in phenomenal products we love and the creative humans behind them. We do things a little differently and aren't afraid of risk. Spark-backed companies include Twitter, Discord, Anthropic, Cruise, Niantic, Oculus, Warby Parker, and tumblr. I joined in 2012, founded the west coast office, and have led early investments and/or sit on the board of Discord, Postmates (acquired by Uber), Sonder (IPO), Cruise (acquired by GM), Adept AI, Capella Space, Descript, Bot Co, Instawork, Zum, AllStripes, Sonera, Wild Type, Granola, Harmonix (acquired by Epic Games), Proletariat (acquired by Activision), and North (acquired by Google). My primary drive is being in service to founders on the search for new markets. There are plenty of investors focused on implementing playbooks, I study what it takes for truly risky, new, interesting things to create new markets. I tend to look for products in which the underlying technology or systems can be extremely complex, but are presented as a simple, magical experience to the people who use them. That rare mix of design and technology.

Venture Partner

2012 - 2014

Am I really sure I want to be a VC?

Partner

2025

www.tabletoplibrary.com

Board Member

2024

Board Member

2024

Board Member

2018

Led a round into the company when it was under $10m in revenue, as they worked through a pivot from "uber for kids" to hyper-growth student transportation logistics company. Valued over $1b in '24.

Board Observer

2016

We led a round into Discord a few months after the product launched, when they had a few thousand users.

Board Member

2016

We led the Series A into Sonder, at the time it was called Flatbook and operating just in Montreal. $2.2b IPO in 2022.

Board Member

2014 - 2020

We invested when Postmates was ~10 employees, focused on three cities, and I served on the board for six years. Acquired by Uber that closed at $5b in 2020, awful lot happened in between.

Board Member

2015 - 2016

We led the Series A a few weeks after their first private demo of a fully autonomous driving system. Acquired by GM for over $1b, then spun back out, now valued over $30b.

GM

2010 - 2012

Early stage through IPO. Headed up a studio, managed several games and launched Indiana Jones' Adventure World, which Kutaku called "an actually fun social game"