Aaron Sisto is a Partner at First Spark Ventures. He previously held roles at Schmidt Futures, Searchable.ai, and In-Q-Tel.

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Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series ALead preference not reported
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Career

  1. In-Q-Tel · technologist
  2. Searchable.ai · co-founder and Chief Scientist
  3. Schmidt Futures · Director
  4. First Spark Ventures · Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Searchable.ai

Focus

Deep TechAIAR/VRquantum computing

Education

Stanford University, PhD in quantum simulation and machine learning

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Who is Aaron Sisto?

Aaron Sisto is a Partner at First Spark Ventures. He previously held roles at Schmidt Futures, Searchable.ai, and In-Q-Tel.

How much does Aaron Sisto invest?

First Spark Ventures has not reported a check size. It invests at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Aaron Sisto?

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What did Aaron Sisto do before First Spark Ventures?

technologist at In-Q-Tel; co-founder and Chief Scientist at Searchable.ai; Director at Schmidt Futures.

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