Arpan Shah is a General Partner at Spark Capital. He previously held roles at Robinhood, Flannel, Plaid, Pear VC, and Sequoia.
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Spark Capital writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.
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- Robinhood
- Flannel
- Plaid · engineering leader
- Sequoia · scout
- Pear VC · partner
- Spark Capital · General Partner, EarlyNow
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Who is Arpan Shah?
Arpan Shah is a General Partner at Spark Capital. He previously held roles at Robinhood, Flannel, Plaid, Pear VC, and Sequoia.
How much does Arpan Shah invest?
Arpan Shah invests through Spark Capital, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
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What did Arpan Shah do before Spark Capital?
Robinhood; Flannel; engineering leader at Plaid; scout at Sequoia; partner at Pear VC.
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