Santo Politi
Santo Politi is a co-founder and general partner at Spark Capital. He has held roles at Panasonic, Bankers Trust, Blockbuster, and Charles River Ventures, and has invested in companies like Cruise, Discord, Oculus, Twitter, Wayfair, Tumblr, and Plaid.
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- Panasonic · engineer
- Bankers Trust
- Blockbuster · President
- Charles River Ventures · general partner
- Spark Capital · Co-founder & General PartnerNow
- Bankers Trust
- Spark Capital · Co-founder & General Partner, EarlyNow
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Who is Santo Politi?
Santo Politi is a co-founder and general partner at Spark Capital. He has held roles at Panasonic, Bankers Trust, Blockbuster, and Charles River Ventures, and has invested in companies like Cruise, Discord, Oculus, Twitter, Wayfair, Tumblr, and Plaid.
How much does Santo Politi invest?
Santo Politi invests through Spark Capital, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
How do I pitch Santo Politi?
A warm intro from a founder Spark Capital backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.
What did Santo Politi do before Spark Capital?
engineer at Panasonic; Bankers Trust; President at Blockbuster; general partner at Charles River Ventures; Bankers Trust.
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