First Spark Ventures

Venture capital firm

Strategy

Sectors
Advanced ComputeDigital Biology & BiotechCyberPhysical Systems
Geographies
Menlo Park, California, USA

Recent changes

  1. Oct 15, 2026Sectors updated: Advanced Compute, Digital Biology & Biotech, CyberPhysical Systems firstsparkventures.com
  2. Jun 15, 2026Invested in Radical Numerics (Seed, $50M) Pulse 2.0

Portfolio

2 total

Recent Investment Activity

1

Track record: led 0 and participated in 1 of 1 tracked venture round · 1 in the last 12 months

DateCompanyEventRoleAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Jun 15, 2026Radical NumericsSeedParticipated$50M—Pulse 2.0

Sector / Stage Activity

By sector (portfolio)
AI infra
1 · 50%
Space
1 · 50%

Co-Investors

5

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Latest Pulse

  1. Radical Numerics Raises $50M Seed to Build AI for Scientific DiscoveryMenlo Park-based Radical Numerics raised a $50 million seed round led by Emergence Capital, with First Spark, Obvious Ventures, Factory and Triatomic participating. The startup is building AI systems aimed at scientific and numerical problems -- a fast-emerging category betting that AI's next frontier is accelerating research itself, from drug discovery to materials and simulation.→

First Spark Ventures FAQ

What companies has First Spark Ventures invested in?

First Spark Ventures' portfolio includes Xona Space Systems, Radical Numerics.

Who does First Spark Ventures co-invest with most?

In the rounds Value Add tracks, First Spark Ventures most often invests alongside Emergence Capital (1 shared deal), Factory (1 shared deal), Obvious Ventures (1 shared deal), Patrick Collison (1 shared deal), Triatomic Capital (1 shared deal).

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