A Global Early-Stage Fund Focused on

CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY

• A network of startup
accelerators and venture
capital funds.

• Founded in 2013, which has

invested in over 280
companies across 6
continents.

• Building a new leader in

early-stage venture capital
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SPARKLABS GROUP
WWW.SPARKLABSGROUP.COM

Extraordinary deal flow

SparkLabs Group was the only
venture capital firm (or any
investment company) in the
world to be recognized in
Newsweek’s 2019 Top 100
Smart City Partners Awards
Facebook chose
SparkLabs Korea to run
their Innovation Lab
Korea in 2018 and 2019.
and strong performance.
Korea Accelerator Fund II
beat 100% of funds in Angel
List’s performance
calculator, which includes
hundreds of VC funds on
their platform plus data
from Pitchbook and
Cambridge Associates.
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Select Portfolio Companies

(formerly Memebox)

$35M Series D led by
Johnson & Johnson
$126M Series C
Other investors include
Goodwater, Formation Group,
Y Combinator, Cowboy
Ventures, Altos
SparkLabs Korea Fund I &
Global portfolio company
$26.5B IPO in March
2019
Other investors include GM,
Icahn, Rakuten, CapitalG,
Fidelity
SparkLabs Global Capital
(late-stage investments with
LPs) portfolio company
$20M Series C led by GDP
“8 Most Influential Internet Rap
Collectives of the 2010s”
Other investors include WPP,
Blue Poole, Jimmy Iovine,
ByteDance, Bono
SparkLabs Global portfolio
company

$70M Series D led by Northstar Group $15M total for Series B from
Leading B2C ecommerce player in Vietnam
Balderton and Nokia Growth

Other investors include JD.com, Leading wellness app in Europe

CyberAgents, Sumitomo, VNG Corporation Other investors include Bauer Media Group,
SparkLabs Ventures (Series A fund for Korea Draper Esprit
& SE Asia) portfolio company SparkLabs Global portfolio company
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$50M Series C led by
Goldman Sachs (Nov 2019)
Other investors include Accel,
Aspect, Sallie Mae
Fast Company's 2019 Most
Innovative Companies
SparkLabs Global (seed fund)
portfolio company
$25.2M Series B with STIC,
Aju, and others ($150M post-
money)
JV between SparkLabs Korea and
Aju Hotel & Resorts
12 locations in Seoul and a
PROFITABLE co-working company
SparkLabs Korea Fund II portfolio
company
$100M Series D led by
Generation Capital (Al Gore)
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s first
investment (led Series B)
Other investors include Spark
Capital, GV (Google Ventures)
SparkLabs Global company
$16.4M total for Series B
from Samsung Ventures &
Samsung SDS
Leading enterprise blockchain
company in South Korea
84.3x multiple since SparkLabs
Korea’s investment
SparkLabs Korea Fund I (Batch 6)
& SparkLabs Ventures (Series A
fund)
$15M Series B led by Jim
Breyer and Thomas Tull
Official avatar agency for every
player in NBA, MLB, and NFL
Other investors include NEA,
Foundation, Box Group
SparkLabs Global portfolio
company
$70M Series D led by CUNA
Mutual ($495M post-
money)
Servicing $1.15 Billion+ in
aggregate loan originations
Other investors include David
Solomon (Goldman Sachs), Gary
Cohn (former Chief Economic
Advisor to the President)
SparkLabs Global portfolio
company
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One of the best startup deal

flow systems in the world.

By 2021, there will be over 200 startups

graduating each year. We prefer Over 130 startups with an 10 companies with an
average raise of over average raise of $3.2M
focused accelerator programs with no
$400,000 prior to joining prior to program
more than 15 startups per batch

§ Accelerators invest $50K to $100K into

each company for up to 6%
§ Most startups don’t need our capital
from our accelerators but want access to
our team and network
§ Highly vetted, highly qualified startups
across industries
Within 2 years has become
the leading accelerator in 28 portfolio companies so
Taiwan with over 900 far which have gone on to
people attending their raise over $82 million
recent demo day
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SparkLabs is a unique global

innovation network

We are the premier startup

ecosystem builder
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Global Leaders Partner with SparkLabs

Signed partnership with Daimler to source innovative startups

aligned with their strategic vision across Asia in 2019. As of July 2020,
SparkLabs has signed to operate Mercedes-Benz’s Startup Autobahn
program in South Korea.

“Universal’s Accelerator Engagement Network, announced in October

2017, will work closely with SparkLabs, which operates incubator
programmes in Seoul and Taipei, to develop music-related start-ups.”

Yonhap News

Assisting Korea’s largest wireless carrier in their innovation

development.

“SK Telecom announced a partnership with SparkLabs, a global

accelerator, in Barcelona, Spain at the Mobile World Congress.”

Yonhap News
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Since 2013… SparkLabs

is a young venture
Over… capital firm that not
280 startups invested only has a strong
growing brand, but our
$5 billion in total post numbers back up our
money valuation reputation.
54% IRR across our top 2
funds
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Our Global Seed-Stage Fund

Launched in December 2013. SparkLabs Global has invested in over 70 companies across 6
continents. Geographic distribution is approximately 50% in North America, 25% Europe and 25%
Asia.

USA

South Korea Peru Nigeria

United Kingdom

Singapore Taiwan Israel Sweden Australia Ireland

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Woori Bank and SparkLabs Partner to Provide

Private Banking Clients the VC Option

SparkLabs’ (SparkLabs Korea Fund III) accelerator fund became the first venture
capital fund presented on a wealth management platform in South Korea.

Woori Bank, one of South Korea’s largest commercial banks, is providing its
private banking clients the option to allocate and invest their wealth into a venture
capital fund for the first time in the Korean financial industry. More details and
public news will be coming in the next couple months.
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Co-investors of SparkLabs Group

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Our Value Edge

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Silicon Valley Losing Its Edge

• Silicon Valley is losing its
leadership in being the
engineering center of the
world

• Engineering talent and new

innovations will become
more balanced throughout
the world.

• The next Mark Zuckerberg

will be from outside of the
U.S.
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Our Value Edge Value Add to Startups

• Leading Accelerator in o Market insights & domain
Asia expertise
• Balanced global o Product Development
presence with a strong o Brand association & PR
foothold in Silicon Valley capital
• Top network of founders, o Providing
access to
entrepreneurs and customers and investors
industry experts o Go to market assistance
o Recruitment
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Our Core Edge

• We have an unparalleled
global network for
innovation
• We help startups go
global
• We are passionate about
entrepreneurship
• We love cultivating
startup and innovation
ecosystems
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Our Execution & Impact

Today we host the 3 largest startup demo days in each
respective country and the world

With over 2,500 With over 900 attendees With almost 500 attendees,
attendees twice a year, during its 3rd demo day, SparkLabs Cultiv8 hosts the
SparkLabs Korea is the SparkLabs Taipei is the largest startup demo day in
largest startup demo largest startup demo day Australia.
day in the world. in Taiwan.

Peter Guber, Executive Chairman of the
Golden State Warriors and former CEO of
Sony Pictures; Jon Jashni, former
President and Chief Creative Officer of
Legendary Entertainment; Teddy Zee,
former President of Overbrook Films
Bin Lin, Co-founder & President of Tae-Won Chey, Chairman of SK Group. Jonathan Cheng, Reporter at The Wall Street
Xiaomi. Xiaomi’s market cap is over $40 Interviewed by HanJoo Lee, Co-founder of Journal, interviewing Marc Randolph, Co-
billion. SparkLabs. SK Group is 84th on Fortune 500 founder of Netflix
Global with $85 billion in revenues last year.
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People
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Jessica HanJoo
Jackley Lee

Partner Co-founder & Partner

❯ Jessica Jackley is an entrepreneur and investor. She is ❯ HanJoo John Lee is Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs
currently the Chief Impact Officer at Aspiration, which is a Group. He is a Co-founder & CEO of Bespin Global. Previously,
leading neo-bank. Aspiration aligns values of sustainability and John was a Co-founder & EVP of Corporate Development and
inclusion with its 1 million customers. Strategy of Hostway. Hostway was acquired by Littlejohn & Co

Her work over the last decade has focused on financial in 2014. He served additional responsibilities as CEO of Hostway
inclusion, the sharing economy, and social justice. She is best Korea and Hostway India, where he is actively involved today.

known as a Co-founder of Kiva, the world’s first online p2p John and his fellow co-founders bootstrapped Hostway into a

microlender. Kiva lets internet users lend as little as $25 to top 5 web hosting company in the world with over 700
individual entrepreneurs, providing them affordable capital to employees. Hostway is a multinational web hosting company

start or expand a small business. Since its founding in October headquartered in Chicago, and serves more than 600,000

2005 Kiva has facilitated over $1B in loans worldwide. Jessica customers worldwide. Previously, he has held positions in every
currently teaches Social Entrepreneurship at the Marshall department of the company, including leading global

School of Business at USC. She also recently served as Walt marketing and sales and overall P&L for North America. John

Disney Imagineering’s first Entrepreneur in Residence. Jessica was born and raised in Korea and immigrated to the United
served from 2010-2012 as a Visiting Practitioner at Stanford’s States at age 13. He holds a BA in Biology from the University of

Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society. She was a 2011 World Chicago.

Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader, and serves as an

active board member or advisor for several nonprofit
organizations including Habitat for Humanity. She holds an
MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a BA in
Philosophy and Political Science from Bucknell University.
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Jimmy
Kim
Co-founder & Partner
❯ Jimmy Kim was Co-founder and President of N3N, an IoT
platform company and Cisco’s first global IoT investment. They
service numerous Fortune 500 companies and governments,
such as Samsung Electronics, POSCO, Port of Singapore, The
North Face, and Hyundai Motors. He previously served as N3N’s
CEO. Previously, Jimmy was CEO of Nexonova, a game
development studio of Nexon Corp that specializes in Social
Network Games. He was also Nexon’s first CFO for many years
(Market Cap: $14 billion). Jimmy also served as Executive Vice
President of Nexon Corp, and Head of Nexon’s Portal and Web
Services. Nexon is one of the most successful online gaming
providers, with games such as Maple Story, Dungeon and
Fighter, Combat Arms, and Kart Rider. Nexon services over 20
games across 60 countries to an audience of 300 million.
Jimmy was a Co-founder of Studio Ex, an online gaming studio
that was acquired by Disney in 2012. Jimmy received his B.S. in
Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University, and also
a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
Frank
Meehan
Co-founder & Partner
❯ Frank Meehan is a Co-founder at Equilibrium, which is a
new data driven platform helping companies become carbon
neutral. He is also a Co-Founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group.
Frank was the Co-Founder and former CEO at SmartUp.io, a
fast-growing micro-learning platform used by startups, business
schools and corporates. SmartUp has been featured in “Best
New Apps” by Apple UK and US in July and October 2015. Frank
was selected as part of the 2012 Wired UK Top 100 in tech, and
Vanity Fair's The Next Establishment list 2010.
Previously Frank was with Horizons Ventures (HK), representing
them on the boards of Spotify, Siri, Summly, Affectiva, Bitcasa,
Fixmo, DoubleTwist, Ginger, Desti and Magisto. While at Horizons,
he led early investments in DeepMind (acquired by Google)
and Siri (acquired by Apple). He also is the founder of Kuato
Studios, a leading educational games studio, and INQ Mobile
which was an early pioneer in mobile internet, winning Best
Handset at Mobile World Congress 2009.
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Charles Reed Anderson
Managing Partner
Charles Reed Anderson is a globally-recognized IoT, Smart
Cities, PropTech & Connectivity (e.g. LPWAN, eSIM, 5G)
industry thought leader who has presented at over 200
industry events. His company, Charles Reed Anderson &
Associates, provides technology- and vendor-agnostic
advice to governments, enterprises and technology
vendors.
Charles is also the host of the TechBurst Asia podcast , a
Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company on IoT and sits on
the Advisory Board of the GO SMART (Global Organization
of Smart Cities) initiative.
Spiros Margaris
Venture Partner
Spiros Margaris is a venture capitalist, futurist, keynote
speaker, and senior advisor to wefox Group, SparkLabs
Global, Mediastalker, Canopy.rent, STC Pay, Better Plant
Sciences Inc., and F10 Accelerator. He is the first
international influencer to achieve “The Triple Crown”
ranking. He was ranked the № 1 international FinTech,
Blockchain, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) influencer (MAY
2018) by Onalytica. Spiros once again was ranked the № 1
global FinTech influencer (FEB 2020) by Onalytica. He
regularly appears in the top three positions of established
global industry influencer rankings. He is a keynote speaker
at international FinTech and InsurTech conferences.
Jen Millard
Venture Partner
Jen has 20+ years of experience in retail growth and
consumer engagement, working for such companies as
Mastercard, Truaxis, Saks, and Bed Bath & Beyond.
Specializing in go-to-market strategy, retail operations, and
payments.
She is recognized industry expert on consumer and channel
segmentation, specializing in the convergence of
technology and retail innovation that improves retail
operations and the consumer experience. She focuses on
emerging technologies that can impact consumer
behavior, retail, and consumer entertainment.
William Chu
Managing Partner
Managing Partner for SparkLabs FinTech in Hong Kong. He
is a Director of Lawman Group International, an apparel
company with business in Greater China and the US. In
2014, William joined Zheng He Capital, a Hong Kong based
private equity firm with a focus on fintech and healthcare,
where he served as Executive Director. During this time, he
spearheaded the firm’s lead investor role in the US$500MM
A Round financing of Ping An Good Doctor, a Ping An
Insurance subsidiary tasked with building an online health
ecosystem in China.
Prior to Zheng He, William was President of Lawman Group
where he ran the US and China Operations.
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Steve
Chen
Venture Partner
❯ Steve Chen is the was the Co-founder and Chief
Technology Officer of YouTube. Steve arrived in Silicon Valley in
1999 to join PayPal. On his first day at PayPal, Steve met Chad
Hurley, who would become his YouTube co-founder, together
with Jawed Karim. Steve was instrumental in building YouTube
into a viral video phenomenon. He helped lead YouTube
through the Google acquisition for $1.65 billion, less than a
year after launching the site. As the key technologist, Steve
developed the company’s massive data centers and helped
build YouTube into a premier entertainment destination, and
one of the most popular websites on the Internet today.
Steve Chen is an Advisor and Venture Partner at SparkLabs
Taipei. He previously was an Entrepreneur in Residence at
Google Ventures. Steve has received several prestigious honors
and acknowledgments from the business and entertainment
communities including: Business 2.0’s “50 Most Influential
People,” GQ’s “Men of the Year,” Time magazine’s “Best
Invention of the Year”, and Fortune’s “Most Powerful People in
Business.” Steve joins GV from AVOS, the incubator he founded
with Chad Hurley in 2011.
Heeyoon
Lee
Director
❯ Heeyoon Lee is the Director of Programming at
SparkLabs Korea, and oversees the day-to-day program and
content for Asia’s leading startup accelerator. For 5 years, prior
to joining SparkLabs, she worked as a manager of The Asan
Nanum Foundation where she planned and operated the
Korea's first type of startup hub/co-working space name,
MARU180.
As MARU180 became a Korea's first local partner of Google for
Entrepreneurs, she was in charge of screening and managing
the Campus Seoul's co-working space. At the same time, she
managed the fund of funds for the foundation and developed
many networks throughout the startup ecosystem. Heeyoon
graduated from Korea University with double major in
Sociology and Business.
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Edgar
Chiu
Managing Partner
❯ Edgar Chiuis the Managing Partner for SparkLabs Taipei,
managing day-to-day operations of accelerator program.
Edgar is experienced in running startups and mobile app
business. He was the founding partner and Chief Operating
Officer of Gogolook, responsible for developing the global
partnership in Japan, Korea, Middle East and Southeast Asia
for Whoscall app, a global caller ID service. Gogolook was
acquired by Naver in 2013.
Later, Edgar was taken the role of Founding General Manager
at Camp Mobile Taiwan (a Naver-owned mobilespecific
company). He oversaw the firm's business operations, led
market entry strategy for BAND app, a mobile community
application that facilitates group communication. Starting his
career, Edgar was a consultant in IBM’s Strategy and
Transformation Practice, strategizing emerging business
opportunities & new marketing planning consultancy service
for tier-one tech companies, receiving IBM Value Role Model
Award in 2011. Edgar earned his bachelor degree in
Quantitative Finance from National Tsing Hua University.
Jared
Carney
Venture Partner
❯ Jared Carney founded Lightdale, a global holding and
strategic advisory firm, in 2012. Lightdale has international
investments and joint ventures, with interests in real estate, life
sciences, technology, hospitality, healthcare, education and
financial services.
Prior to Lightdale, Carney served as Chief Strategy &
Marketing Officer at the Milken Institute working closely with its
Chairman, Michael Milken. He was also a key team member of
Knowledge Universe, Mr. Milken’s private equity and education
business. For 10 years he led the annual Global Conference, the
world’s largest gathering of the capital markets.
Carney is Vice-Chairman of McKinley Capital, a $7bn AUM
quantitative asset manager; on the board of directors of
Brandenburg Realty, a diversified real estate company;
Secured Natural Resources, a US based rare earths mining
company; and UK social housing provider Value Living Group.
Senior Advisory roles include RMR Industrials, Inc. (OTCBB:
RMRI), a company that acquires infrastructure assets in the U.S.;
Houlihan Lokey (NYSE: HL) the international investment bank.
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Jackie Roberts
Executive Director
Jackie has spent the last 10+ years of her 13 year career in
sales, operations, and management within the startup
space. She is passionate about helping expanding startups
with their launch and growth along with building the startup
community in Phoenix. She has successfully launched and
grown multiple office and market expansions here in the
greater Phoenix area while as the Head of Western Region
at Booker Software and then General Manager at
DoubleDutch.
Bernard Moon
Co-founder & Partner
Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group. Previously, he
was Co-founder & CEO of Vidquik, a web conferencing &
sales solutions platform. Bernard was a Managing Director
at the Lunsford Group, which is a private investment firm
with holdings in real estate, healthcare and other industries.
Bernard was Co-founder & VP of Business Development of
GoingOn Networks, a social media platform for companies,
and also led their product development where
BusinessWeek recognized them in their "Best of the Web" list.
Previously, Bernard was a Director at iRG, a leading
boutique investment bank in Asia, where he focused on TMT
companies.
Erica Lee
Venture Partner
Erica is the Director of Engineering, Machine Learning &
Purchase Platform at Zillow, the leading online real estate
platform. Additionally, Erica is the Founder of
WomenOfAI.org, a 10,000 member nonprofit sponsored by
Amazon, Google, Samsung NEXT & AAUW providing
technical & leadership programs to a diverse community.
Previously, Erica was Director of AI Platform at a cashier-less
checkout startup, and an AI Manager at Apple. Erica was
the Founder of an Image Recognition & E-commerce
startups.
Sameer Chishty
Venture Partner
Sameer Chishty Founder and Chairman of Streeton Partners,
a Hong Kong based merchant bank that has invested and
placed US$250MM+ in financial services and fintech since
2015. He is an active angel investor and mentor to fintech
founders. Sameer is also Chairman of AsiaPak Investments,
which has led the deployment of USD 3.5 billion+ in Belt and
Road infrastructure programs, partnering with Chinese
strategic investors.
Previously, Sameer has served in senior financial services
executive leadership and advisory roles, including Partner at
McKinsey & Co. New York, Managing Director at Merrill
Lynch, Partner at Bain & Co.in Hong Kong, and heading
business lines for Standard Chartered Bank.
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Brian
Kang
Co-founder &
Managing Partner
❯ Brian Kang is Co-founder & Managing Partner at
SparkLabs Ventures. He has over 20 years of experience as an
investment professional, a former CEO of a NASDAQ-listed
company and a startup entrepreneur. Brian started his career as
an engineer on Samsung Electronics' pioneering CDMA
development, and then moved into business development roles.
When Samsung established its first venture investment arm,
Samsung Venture Investment Co, in 1999 Brian joined the
company as a founding member. Afterwards, he joined as a
Managing Director of the Korea Venture Fund and was in
charge of the management of the fund including both direct
investments in ventures and fund of funds investments in other
VC funds. In 2008, Brian served served CEO & Chairman of the
Board at Gravity (NASDAQ: GRVY), a Softbank-affiliated gaming
company. His restructuring efforts led the company to rebound
from a loss to profitability. Later he founded a gaming startup in
San Jose, CA and Seoul that explored the large scale mobile
games in the U.S. and Asian markets. Brian received his MS from
NYU and also completed the Stanford University’s Graduate
School of Business’s Executive Management Program.
Chris
Koh
Co-founder & Partner
❯ Chris Koh is Co-founder and Partner of SparkLabs
Ventures. Prior to SparkLabs Ventures, he Co-founded Coupang,
a leader in e-commerce in South Korea with over 3 billion USD
in gross merchandise volume in 2015 and one of the few
startups in Korea to receive over a USD$1 billion valuation.
During his 5 years at Coupang, he has led B2B business
development and sales division which was responsible for
sourcing attractive products to bring in over 20 million users (40%
of the population of Korea) to the site. Not only is he
experienced in marketing and business development, he was
instrumental in scaling the business from 7 employees to over
6000 employees in less than 5 years making him an expert at
evaluating what it takes for businesses to scale.
Before he founded Coupang, he worked at the Corporate
Strategy team at SK Chemicals developing new business
opportunities and planning other high level initiatives. He
received his MBA from Harvard Business School where he
focused on entrepreneurism and digital innovation.
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Christine Huh
Senior Manager
Chriistine Huh is a senior manager at SparkLabs Ventures,
Christine is in charge of seeking out startups with high
potential and supporting their growth. Before joining
SparkLabs, she worked for IDG Capital’s Korean branch,
pursuing opportunities on later stages of investment. During
her time at IDG, she focused on cross-border deals and
helping domestic companies venture into the global
market.
Christine received her BA from the Johns Hopkins University
where she studied International Studies, and obtained
Master’s degree from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
Brian Park
Managing Partner
Based is a startup evangelist, advisor, and angel investor.
He is the director for Startup Grind DC and currently leads
Technology at Real Time Cases.
Prior to joining Real Time Cases, he was the Managing
Director at the Fishbowl Labs, which is the premiere startup
incubator in the Washington DC area also the former global
COO of Startup Grind, which is the one of the largest hi-tech
startup communities in the world with over 1,000,000 startup
entrepreneurs in 400 cities. He has over 18 years professional
experience in web/online/mobile product development.
Scott Sorochak
Co-Founder & CEO
Scott has over 25 years of Executive Sales, Marketing and
Operational leadership experience in Consumer Internet,
Mobile and Enterprise SaaS Global organizations. My key
focus has been on helping Start Ups and early stage
companies go from $0 to over $100M in revenue and
helping to build A+ cross departmental teams at an
operational level of excellence expected by management
teams and Boards. I have helped these companies raise
over $150MM in debt and equity financing from many of
Silicon Valley's top tier VC's and continue to personally
invest in many of the companies I am affiliated with.
Rob DeMillo
Venture Partner
Rob DeMillo is Venture Partner at SparkLabs Global, and CTO
of StudioNow, a video production marketplace. Prior to
StudioNow, Rob was the CTO of Discovery Digital Networks
which he came through via Discovery's acquisition of
Revision3.
DeMillo is also the Co-Founder of VidQuik, a customer
relationship management company. In 2013, DeMillo was
named to Econtent’s “Fabulous 15: The Top Digital Media
Influencers” along with Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos and Mark
Zuckerberg.
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Jonathon
Quigley
Co-founder & Partner
❯ Jonathon Quigley is Co-founder & Partner
SparkLabs Cultiv8, which is an agtech & foodtech accelerator
based in Orange and Sydney, Australia. Jonathon has
delivered agricultural analytical work for EY, been heavily
involved in commodity trading markets working on a
commodity desk for CBS prior to joining NAB's commodity
desk. He then joined the Treasury Management team within
NAB delivering structuring advice on derivative markets
including foreign exchange, interest rates and commodity
markets.
Currently running a successful agricultural and farming
business in NSW, he spends his time between regional areas of
NSW and Sydney ensuring he sees technology from both an
end-user and investor perspective. Involved as a private
investor, Jonathon has been investing in technology for over a
decade including the AgTech sector.
Malcolm
Nutt
Co-founder & Partner
at ❯ Malcolm Nutt is Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs
Cultiv8, which is an agtech & foodtech accelerator based in
Orange and Sydney, Australia. He is currently a Director and
Adviser at Wentworth Global Capital Partners. Having raised
over $150 million for business in the last two years, including $60
million for Startups, he has a unique exposure to deal flow in the
small cap and startup ecosystem. Farming regionally for the
past five years, now back in Sydney, Malcolm has a strong
connection to Agriculture and Food Technology markets.
Malcolm was previously a Senior Investment Advisor Macquarie
Bank, Senior Investment Advisor and Associate Branch Manager
(Sydney) Ord Minnett and Investment Analyst at Crescent
Capital
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Jay
McCarthy
Co-founder & Partner
❯ Jay McCarthy has more than 22 years’ experience in
Asia. Currently, as a Managing Partner of Pacific Advisers, he
has advised, financed and invested in a range of deals in Asia
across industries, principally mining & energy, technology,
luxury consumer and property.
In recent years, Jay has focused on originating investment
mandates for PA to invest its own capital in both publicly listed
and private companies. Jay advised an institutional investor on
their $175M investment into JD.com. Also raised $50M for Ganji,
which eventually merged with 58.com. Previously, Jay served
as an Executive Director in the Equity Division at Morgan
Stanley and worked in the Tokyo, HK, Beijing and Singapore
offices over a 16- year period. Within this time, Jay served 2
years as Morgan Stanley’s “secondee” to China International
Capital Corporation, their JV Chinese Investment Bank, as the
Dealing Director in charge of the Equity Division in Hong Kong
and Beijing.
Eugene
Kim
Co-founder & Partner
❯ Eugene Kim is currently a Partner of SparkLabs Group
and manages the day–to-day operations of the SparkLabs
Korea accelerator program. Eugene previously served as a
Director of Global Business Development at Tencent Korea. He
was responsible for the sourcing of Korean game titles to China
and Tencent’s global publishing network, headed the global
sales of Tencent game titles, and he managed relationships
with Tencent’s global publishing partners.
Prior to Tencent, Eugene was Director of Business Development
and Marketing at Podotree, an online educational app
developer in Korea. Previously, he was with Vertigo Games as
the Group Manager of the Overseas Business Group. Eugene
led all overseas sales and service support, and all business
development and game engine licensing activities. Eugene
was a Manager and Group Head of the Quality Assurance and
Localization Group for NHN USA.
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Our Entrepreneurs
“SparkLabs is an amazing team of investors. The partners are experienced operators
from around the globe who have helped us with not only key business issues, but also
bouncing new ideas. Everyone is intelligent and charismatic, so it's easy to see why
the fund has such an expansive network of founders, senior executives, and advisors
who are always there to help. If you're a founder who cares about scale,
international expansion, or just adding an awesome extension to your team -
SparkLabs is your fund.”
Silicon Valley
- Cathy Han, Co-founder & CEO of 42 (YC W14)

“SparkLabs has been an amazing partner for us - they set the bar high, but have helped
us every step of the way. Not only has the SparkLabs team provided market-vetted
advice and feedback, but they’ve been out front in making key introductions and
resources. Iodine is proud to be part of the SparkLabs clan.”

- Thomas Goetz, Co-founder & CEO of Iodine

Silicon Valley
“SparkLabs' passion for Memebox inspired us to go global and expand to Silicon
Valley. Their support was felt every step of the way as we launched the Silicon Valley
office and graduated from Y Combinator. Since their involvement we've successfully
closed both a Series A and B funding round, within a year. It has been a rewarding
experience having SparkLabs Global Ventures as our investor and partner as we
continue to share our products with the global audience.”
Silicon Valley
- Dino Ha, Co-founder & Co-CEO of Memebox
& Seoul
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Our Entrepreneurs
“Suffice it to say that SparkLabs has played a significant role in the Squirrel story! Heck,
they were even involved before we became known as Squirrel! SparkLabs has taken
on the role of investor, mentor, facilitator, talent source, sounding board and all-round
supporter of everything Squirrel as of day 1. Their commitment to our success has
come through in every interaction with the outspoken Frank Meehan and team at
SparkLabs, and they've been a great partner on our amazing journey so far. I look
forward to continuing to see that partnership flourish as they help us work towards
making financial freedom a reality in the UK and beyond!” London

- Mutaz Qubbaj, Co-founder & CEO of Squirrel

“Code Kingdoms is delighted to part of the SparkLabs family. The partners understand
entrepreneurs because they are entrepreneurs themselves - the guidance and support
provide is always insightful, relevant and timely. Having SparkLabs as an investor has
been a significant contributor to the growth of our company and also provided
immense learning opportunities from fellow portfolio companies and wider network.”

- Ross Targett, Co-founder & CEO of Code Kingdoms

London

“Love working with these guys. Gives ‘sweat capital’ an entirely new meaning, going
to all lengths around the world to get us what we need.”

- Akash Nigam, Co-founder & CEO of Genies

Silicon Valley
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Entrepreneurs Growing Entrepreneurs

“SparkLabs Global has been not only instrumental to 88
RISING’s launch and success in 2016 as a seed investor,
but they have been critical to our ongoing growth
because of their hands on approach to helping 88
RISING in all aspects of our business. Whether it has
been strategic counsel, legal advice, resourcing us with
connections in media, investment firms, or other helpful
ways, SparkLabs Global is truly not just a smart
investment group but valuable operational
support to 88 RISING. We could not be more grateful
and honored for SparkLabs Global to be our
Jaeson Ma shareholder and partner in 88 RISING.”

Co-founder of
88 Rising
88rising.com
www.youtube.com/88rising
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Additional Information
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New Partnerships: SRI International

SparkLabs Foundry, our innovation-as-a-service platform for Fortune
500 companies, has secured a strategic partnership with SRI
International (formal announcement in Q1 2020). SRI is a foundational
organization in Silicon Valley (originally known as Stanford Research Institute).

SRI has been

at the
the mouse optical disk records Siri LCDs
forefront of
innovation
since 1946 network intrusion the internet speech recognition tech
detection

• Owner of over 4,000 patents

• Over 500 commercial & govt worldwide projects a year
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New Partnerships: Major Research Universities

Our First Partner: Arizona State University

SparkLabs Frontier is our “formalized Entrepreneur First” program, so ASU is an ideal

first choice as a partner. For the fourth straight year, U.S. News & World Report ranks
ASU No. 1 on its “Most Innovative Schools” list in 2018.
Arizona State University is ranked No. 10 globally in patents in 2019 by the U.S.
National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association
22,367 engineers at Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, which is one of the largest
number of engineering students.

On May 9, 2019 Arizona State

University has signed a
memorandum of understanding
with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to
send payloads to the lunar
surface.
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SparkPlus
A Leading Co-working Space in Seoul

SparkPlus is a leading co-working space in Seoul, South Korea with 15 locations.

SparkLabs Korea partnered with Aju Hotel group to launch a premier co-working
company in South Korea.

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