Andrew ParkerWaialua, Hawaii, United States, United States
Bio
I’m currently a General Partner at Spero Ventures. I started my career in product design and then did VC for 15 years at Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures. I am an alpha-geek always seeking the next new product dopamine hit.
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Experience
General Partner
Spero Ventures
Nov 2020 - Current
Spero Ventures in an early stage venture capital firm that invests in mission-driven founders building things that make life worth living. Our investment focus areas are wellbeing; sustainability; learning, work, and play.
Check out our portfolio - http://spero.vc/companies/
Member
South Park Commons
Jun 2019 - Nov 2020
General Partner
Spark Capital
Oct 2013 - Mar 2019
Led investments in: Carta, Panorama Education, Quantopian, Timehop, Particle, Kik, Socratic, and Nylas
Board of Directors service: Carta, Splash, Panorama Education, Quantopian, Timehop, Socratic, Particle, and Nylas
Principal
Spark Capital
Jan 2011 - Oct 2013
Senior Associate
Spark Capital
Jun 2010 - Jan 2011
Associate
Union Square Ventures
Oct 2007 - Jun 2010
Sourced investment opportunities in: StackOverflow, Foursquare, and Heyzap
Analyst
Union Square Ventures
Aug 2006 - Oct 2007
Producer
Homestead Technologies, Inc
May 2005 - Jul 2006
My responsibilities included UI Design, User Testing, Technical Specifications, Product Management, and Rapid Prototyping.
Developer
Groupspace.org
Jun 2004 - Jun 2005
Wrote code on for a LAMP stack, plus some shell scripting to glue it all together. Did sysadmin work for a RedHat server running our LAMP stack. Handled UI Design and Rapid Prototyping.
Education
Stanford University
BS, Symbolic Systems - Concentration: HCIWebsites
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