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Join us for an evening with Bijan Sabet, co-founder of Spark Capital, as part of Betaworks Studios series, Ask Me Anything Live, featuring giants of the New York startup & investment scene, as they come on-stage to answer any & all of your questions about the who, where, what & why.
Bijan is a co-founder & General Partner at Spark Capital, focusing on early-stage investing.
Bijan led Spark's early investment in Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) in 2008 & served on their board from 2008-2011. He also led the seed investment in Tumblr (acquired by Yahoo!) & served on their board of directors for the entire duration of the company (2007-2013).
His other investments include Trello (acquired by Atlassian), Crowdrise ( acquired by GoFundMe), Jelly (acquired by Pinterest), OMGPOP (acquired by Zynga), RunKeeper (acquired by Asics), thePlatform (acquired by Comcast), Foursquare, Hello Alfred, Overtime & Stack Overflow.
He primarily invests in digital canvases & online communities, often gravitating toward startups after becoming a passionate user of the product.
Before becoming an investor, Bijan led product management & business development teams at a number of startups including Moxi Digital (acquired by Digeo) & WebTV Networks (acquired by Microsoft Corporation).
Bijan holds a B.S. degree from Boston College. He serves on the Board of Trustees at Beaver Country Day School & on the Board of Regents at Boston College.
He lives in Boston with his wife & three kids, & is an avid amateur photographer.
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