First Spark Ventures

Venture Capital Exempt reporting adviser

Legal name: First Spark Ventures, LLC

Menlo Park, CA Website

AUM

$174.7M
Private fund assets

Private funds

2
Venture Capital 2

Private fund assets

$174.7M
Gross asset value

Employees

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Last Form D raise

Sep 2024
Most recent fund filing

From SEC Form ADV filing (filed Mar 25, 2026). View on SEC

People(1)

Owners and executive officers named on the firm's SEC Form ADV.

M
Manish Kothari
Managing Director
Source: SEC Form ADV

Funds(2)

Private funds reported on Form ADV, with amounts raised from the funds' SEC Form D filings.

FundTypeGross assetsRaised (Form D)InvestorsLast Form DRecency
First Spark Opportunities Fund, L.P.Venture Capital$45.0M$56.5M11Sep 2024Cold
First Spark Seed Fund, L.P.Venture Capital$129.8M$114.9M45Nov 2023Cold

Board seats(4)

Companies whose SEC Form D filings name one of this firm's people as a director, matched by name and office ZIP code.

Averatek
Other TechnologyErie, PADirector: Manish Kothari
$10.0M raised
Since Sep 2019
SEC Form D
Ancora Medical
Other Health CareMenlo Park, CADirector: Manish Kothari
$977K raised
Since Jul 2017
SEC Form D
BioCeryx
Other Health CareMenlo Park, CADirector: Manish Kothari
$5.0M raised
Since Feb 2018
SEC Form D
Superflex
Other TechnologyMenlo Park, CADirector: Manish Kothari
$16.4M raised
Since Dec 2017
SEC Form D

Regulatory identifiers

CRD number
318886
SEC file number
802-125830
CIK
1897455

Sources