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Spero Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CA, USAWebsite

Spero Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA, USA investing in SaaS, AI / ML, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
11 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$225M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
SaaS, AI / ML, Other
HQ
San Francisco, CA, USA

Last verified: 2026-06-14

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

AUM

$225M

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in mission-driven founders building AI-powered SaaS solutions that create new ways to work and manage organizations.

How Spero Ventures invests

Spero Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA, USA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML, Other.

Spero Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $225M in assets under management.

Spero Ventures has backed 11 companies in our records, including Clique, Node.io, Operating system for the renewable energy industry.

Partners & Team

SM

Shripriya Mahesh

GP

AI Software
Productivity
AP

Andrew Parker

General Partner

LZ

Lisa Zieger

Operating Partner

SE

Sara Eshelman

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
AI / ML
Other

Portfolio Companies (11)

Other

CL

Clique

AI Productivity Software
NO

Node.io

AI/ML
OP

Operating system for the renewable energy industry

EX

Expert sleep and behavioral help for families

DR

Drone-enabled, fully automated inventory management

AD

Adaptive customer communications platform for healthcare

EV

EV pickup for urban living and weekend adventuring

LI

Live video marketplace

GU

Gut health solution for whole family wellbeing

AI

AI-personas for personalized shopping

How to pitch Spero Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Shripriya Mahesh, GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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