We believe great ideas rarely come about in isolation

South Park Commons is a community of builders, technologists, and domain-experts that challenge you, encourage you, and help you build and validate your ideas. People join us at every stage of their career: from just out of school to mid-career faculty, from first-time entrepreneur to serial founders with successful exits. We leverage our collective expertise to help our members discover new ways of impacting the world.

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Members

Quality over quantity. 700+ members from over 150 professional and academic networks.

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Aman
Building my second venture focused on Software Testing Automation with AI Agents. Previously Co-founded, TurboHire and scaled it to over $1m in ARR. Earlier worked as a Product Manager & Software Engineer at Microsoft.
Dakota
Lifelong Midwesterner, currently living in Kansas City along with the wife and two pets (dog-Sunny, cat-Kit Cat). I'm passionate about building solutions with outcomes of healthier communities and people, which is what has led me to working in an endeavor that's aimed at helping to drive adoption of regenerative agriculture. (check out Rooted Ag) Beyond work, I love spending time in nature and observing, making warm connections with people, and listening to good music.
Michael
Deanna
Amy
Yash
I love science and technology. I have previously worked at Spotnana (as founding engineer) and Google (in search, research teams). Currently I am working on an B2C startup in AI space.
Noelle
Digital health founder and operator. Previously founded Noula Health. Former GTM leader at Maven Clinic. Interested in the intersection of health, data, and AI.
Danny
Immunologist and data scientist building therapeutics that matter.
Byron
I previously founded companies in EdTech and Ecommerce. Though I’ve been CTO for a while, my primary skills are in product, technical strategy, managing developers, and general strategy. Seeking co-founder(s) make a truly impactful product, probably leveraging Web3.
Andrea
Andy leads the design of tools for devs and creatives, all through the lens of play. She started her career in 2010 as a filmmaker and game designer, which gave her a sharp eye for storytelling, and 10 years ago delved into product design and game design. She was the first transmedia filmmaker in Central America and cofounded the first Interaction Design school in the area. In the past she has worked at ConsenSys, MongoDB, and Roblox. Working on www.gethottake.com and www.beepboop.world

Diversity of Expertise

A Modern Day Xerox Parc

Our members have a diversity of expertise. After their time at SPC, a third join academia, research organizations, and philanthropies.

south park community domain experts, founders, academics, operators, open source contributors, founding engineers, and more

Organizations domain experts join after SPC

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Companies

Over 150 companies and non-profits founded that have raised more than $3.5B in capital.

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SPC Company Founders Sector Stage Founded Investors
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Company
Founders
Sector
Stage
Founded
Investors
Vidit Aatrey, Sanjeev Barnwal
Consumer
Unicorn
2015
B Capital, Fidelity
Yaniv Tal, Brandon Ramirez, Jannis Pohlman
Blockchain/Cryptocurrency
Unicorn
2018
Multicoin, Coinbase Ventures, Tiger Global
Abhishek Agarwal, Chris Park, Ryan Noon
B2B SaaS
Unicorn
2017
Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund
Ashutosh Garg, Varun Kacholia
Human Capital
Unicorn
2016
Foundation Capital, Lightspeed
Howie Liu, Andrew Ofstad, Emmett Nicholas
B2B SaaS
Unicorn
2013
Coatue, Thrive Capital, Benchmark
Mukesh Bansal, Ankit Nagori
Consumer
Unicorn
2016
Temasek, Zomato, Accel
Jeff Arnold, Waseem Daher, Jessica McKellar
B2B SaaS
Unicorn
2016
Sequoia, Index Ventures, SV Angel
Joe Percoco, Clayton Gardner, Max Bernardy
FinTech
Unicorn
2018
General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz
Scott Wu, Steven Hao, Walden Yan
General Software
Unicorn
2024
Founders Fund
Kanjun Qiu, Josh Albrecht
B2B SaaS
Unicorn
2021
Astera Institute

Forums

Community-led learning intensives on topics like AI, crypto, biotech, climate tech, the creator economy, and more.

Squads

Small weekly peer groups focused on either personal growth or building, with a focus on support, accountability, and creative exchange.

Speaker Series

Exclusive conversations with experts in tech, venture, science, politics, and more. Past speakers include Ben Thompson, Julia Galef, Reid Hoffman, Chris Dixon, Alfred Lin, Salman Khan, and Susan Desmond-Hellmann, among many others.

Collaborative Spaces

We have community spaces in the South Park neighborhood of San Francisco and the SoHo neighborhood in New York City to facilitate IRL connection and collaboration.

Community

50% of members find a co-founder or early collaborator within the community, many others get hired at SPC network organizations, and nearly all form deep relationships that persist long after graduation.

Speaker Series

Exclusive conversations with experts in tech, venture, science, politics, and more. Past speakers include Ben Thompson, Julia Galef, Reid Hoffman, Chris Dixon, Alfred Lin, Salman Khan, and Bruce Schneier, among many others.

Network

Access a network of domain experts in AI, Crypto, Fintech, etc., and founders and executives from seed stage to IPO companies such as Figma, Airtable, Pilot, SpaceX, and more.

Customers

Find early customers and beta testers within the community.

Fundraising

Raise funding from SPC Fund alongside a network of top funds and angels.

Credits

$200k in credits for cloud providers and most popular tools for startups.