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.

south park commons community

Members

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

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Arjun
Diving into the post-purchase CX space for hardware companies. Currently, business analyst at McKinsey. Formerly, software and product at Uber, startups. BS, MS in Computer Science from Columbia
Hanson
Building https://arcwise.app to bring data science to everyone. Formerly worked on ML infrastructure and developer tools as a MLE/SWE @ Meta.
Mac
Hi, I'm Mac 👋. I'm actively exploring problems at the intersection of AI and American dynamism. My inbox is always open and I'm looking forward to meeting all of you!
Erin
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
Christopher
Chris is an entrepreneur and engineer from Waterloo, Canada. With a background in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Chris has worked at several companies doing software, firmware, neurotechnology research, and machine learning.
Emmett
Thinking and tinkering with AI on the future of work. Also: content creator, writer, painter. Previously: consumer social founder, product at Salesforce, software at Stripe.
Farhan
Builder with background taking recommendation, analysis and communication systems from 0->public co. Interested in socially impactful tech to promote user agency and access.
Kartik
Technologist with deep expertise in hardware R&D and AI/ML. Skilled in computational modeling, simulations, and statistical analyses. Focused on leveraging SoTA AI/ML to build AI-native enterprise solutions that drive innovation and efficiency
Michael
Founder of Plato. Build internal tools without coding.

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
Jonny Dyer, Paul Day, Dan McCleese, Pascal Stang, Reuben Rohrschneider
B2B SaaS
Series B
2020
Costanoa, Radical Ventures
Ben Brook, Mike Farrell
B2B SaaS
Series B
2018
Accel, Index Ventures, 01 Advisors
Syam Palakurthy
Healthcare/Bio
Series B
2018
NextView, Haystack
Alvaro Morales, Kshitij Grover
B2B SaaS
Series B
2021
Greylock, Menlo Ventures
Colin Sidoti, Braden Sidoti
B2B SaaS
Series B
2019
Andreessen Horowitz, Madrona Ventures, CRV
Mohak Nahta
Consumer
Series B
2020
Andreessen Horowitz, Peak XV, Elevation Capital
Ian Lee, Will Papper
Blockchain/Cryptocurrency
Series B
2021
Andreessen Horowitz
Feross Aboukhadijeh
B2B SaaS
Series B
2020
Andreessen Horowitz
Asad Awan, Hamza Aftab
Blockchain/Cryptocurrency
Series A
2022
Andreessen Horowitz
Charlie Jacobson, Andreas Rotenberg
B2B SaaS
Series A
2021
Susa Ventures, BoxGroup, CRV

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.