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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Yash
Drummer, cryptomaniac, and big fan of doggos. Building in web3 with andrew duca. Ex-robinhood, ex-cto of duffl (yc w20), kleiner perkins fellow '21
Tammy
Christian
deep tech designer
Arushi
Previously Computer Science @ Stanford University and Infrastructure @ Reddit; interested in AI / ML applications in creative technology and artistic marketplaces, security and infrastructure engineering, improving productivity for builders, composition and sound design
Thariq
Grew up in Toronto, undergrad @ UofT, masters @ MIT Media Lab. Serial Hacker, previously I have made and sold companies in SAAS, esports & academic publishing. Most recently raised $17MM for a gaming platform (www.multiverse.com)
Eddie
Designer / Engineer combo! Worked on novel interfaces at Humane and iOS/Desktop at Slack. Studied CS at Brown and did design stuff at RISD. Former Hack@Brown co-director. Excited about the new interfaces AI will enable us to build.
Scott
I'm currently exploring applications of Generative AI and advising startups on ML. Previously, I led ML at Amplitude and was a founding engineer at ClearBrain.
Dylan
Software engineer with 8 years of experience at early stage startups (consumer/edtech/marketplace/saas/AI), part-time college counselor, Reforge enthusiast, passionate about product-led growth, personal health + wellness
Bryan
Acquired software founder, interested in neuromorphic/SNNs, ai agents, swarm robotics, and other big bets. I've worked mostly in B2B and sales/marketing tools, but want to switch out of that ASAP. https://bryanhoulton.com/
Shashank
Co-founder @zango.ai. Building AI agents for compliance teams. Ex-Founder @ [fraud monitoring AI startup Thirdwatch] acquired by @Razorpay. Worked with @PhonePe, and led Product and engineering teams.

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

anthropic logoaspen institutechan zuckerberg initiativegoogle aiopen philanthrophy projectgenerally intelligentopen aiuniversity of california, berkeley

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
Ben Brook, Mike Farrell
B2B SaaS
Series B
2018
Accel, Index Ventures, 01 Advisors
Alvaro Morales, Kshitij Grover
B2B SaaS
Series B
2021
Greylock, Menlo Ventures
Jonny Dyer, Paul Day, Dan McCleese, Pascal Stang, Reuben Rohrschneider
B2B SaaS
Series B
2020
Costanoa, Radical 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
Feross Aboukhadijeh
B2B SaaS
Series B
2020
Andreessen Horowitz
Syam Palakurthy
Healthcare/Bio
Series B
2018
NextView, Haystack
Ian Lee, Will Papper
Blockchain/Cryptocurrency
Series B
2021
Andreessen Horowitz
Andres Santos, Abiel Gutierrez
FinTech
Series A
2021
Costanoa, Redpoint
James Clift
B2B SaaS
Series A
2021
Spark Capital

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.