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Spencer Foust

Managing Director @ Sozo Ventures | Kauffman Fellow, Stanford MS&E

San Francisco, California

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Pre-seed
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Written Communication
Venture Capital
Supply Chain Operations
Operations Management
Start-ups
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Matlab
Data Analysis
Leadership
Mechanical Engineering
PowerPoint
PrecisionTree
SolidWorks
Public Speaking
Research
Global Business Development
Global Strategy
Microsoft Word
Value Investing

Education

Investments

SmartHop

Series B

Total Funding: $47M

Kargo

Series A

Total Funding: $31M

Leaf Logistics

Series B

Total Funding: $59M

Work Experience

Ema Unlimited

2024

  • Investor

    2024

Molten Industries

2024

  • Investor

    2024

Sozo Ventures

2016

  • Managing Director

    2021

  • Partner

    2016 - 2021

    SaaS, Logistics, Fintech, Crypto across all stages

Kauffman Fellows

2023

  • Kauffman Fellow

    2023

    Class 28

Investor

2019

  • Angel / LP / Advisor

    2019

    - Dash Fund (LP) - Comma Capital & Collective (LP) - Harmonic.ai (preseed advisor) - Ecosapiens (seed) - Lendtable (seed) - OnDeck (seed) - Purpose Card (preseed) - The Network - Series Financial - Several others

Workera

2023

  • Investor

    2023

    Series B

Select Star

2022

  • Investor

    2022

    Series A

Vendr

2022

  • Board Observer

    2022

    Series B

Stord

2022

  • Investor

    2022

Sparrow

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

    Led Seed