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Fraser Kelton

Fraser Kelton

General Partner, Early·Spark Capital

Bio

Professional summary

Fraser Kelton is a General Partner on Spark Capital's early-stage team. He was previously Head of Product at OpenAI, where he wrote the organization's first product roadmaps and led product teams that launched ChatGPT and DALL-E. Before OpenAI, he was CEO and co-founder of an AI startup acquired by Airbnb in 2018.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

AdeptCruiseDiscordPostmates

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Spark CapitalGeneral Partner, Early2023 – Present
  • OpenAIHead of Product
  • KokoCEO and Co-Founder2018

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Alexa Lyons

CFO

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Spark CFO overseeing fund finance, LP communications, and internal operations.

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Early-stage Spark GP investing in fintech, AI, and enterprise infrastructure.

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Clay Fisher

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Spark growth GP backing ambitious technology founders.

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Coen Armstrong

Coen Armstrong

Investor, Growth

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Spark growth investor and generalist focused on unusual, high-clarity market opportunities.

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Hanseul Nam

Investor

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Spark investor focused on growth-stage enterprise, fintech, consumer, and frontier tech.

consumerenterprisefintechfrontier technologiesgrowth-stage
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James Kuklinski

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Spark growth GP investing across technology sectors and geographies.

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Jeff Doran, CFA

Head of Investor Relations

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Spark’s Head of Investor Relations with institutional asset management experience.

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Jeremy G. Philips

General Partner, Growth

Spark Capital

General Partner, Growth, at Spark Capital who joined to build Spark’s growth fund and brings founder, operator, strategy, acquisitions, and teaching experience.

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Mikowai Ashwill

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Nabeel Hyatt

Nabeel Hyatt

General Partner, Early

Spark Capital

General Partner, Early, at Spark Capital who backs technology and design-led companies building distinctive user experiences.

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Natalie Vais

Natalie Vais

General Partner, Early

Spark Capital

Early-stage Spark GP focused on infrastructure, developer tools, and AI.

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