# Spark Labs

> Spark Labs is a VC fund in New York backing Software and SaaS. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last fund: Oct 2013
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spark-labs-inc-/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/SparkLabsInc
- Website: http://spark-labs.co
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sparklabsforever

Spark Labs is a co-working community and venture incubator dedicated to digital start-up companies in NYC.____Located in the heart of the Silicon Alley, Spark Labs hosts a multitude of digital businesses under its roof. Unlike most traditional office rentals we can have your business up and running within 24 hours. When you join our lab youwill be immediately plugged in with the best of the NYC Tech community through our monthly networking events and our 40+ mentors. We charge $550/desk/month which includes internet, utilities, amenities and cleaning so we always have a sparkling office!

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$5.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| SaaS | 2 | 18% |
| Content Creators | 2 | 18% |
| Network Security | 2 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 18% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 73% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| South Korea | 8 | 73% |
| United States | 2 | 18% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christophe Garnier | Chairman Of The Board | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christophe-garnier |
| Umar AbdulHamid | Venture Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/umar-abdulhamid |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PopHatch | PopHatch is the AI strategic partner for founders navigating the constant journey toward product-market fit. While launch is a milestone, the real work resides in the iteration that follows. PopHatch serves as a founder’s memory and orchestrator, monitoring data and tracking every experiment to separate meaningful signals from the noise. Byconnecting tools and capturing every insight, PopHatch identifies patterns and provides the clarity needed to make confident decisions. As the infrastructure for builders who know that growth is a series of tests, PopHatch enables founders to scale momentum and find their way to product-market fit at every stage. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| Tablero | Tablero is a service platform company that supports easy offline ordering with an NFC-based simple order/payment order service. | $1.8M | Seed | Nov 16, 2023 |  |
| slowave | Slowwave discovered that the current sleep test is performed in a foreign hospital setting with numerous sensors attached to the head, making it impossible to test and identify sensitive insomnia patients effectively. As a result, a microprocessor and low-power measuring algorithm were integrated into an ultra-light patch, allowing patients withinsomnia to easily perform sleep EEG at home while eliminating factors that interfere with the examination and boosting measurement precision. |  | Seed | Jul 07, 2023 |  |
| City Storage | City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles. |  | Seed | Feb 20, 2023 |  |
| Fasket | Fasket is a shopping app, it deliver products sold in neighborhood and famous products across the country at once. |  | Seed | Sep 13, 2022 |  |
| Fasket | Fasket is a shopping app, it deliver products sold in neighborhood and famous products across the country at once. |  | Seed | Apr 30, 2022 |  |
| Paywatch Korea | Paywatch is a fintech company offering an Earned Wage Access (EWA) platform. It allows employees to access their earned salary before payday as a financial wellness benefit. The company also provides employee financial services like benefits, payments, and wage-linked solutions for employers and workers. | $5.3M | Seed | Jan 20, 2022 |  |
| bemyfriends | Founded in 2021 by K-Pop global fandom gurus, bemyfriends develops cutting-edge software solutions to unleash the power of fandom, creating a sustainable business for what you love with whom you love. From content sharing, e-commerce, data analysis, loyalty program to global shipment and payment, we build a holistic, end-to-end infrastructure thathelps teams design with purpose and build personal relationships with their fans. Whether you are an artist, influencer, creator, professional athlete, or brand manager, we are here to boost the value of your work, and your fandom. | $2.2M | Seed | Aug 10, 2021 |  |
| Spiceware | Spiceware One is an integrated security management service that solves security loopholes caused by increasing remote work as well as use of cloud and collaboration tools. It consists of Spiceware One ZTS, which protects the overall IT environment including users, data, and devices with Zero Trust security, and Spiceware One DPS, which protectssensitive data stored in the cloud, and Spiceware ANP which anonymizes and pseudonymizes PII for safe data utilization. |  | Seed | Apr 30, 2018 |  |
| BOXFUL | BOXFUL is a self-storage company that provides warehousing and delivery services. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2016 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CNTTECH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cnttech) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Startups Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups-korea) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ahn Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahn-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [D·CAMP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banks-foundation-for-young-entrepreneurs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CJ Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cj-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Concord Music Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/concord-music-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Spark Labs invest in?

Spark Labs invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Content Creators startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Spark Labs's check size?

Spark Labs typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$5.3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Spark Labs participates in.

### How do I contact Spark Labs?

Public channels for Spark Labs include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Spark Labs?

The team at Spark Labs includes Christophe Garnier (Chairman Of The Board) and Umar AbdulHamid (Venture Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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