# Thorne Sparkman

> Thorne Sparkman is a seed investor at Slater Technology Fund backing Software. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Slater Technology Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/slater-technology-fund)
- Location: Bristol, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: May 2020
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorne-sparkman-3732311
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/thornesparkman

Thorne Sparkman is a seed investor at Slater Technology Fund in Bristol focused on Software and SaaS. Thorne Sparkman is based out of Bristol and is the Managing Director of RightHill Ventures. Thorne previously worked at Datarista as a Director. Thorne Sparkman attended the Harvard University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 20% |
| SaaS | 2 | 13% |
| Energy | 2 | 13% |
| Marketing | 2 | 13% |
| Health Care | 2 | 13% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 40% |
| Series A | 3 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alcinous Pharmaceuticals | Alcinous Pharmaceuticals designs and develops new molecules that modulate the activity of well-established protein targets related to oncology and other pathologies. | $600K | Seed | May 12, 2020 | https://www.alcinouspharmaceuticals.com/ |
| HappyNest | HappyNest is transforming a repetitive domestic chore and a traditional existing industry with a technology platform that makes on-demand home laundry an easy, economical, and efficient experience for time-starved consumers. The HappyNest model creates a slick product for both consumers and laundromat owners. | $250K | Seed | Aug 19, 2019 | https://www.happynest.com/ |
| HappyNest | HappyNest is transforming a repetitive domestic chore and a traditional existing industry with a technology platform that makes on-demand home laundry an easy, economical, and efficient experience for time-starved consumers. The HappyNest model creates a slick product for both consumers and laundromat owners. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 19, 2019 | https://www.happynest.com/ |
| Vitae Industries | Vitae Industries provides custom pharmaceutical services to patients. | $1.8M | Seed | Oct 11, 2017 | https://www.vitaeindustries.com/ |
| Datarista | Datarista is reinventing how third-party sales & marketing data providers deliver data to their customers. The Datarista platform provides real time, relevant third party data delivery, integration and update services for both enhancement and prospecting inside of the most popular CRM and Marketing Automation platforms. Datarista is a serviceextension for the data providers to enable their sales teams to sell an end-to-end solution.Datarista is PaaS for your DaaS! | $200K | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 | http://www.datarista.com |
| Datarista | Datarista is reinventing how third-party sales & marketing data providers deliver data to their customers. The Datarista platform provides real time, relevant third party data delivery, integration and update services for both enhancement and prospecting inside of the most popular CRM and Marketing Automation platforms. Datarista is a serviceextension for the data providers to enable their sales teams to sell an end-to-end solution.Datarista is PaaS for your DaaS! | $1.6M | Seed | Apr 20, 2016 | http://www.datarista.com |
| VCharge | VCharge identifies electric loads with embedded storage ("transactive load") that cuts the cost of energy storage by an order of magnitude. They aggregate, control, and monetize load through energy arbitrage and by providing grid services. They focus on electric thermal storage (ETS) heat and domestic hot water heaters. VCharge offersbuilding owners retrofit control equipment for existing heat systems at no charge in exchange for long-term contracts to control the load for ancillary services (they are also working with manufacturers to integrate their controls into their products). ETS is relatively uncommon in the US, but plentiful in Europe with over 15 million installed units, and there are 40 million electric hot water heaters in the US alone. They save a typical homeowner 25% on the cost of heating their home and earn substantial revenue on energy arbitrage and grid services per kWh.The company has offices in the UK (Scotland and London area) and in Providence, Rhode Island. | $1M | Convertible Note | Oct 18, 2013 | http://www.vcharge-energy.com |
| VCharge | VCharge identifies electric loads with embedded storage ("transactive load") that cuts the cost of energy storage by an order of magnitude. They aggregate, control, and monetize load through energy arbitrage and by providing grid services. They focus on electric thermal storage (ETS) heat and domestic hot water heaters. VCharge offersbuilding owners retrofit control equipment for existing heat systems at no charge in exchange for long-term contracts to control the load for ancillary services (they are also working with manufacturers to integrate their controls into their products). ETS is relatively uncommon in the US, but plentiful in Europe with over 15 million installed units, and there are 40 million electric hot water heaters in the US alone. They save a typical homeowner 25% on the cost of heating their home and earn substantial revenue on energy arbitrage and grid services per kWh.The company has offices in the UK (Scotland and London area) and in Providence, Rhode Island. | $770K | Seed | Sep 24, 2012 | http://www.vcharge-energy.com |
| Alektrona | Alektrona Corporation offers hardware and software solutions for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), demand side management, and other energy-related applications. The company offers Z-Aperture, an energy network appliance that unites smart grid open standards and enterprise-class management for demand response, energy efficiency, and advancedmetering systems, as well as provides access to thermostats, meters, displays, load controllers, plug-in electric vehicles, and other devices. Alektrona also provides a broadband energy management system that connects smart electric, gas, and water meters, as well as energy management devices and plug-in vehicles to utilities and other energy service providers for residential and commercial environments. The company's customers include smart grid infrastructure companies, such as utilities, energy services companies, municipalities, and energy solutions providers. Alektrona Corporation was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Providence, Rhode Island. | $200K | Seed | Feb 29, 2012 | http://www.alektrona.com |
| VCharge | VCharge identifies electric loads with embedded storage ("transactive load") that cuts the cost of energy storage by an order of magnitude. They aggregate, control, and monetize load through energy arbitrage and by providing grid services. They focus on electric thermal storage (ETS) heat and domestic hot water heaters. VCharge offersbuilding owners retrofit control equipment for existing heat systems at no charge in exchange for long-term contracts to control the load for ancillary services (they are also working with manufacturers to integrate their controls into their products). ETS is relatively uncommon in the US, but plentiful in Europe with over 15 million installed units, and there are 40 million electric hot water heaters in the US alone. They save a typical homeowner 25% on the cost of heating their home and earn substantial revenue on energy arbitrage and grid services per kWh.The company has offices in the UK (Scotland and London area) and in Providence, Rhode Island. | $1.9M | Seed | Dec 05, 2011 | http://www.vcharge-energy.com |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Clean Energy Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clean-energy-venture-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Edison Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edison-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EOS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eos-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founder Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LaunchPad Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchpad-venture-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Slater Technology Fund

VC Fund · Providence, United States

The Slater Technology Fund is an independently chartered economic development fund that operates in accord with best practices of venture capital investing, backing new ventures committed to basing and building businesses in Rhode Island. Leveraging state and federal funding, Slater focuses its resources on the support of entrepreneurs who have thevision, leadership and commitment to build substantial commercial enterprises. Slater typically invests at the inception stage in the development of a new venture, often based upon ideas and technologies originating in academic institutions and/or government research laboratories located within the region. In most cases, investments are premised upon the possibility of raising substantial follow-on financing, from venture capital investors or from strategic partners, with a view toward accelerating the generation of significant numbers of high-value, high-wage jobs over the intermediate to longer-term.

4 contacts available at Slater Technology Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Chatham | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-chatham |
| John Round | Life Sciences Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-round |
| Lincoln Almond | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lincoln-almond |
| Thorne Sparkman | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thorne-sparkman |

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## FAQ

### What does Thorne Sparkman invest in?

Thorne Sparkman invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Thorne Sparkman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thorne Sparkman closed in May 2020. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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