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Baseten Lands $75M Series C

BusinessWire/Cooley/Baseten blog
2025
AI infrastructure company Baseten raises a $75M Series C co‑led by IVP and Spark; existing investors including South Park Commons participate

Doppel Raises $35M Series B

Doppel blog
2025
Doppel’s $35M Series B is led by Bessemer Venture Partners; repeat investors such as South Park Commons, Strategic Cyber Ventures and Script Capital participate

Goodfire Announces $50M Series A

Goodfire blog/Pillsbury
2025
Goodfire raises a $50M Series A led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Lightspeed, Anthropic, Wing and South Park Commons

Render Receives $80M Series C

Render blog/FinSMEs
2025
Render announces an $80M Series C led by Georgian; existing investors including the South Park Commons Fund participate

South Park Commons targets $40 Mn India‑focused fund

Entrackr
2025
Summarizes TechCrunch’s report and notes SPC previously raised a $50M fund in 2018 and a $150M fund in 2020

South Park Commons is raising $40M for an India‑specific fund

TechCrunch
2025
SPC plans a $40M India fund; article notes SPC’s community membership and founder fellowship programs and 175 active members/800 alumni

Female Founders & GenAI Are Rewriting Startup Culture

Forbes
2025
Article mentions SPC as a San‑Francisco accelerator/community backing founders pre‑idea and supporting women and underrepresented groups

Comun Raises $21.5M Series A

Finextra/WilmerHale
2024
Comun’s Series A funding is led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from Animo, Costanoa, FJ Labs, RTP Global and South Park Commons

Goodfire Raises $7M Seed

BusinessWire
2024
Goodfire’s $7M seed round led by Lightspeed sees participation from Menlo Ventures and South Park Commons

Transcend Announces $40M Series B

Transcend blog/Fintech Global
2024
Data‑privacy firm Transcend raises a $40M Series B led by StepStone Group; existing investors including South Park Commons participate

Baseten Raises $40M Series B

Baseten blog/FinSMEs
2024
Baseten’s $40M Series B led by IVP and Spark includes investors Greylock and South Park Commons

Luma Raises $20M Series A

ContextVC blog
2024
Photorealistic 3D company Luma raises a $20M Series A led by Amplify Partners; investors include General Catalyst, NVIDIA and South Park Commons

Socket Secures $4.6M Seed

Socket blog
2024
Socket’s blog lists early seed investors including South Park Commons (Ruchi Sanghvi & Aditya Agarwal)

Socket Raises $4.6M Seed

TechCrunch
2024
Security startup Socket’s $4.6M seed round lists Unusual Ventures, Village Global and South Park Commons as investors

Atlys Raises $12M Series A

Skift/BWDisrupt
2023
Atlys’ $12M Series A co‑led by Peak XV and Elevation Capital sees continued investment from Andreessen Horowitz and South Park Commons

Doppel Raises $14M Series A

Doppel blog
2023
Doppel raises a $14M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from existing investors including South Park Commons

Unit21 Raises $45M Series C

BusinessWire
2023
Unit21’s $45M Series C led by Tiger Global includes participation from South Park Commons, and Ruchi Sanghvi praises the mission

Gamma Raises $12M Series A

The SaaS News/citybiz
2023
Presentation‑tool startup Gamma raises $12M Series A led by Accel with participation from Script Capital and South Park Commons

Aditya Agarwal’s anti‑incubator incubator

Mercury Blog
2023
Blog recounts SPC’s founding; states SPC has produced over 130 startups and returned its first fund to investors

Clerk Raises $6.2M Seed

Clerk blog
2022
Authentication platform Clerk secures a $6.2M seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from S28 Capital, Fathom Capital and South Park Commons

South Park Commons, an 'anti‑incubator' founded by early FB and Dropbox engineers

Yahoo/TechCrunch
2021
Profile describes SPC as a community‑driven alternative to accelerators with a $150M fund and portfolio successes like Compound and Pilot

Unit21 Raises $34M Series B

Unit21 blog
2021
Unit21’s Series B led by Tiger Global features continued support from existing investors such as South Park Commons

At South Park Commons, A Throwback Techie Collective Raises a $40 Million Fund

Forbes
2018
Forbes article on SPC’s 2018 $40M seed fund; notes investment sizes ($250K–$1.5M) and the community’s supportive culture

South Park Commons — the collectives model for spurring innovation

Marginal Revolution
2017
Blog summarises a New York Times profile describing SPC as an “anti‑incubator” where members use grants and fellowships to de‑risk ideas