# Yasmin Razavi

> Yasmin Razavi is a General Partner at Spark Capital, where she leads growth-stage investments in fintech, enterprise software, and AI infrastructure. Born in Tehran and educated at the University of Toronto (engineering) and Harvard Business School (MBA), she brings an operator's lens to venture - forged at McKinsey, Index Ventures, and Snap's monetization team. Since joining Spark in 2017, she has backed defining companies including Deel, Marqeta, Anthropic (leading its $450M Series C), and Qdrant, and now sits on Anthropic's Board of Directors.

- **Role:** General Partner at Spark Capital
- **Organizations:** Spark Capital, Anthropic (Board of Directors)
- **From:** Tehran, Iran
- **Nationality:** Iranian-Canadian
- **Education:** Bachelor's in Engineering, University of Toronto, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Led Anthropic's $450M Series C and joined its Board of Directors, Backed Deel from early growth stage - now a multi-billion dollar global payroll company, Early growth investor in Marqeta (card issuing infrastructure), which went public in 2021

## Career timeline

- **2000s** — Grew up in Tehran, Iran; moved to study engineering at University of Toronto
- **2010s** — MBA at Harvard Business School
- **2012-2015** — Consultant at McKinsey & Company, serving financial institutions in the UK
- **2015-2016** — Investor at Index Ventures, London
- **2016-2017** — Product Manager at Snap Inc., building the monetization technology stack
- **2017** — Joined Spark Capital as investor focused on growth-stage fintech and enterprise
- **2020** — Led or participated in Spark's investment in Marqeta
- **2021** — Backed Deel as part of Spark Capital portfolio
- **2023** — Led Anthropic's $450M Series C; joined Anthropic's Board of Directors
- **2024** — Led Qdrant's $28M Series A - bet on vector database infrastructure for AI
- **2024-present** — General Partner at Spark Capital, active board member at Anthropic

## Achievements

- Led Anthropic's $450M Series C and joined its Board of Directors
- Backed Deel from early growth stage - now a multi-billion dollar global payroll company
- Early growth investor in Marqeta (card issuing infrastructure), which went public in 2021
- Led Qdrant's $28M Series A in 2024 - one of the leading vector database companies
- Partner at Spark Capital, one of the top VC firms with $4.2B in AUM
- Backed Discord, Cruise (acquired by GM), and Postmates (acquired by Uber) via earlier investments
- Identified the Deel opportunity by tracking cross-border payroll trends for 18 months before investing

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Led Qdrant's $28M Series A, expanding Spark Capital's AI infrastructure portfolio
- **2023-05** — Led Anthropic's $450M Series C and joined Anthropic's Board of Directors
- **2023** — Active board member at Anthropic as it launches Claude and becomes a leading AI safety company

## Links

- Website: https://sparkcapital.com/team-members/yasmin-razavi
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yasminrazavi
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/yasminrazavi
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Spark-Capital/8810462652

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Last updated: 2026-05-17