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Spencer Farrar

Partner at Theory Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Spencer Farrar is a Partner at Theory Ventures in San Francisco, specializing in investing in Series A and Seed stages within sectors like SaaS and Consumer Internet. With a background in structured finance and as a Chief Strategy Officer, Farrar has a BA in Cognitive Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

    Seed and Series A investing in data: infrastructure, applications within AI & crypto.

Theory Ventures primarily invests in early-stage software companies.

  • Chief Strategy Officer

    2022 - 2022

    Built derivatives trading infrastructure. Completed a successful merger. - Worked with quantitative traders previously from Citadel and Flow Traders. - Wore a lot of different hats within product, marketing, and business development. - Led our efforts with market makers.

  • Partner

    2021 - 2021

    US $4 billion asset manager - Led our investment in a decacorn. - Ran a crossover fund with 1 other PM. - Primarily focused on Seed and Series A.

Bienville is a New York-based investment firm managing capital for select institutional and family office clients.

  • Structured Finance

    2019 - 2021

    NYSE: VEL - Top performing sales rep. - Worked on internal software and product research. - Went on the IPO roadshow.

Velocity Mortgage Capital is a commercial real estate firm.

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