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Founder and Managing Partner
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Spark Growth Ventures
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Founder and Managing Partner
Location
San Diego, California, United States
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Hem Suri is listed as Founder and Managing Partner at Spark Growth Ventures, a company with 12 employees, based in San Diego, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Hem Suri.
Hem Suri previously worked as Founder & Managing Partner at Spark Growth Ventures and Follow-on at Splitero. Hem Suri holds Mba from Harvard Business School.
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About Hem Suri
Hem is an accomplished investment, board and executive management leader with two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, venture capital & private equity investor, board professional, investment banker, general management executive as well as a researcher. He was recognized as a Top 25 Founder’s Choice VC in 2023, an Emerging 50 VC in 2022 and as San Diego’s 500 Most Influential People in 2021.Hem's passion lies in helping founders as an active investor by “rolling-up his sleeves” to create and executive 360⁰ strategies to maximize outcomes. His industry experience spans diverse industries, including software & technology services, healthcare, consumer, financial services, property & casualty insurance, food manufacturing, industrials, transportation, hospitality & restaurants, education tech, sports tech, beauty tech, legal tech and digital marketing. Hem currently serves as the Founder & Managing Partner of Spark Growth Ventures, an early to mid stage technology venture capital firm with a Pan American focus. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of ClearVision Equity Partners (a boutique VC firm), a 2x Interim CEO of emerging healthcare companies, an executive of a KKR Private Equity portfolio company, an investment banker on Wall Street as well as a functional leader in multiple Fortune 500 companies in the US.Hem has also served on over 25 startup and social enterprise boards across the US and is heavily involved with several prominent incubators and accelerators in Southern California supporting budding entrepreneurs. He has executed 80+ venture, private equity and M&A transactions with over $2B in total capital spanning over 15 years at Spark Growth Ventures, ClearVision Equity Partners, Deutsche Bank, a KKR private equity portfolio company as well as an independent board professional working with startups.Hem has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from University of Illinois and a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. He is passionate about the environment and education for under-privileged children, and loves reading, traveling and active pursuits.
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Spark Growth Ventures
81 roles · 26 years
Hem Suri work experience
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Founder & Managing Partner
Current
Aug 2020 - Present
Follow-On
Current
Dec 2024 - Present
Investor
Current
Nov 2022 - Present
Follow-On
Current
Aug 2024 - Present
Follow-On
Current
Oct 2023 - Present
Board Observer
Current
May 2023 - Present
Board Observer
Current
Aug 2024 - Present
Board Observer
Current
May 2024 - Present
Investor
Current
Aug 2023 - Present
Investor
Current
Mar 2024 - Present
Investor
Current
Feb 2024 - Present
Follow-On (Lead)
Current
Jan 2024 - Present
Board Observer
Current
May 2022 - Present
Investor
Current
Apr 2021 - Present
Secondary Investor
Current
Jan 2024 - Present
Follow-On
Current
Jun 2022 - Present
Investor
Current
Dec 2021 - Present
Follow-On
Current
Oct 2023 - Present
Board Observer
Current
Sep 2021 - Present
Investor
Current
Dec 2020 - Present
Secondary Investor
Current
Oct 2023 - Present
Board Of Directors
Current
Jul 2021 - Present
Follow-On
Current
Jun 2022 - Present
Board Observer
Feb 2021 - Jul 2021
Follow-On
Current
Jun 2023 - Present
Follow-On
Current
Sep 2022 - Present
Investor
Current
Mar 2022 - Present
Follow-On
Current
Jun 2023 - Present
Investor
Current
Sep 2021 - Present
Follow-On
Current
Feb 2023 - Present
Investor
Current
Jan 2022 - Present
Follow-On
Current
Dec 2022 - Present
Board Of Directors
Current
Dec 2021 - Present
Board Observer
Apr 2021 - Dec 2021
Investor
Current
Nov 2022 - Present
Investor
Current
Sep 2022 - Present
Board Observer
Current
Sep 2022 - Present
Investor
Current
Mar 2022 - Present
Investor
Current
Mar 2022 - Present
Board Observer
Current
Aug 2021 - Present
Founding Board Member
May 2019 - Aug 2021
Board Observer
Current
Apr 2021 - Present
Board Observer
Current
Feb 2021 - Present
Follow-On
Apr 2023 - Jan 2024
Board Observer
Oct 2021 - Jan 2024
Venture Partner
Jun 2020 - Jan 2024
Board Advisor
Jul 2018 - Jan 2024
Follow-On
Sep 2021 - Aug 2022
Board Observer
Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
Board Advisor
Mar 2021 - Nov 2021
Board Observer
Acquired by fuboTV (NYSE: FUBO). <9 months of investment hold. SGV was the only VC and the largest external investor. Triple digit rate of return for the SGV investors (at the time of exit).
Feb 2021 - Nov 2021
Nov 2020 - Nov 2021
Board Advisor
May 2019 - Apr 2021
Board Advisor
Feb 2020 - Jan 2021
Board Advisor
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
Jan 2017 - Aug 2020
Founder & Managing Partner
- Formulated the firm's investment approach and led end-2-end deal-sourcing, investment structuring & negotiations, diligence and closing as well as investor management functions. Also, installed and led all aspects of.
- Created a portfolio of 11 hyper-growth companies representing 16 venture and growth equity transactions within 1.5 years and made ClearVision Equity one of the most active institutional investors and a trusted partner.
- Sourced 6 out of the 11 deals done during my tenure: Doctible (lead investor) SharesPost SlantRange (lead investor) Sandstone Diagnostics, Tourmaline Labs (lead investor)Zesty.io (lead investor)
- Played an active role in the portfolio through 6 board positions. Helped recruit CEO/head of sales/channel partners / external partners into the portfolio companies and collaborated with founders & operators on all.
Jan 2017 - May 2018
Interim Ceo
Jun 2018 - Nov 2018
Board Of Directors
End-2-end work from deal structuring and diligence to post-close board management.
Jan 2018 - May 2018
Board Of Directors
End-2-end work from deal origination and diligence to post-close board management.
Jan 2018 - May 2018
Board Of Directors
End-2-end work from deal origination and diligence to post-close board management.
Nov 2017 - May 2018
Aug 2017 - May 2018
Board Of Directors
End-2-end work from deal origination and diligence to post-close board management.
May 2017 - May 2018
Board Of Directors
End-2-end work from sourcing and diligence to post-close board management.
Apr 2017 - May 2018
Investor
Deal sourcing to diligence to post-close work. Exit: SharesPost was sold to Forge Global for $160M in May 2020.
Apr 2017 - May 2018
Apr 2017 - May 2018
Investor
Sandstone Diagnostics, Inc.
Deal sourcing to diligence to post-close work
Apr 2017 - May 2018
Mar 2017 - May 2018
Board Of Directors
Clearpath
Post-close board management.
Jan 2017 - May 2018
Board Of Advisors
Feb 2017 - Jan 2018
Interim Ceo
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation software and services start-up. Worked with the founder on strategic and operational aspects (market definition/sizing, business/revenue model, go-to-market, joint ventures, sales channels and partnerships, product pricing/road-map/development, org. design, and finance & ops)
Aug 2016 - Mar 2017
Vice President, Strategy & Transformation
- Sr Director (01/14-08/15)Director (10/11-12/13)Led three functions for Mitchell, a KKR private equity company and a leader in Property & Casualty insurance tech-enabled cost containment solutions Mergers & Acquisitions
- 1 $1B+ sell-side and 5 buy-side M&A deals, with several hundred million $s of shareholder value creation. Quarter backed pre-close diligence, valuation, and post-close integration & transformation efforts while working.
- Business process outsourcing for multiple back-office operations across the globe
- Real-estate portfolio management, including facility consolidations, space planning and new space selection/build-out as well as cafeteria operations optimization
- Health benefits plan design & optimization, including self-insurance implementation, consumerism, plan marketing and broker selection/management
- Enterprise-wide program management of strategic initiatives spanning revenue growth, margin expansion and cash-management
Oct 2011 - Dec 2016
Investment Banker, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Worked on 10+ domestic and cross-border closed and pursued deals (sell-side and buy-side M&A, leveraged buyouts, and debt/equity financings)
- Verticals: automotive rental, data center co-location, aerospace & defense verticals, industrials, financial services
- Coordinator of DB’s MBA recruiting at Harvard
Jun 2009 - Jun 2011
Intern, Investment Banking
2008 - 2008
Senior Staff Planner, Planning & Development
Design, evaluation and implementation of global revenue management products leveraging industry-leading technology, algorithms and analytics while partnering with global Revenue Management, IT and R&D teams
May 2006 - Aug 2007
Manager, Capital Investments
Additional concurrent role in light of high performance. Directed end-2-end multi-million annual capital investment planning & implementation process at the KC, KS plant
Aug 2004 - Apr 2006
Industrial Engineer
Led continuous improvement, industrial engineering and a multi-year productivity turnaround at the KC, KS plant. Helped the plant become one of the most productive in the 21-plants meats division, while overcoming the unfortunate loss of six lives in a July ‘04 plant shooting incident.Also provided industrial engineering support to manufacturing facilities.
Jan 2004 - Apr 2006
Research Assistant
Developed large-scale linear optimization algorithms (>1M variables and >300K constraints) and wrote software (C++ / CPLEX) to help optimize Kellogg’s supply chain. Also built parking pricing and allocation algorithms and code (VBA /commercial optimizers) for the Division of Campus Parking and Transportation
Aug 2001 - Dec 2003
Industrial Engineering Intern
2003 - 2003
Industrial Engineering Intern
Worked on a Ministry of IT, Gov of India, project to develop a production-planning software for the case assembly plant
2000 - 2000
3 education records
Hem Suri education
Mba
Harvard Business School
Ms, Operations Research
University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Btech, Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi
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What company does Hem Suri work for?
Hem Suri works for Spark Growth Ventures.
What is Hem Suri's role at Spark Growth Ventures?
Hem Suri is listed as Founder and Managing Partner at Spark Growth Ventures.
Where is Hem Suri based?
Hem Suri is based in San Diego, California, United States while working with Spark Growth Ventures.
What companies has Hem Suri worked for?
Hem Suri has worked for Spark Growth Ventures, Splitero, Promaxo, Astra Holding Group, and Arc Health.
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Hem Suri holds Mba from Harvard Business School.
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