Investing Profile

Marc Tarpenning

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Venture Partner at Spero Ventures
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Networks Marc is a member of
Moving Capital Network
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University of California, Berkeley Network
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Current Investing Position
Spero Ventures Venture Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
13
Current Fund Size
$100M

Marc Tarpenning is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Marc Tarpenning's Investments On Record (11)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Sora Fuel
Series UnknownApr 2026$15M
$21M
Co-investors: Michael Kearney (The Engine), Kamran Ali (Inspired Capital)
Telo Trucks
Series ASep 2025$20M
SeedMar 2024$5M
$25M
Co-investors: Paul Grossinger (Gaingels), Ali Partovi (Xtripe Angels), Marc Benioff
Wattch
SeedAug 2025$6M
SeedJan 2023$4M
$10M
Co-investors: Christopher Klaus (CyberLaunch VC)
Artelize
SeedJul 2025$2M
$2M
Corvus Robotics
Series AOct 2024$18M
$18M
Co-investors: Lex Zhao (One Way Ventures), Charles Zedlewski
Hylight
SeedApr 2024$4M
$4.5M
Co-investors: Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Enrico Noseda (Cariplo Factory), Caroline Winnett (Berkeley Skydeck Fund)
Singularity Energy
SeedMay 2022$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Sameer Reddy (Energy Impact Partners), Shilpi Kumar (Third Sphere), Micah Kotch (Blackhorn Ventures)
Mast Reforestation
Series ASep 2021$36M
$66M
Co-investors: Katelin Holloway (Seven Seven Six), Jay Zaveri (Social Capital), Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital LP), Chris DeVore (Founders' Co-op), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Rob Veres (Mast Reforestation), Ashley Mayer (Coalition Operators), David E. Weekly (Mexican.vc), Julius Genachowski (The Carlyle Group), Tobias Lutke

most interested in

• Personal transportation using energy other than oil • Primary education • Energy storage • Urban farming • Decentralized utilities • Large-scale water desalinization • New nuclear technologies • Government policy on energy, education, transportation and water

Marc Tarpenning's Experience

VP Engineering Moving CapitalPresent
VP Engineering Packet DesignPresent
Entrepreneur in Residence MayfieldPresent
Trustee OUSDPresent
Mentor GreenstartPresent
Advisory Board Member, Science Learning Institute Foothill CollegePresent
Member, Supervisorial District Three Moving CapitalPresent
Member Board of Trustees The Nueva SchoolPresent
Advisor Skydeck | BerkeleyPresent
Advisor Moving CapitalPresent
Member Board Of Directors Innovate Public SchoolsPresent
Member of the Advisory Board Clearpath Inc.Present
Member of the Advisory Board UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and TechnologyPresent
Member of the Advisory Board UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET)Present
General Trustee Archaeological Institute of AmericaPresent
CFO, VP Engineering, Co-Founder Moving CapitalPresent
VP Electrical Engineering, Co-Founder TeslaPresent
Venture Partner Spero VenturesPresent

Marc Tarpenning's Education

University of California, Berkeley BA Computer Science

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