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Natalie Sandman

General Partner at Spark Capital

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Natalie Sandman is currently a General Partner at Spark Capital in San Francisco, specializing in investing in various sectors including Human Capital/HRTech, Insurance, Data Services, and AI. She has made significant investments in companies like Materia, Shepherd, and Durable, and serves on the boards of various startups, showcasing her expertise in venture capital and strategic guidance.

Work Experience 

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Comulate

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2025 - Current

  • Board Member

    2022 - 2025

Comulate created a broker revenue platform that allows for more effective money movement and administration across the insurance industry.

comulate.com

  • Angel Investor

    2025

    AI, B2B Software, Vertical Markets, Fintech

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Stream

  • Investor

    2024

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Garden

  • Investor

    2024

Garden assists lawyers and businesses in automating the creation of new patents and analyzing potential infringements.

Raised $6,800,000.00 from Howard Morgan, Enrique Colbert, Craft Ventures, Spark Capital, Chad Byers, Sky Dayton, Ken Howery, Julius Genachowski, Bill Lee and Uncommon Capital.

gardenintel.com
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Spark Capital

  • General Partner

    2019 - 2025

    General Partner at Spark Capital, focus on leading Seed and Series A investments in AI, B2B Software, Vertical Markets, and Fintech. Companies I've had the privilege of partnering with, often as the first investor & board member: - Series A in Durable - Series A in Medallion - Series A in Noyo - Series A in Zeal - Series A in Unleash - Series Seed in Comulate - Series Seed in Garden - Series Seed in Materia - Series Seed in Poggio Labs - Series Seed in Polygon - Series Seed in Shepherd - Series Seed in Spreadsheet.com - Series Seed in Stream - Series Seed in AI sales coaching software company

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in the consumer, commerce, FinTech, software, frontier, and media sectors.

sparkcapital.com
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Durable

  • Board Member

    2023 - 2025

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Unleash

  • Board Member

    2022 - 2025

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Zeal

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2025

Zeal helps platforms build custom payroll products.

Raised $30,355,972.00 from Commerce Ventures, Portage Ventures and Spark Capital.

zeal.com
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Shepherd

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2025

Shepherd is an Insurtech that offers tech-enabled insurance for commercial construction.

Raised $19,650,000.00 from Spark Capital, Intact Ventures, Era Ventures, Greenlight Reinsurance and Costanoa Ventures.

withshepherd.com
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Medallion

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2025

Medallion provides a network management platform for the healthcare industry.

Raised $85,000,000.00 from Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Optum Ventures, BoxGroup, Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital and Elad Gil.

medallion.co

Education 

Investments 

Materia

Series A

Total funding: $6M

Shepherd

Seed

Total funding: $27M

Durable

Series A

Total funding: $18M

Medallion

Series A

Total funding: $110M

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