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SparkToro
SparkToro is a software company offering a search engine to discover any target audience's influential publications, channels, and people
About SparkToro
SparkToro operates in the digital marketing and audience intelligence sector, providing a platform that helps businesses uncover the online behaviors and influencers of any audience. The company serves a diverse range of clients including marketing teams, PR agencies, and product managers who need to understand where their target audiences spend time online and who influences them. SparkToro's business model is subscription-based, offering various monthly plans, a free version, and a one-week single payment access option. The platform aggregates data from 12 social networks, crawling over 80 million unique profiles to provide comprehensive insights. SparkToro makes money through its tiered subscription plans, which offer different levels of access to its data and features. The company aims to break the Google-Facebook marketing duopoly by providing alternative ways to reach and engage with audiences.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- Seattle, United States
- Employees
- 5
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 74.1/100
- Industry
- Media, Marketing
- Sub-industry
- CRM & Sales, Social media
- Sector
- Marketing, Market Intelligence, Influencer Marketing, Marketing and Advertising, Social Platform
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2c
Knowledge graph
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANGEL✓Equity / VC | Nov 2024 | $2.1M | $90M | Gabe Brown · Will Critchlow | ↗ |
| EARLY VC✓Equity / VC | Nov 2018 | $18M | $72M | Undisclosed | — |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for SparkToro is 110K monthly website visits, down 15.4% over the last three months. SparkToro's team grew 0% over the past year.
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Investments and acquisitions
Recent portfolio relationships for companies that also act as investors or acquirers.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed7 investors entered at this stage
Rob Walling
Jeffrey Wilke
Union Bay Partners
Dharmesh Shah
Joel Gascoigne
Gabe Brown
Will Critchlow
Other known investors2 additional known investors
75 & Sunny Ventures
Chris Bennett
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Global footprint
team presence
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about SparkToro on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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