Hem Suri

Hem currently serves as the Founder & Managing Partner of Spark Growth Ventures – a San Diego-based sector agnostic global tech VC firm focusing on series A-D startups. Through SGV, Hem is democratizing access to the asset class for all accredited investors using a community-oriented model. In less than four years, just through word-of-mouth and performance-led growth, SGV has grown to ~1,400 community members across six continents, 25 portfolio companies across three continents and an equivalent of a ~$50M evergreen fund with ~$45M in deployed AUM. Hem’s work has earned him several recent recognitions, including as the 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.

Outside of SGV, Hem also serves as a Venture Partner with NextGen Venture Partners, and was previously the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of ClearVision Equity Partners, a 2x Interim CEO of emerging 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 served on 20+ startup and social enterprise boards and is heavily involved with several prominent incubators and accelerators in Southern California. He has executed ~75 VC, PE and M&A transactions with over $2B in total capital spanning 15 years across various platforms.

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, Delhi. He is passionate about the environment and education for under-privileged children, and loves reading, traveling and active pursuits.