Spencer Foust

Spencer received a Master’s in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, and graduated from the University of Arkansas with a BS and honors in Mechanical Engineering. Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, he now resides in the Bay Area.

Spencer is a Managing Director at Sozo Ventures, where he leads investments for the firm, from seed to pre-IPO. He currently sits on the boards of Leaf Logistics, Kargo, Harmonic.ai, Sparrow Financial, and Smarthop, and is a board observer at Project44, Vendr, and more. He focuses on technology investments in Logistics, Fintech, AI, and Enterprise SaaS. In 2020, just four years after joining Sozo Ventures, he made the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Before Sozo, Spencer worked at Apple, and before that, he worked on the B61 Nuclear Weapon program at Sandia National Labs, where he was one of the youngest in the history of the lab to receive a Top Secret “Q” Security Clearance.