James Kuklinski is a General Partner at Spark Capital who transitioned from being a Broadway and screen actor with major childhood roles, including Gavroche in Les Misérables, into finance and then venture investing. As a first-generation college graduate who studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Penn, he focuses on backing founders whose ambition is shaped by lived experience rather than pedigree, bringing his previous experience advising companies like Twitter and LinkedIn at Allen & Company to growth-stage investments across consumer internet, enterprise software, and other sectors.