Forge Your Legacy Among Giants

Imagine standing shoulder-to-shoulder with innovators who reshaped our world. At Spencer Trask, this isn’t just a dream—it could be your future. Walk in the footsteps of Thomas Edison, Jonas Salk, and Walter Gilbert and stand in a Pantheon of giants whose audacious ideas, with our support, changed the course of history.

By choosing Spencer Trask, you’re not just gaining a partner—you’re tapping into the spirit and accumulated wisdom of geniuses spanning the past century.

Are you ready to make your mark on history? Listen to these titans of innovation themselves:

Nobel prize winner Walter Gilbert on launching the first human genome company

CEO of the world’s first cell phone venture

Bain co-founder George Bennett on starting the evidence-based medicine revolution

Peter Sprague: chairman of the first analog chip company — National Semiconductor — chats about Nolan Bushnell, who launched the video game industry. Trask backed 3 ventures with these two.

Ciena CTO explains the Internet

Dave Huber on the Dawn of the Internet

Leonard Kleinrock, father of the Internet, and Kevin Kimberlin kick off the Internet Anniversary

Investors and Partners

Our ventures have received more than $5 billion in investments from these strategic, institutional, and corporate partners.