Mo Koyfman

Koyfman is a native of New Jersey.[1] He attended the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a B.S. in economics with a concentration in finance and a B.A. in English.[2]

After graduating from college, Koyfman joined Bear Stearns as an investment banker, where he worked on mergers and acquisitions and raising financing for media, technology and entertainment companies.[2]

He next joined IAC, an internet holding company as vice president of mergers and acquisitions and vice president of programming,[2][3] helping to launch a new business unit focused on digital media.[1] He led the IAC acquisition of Connected Ventures, the parent of Vimeo, CollegeHumor and BustedTees. He eventually served as the chief operating officer of Connected Ventures.[1]

He was hired by Spark Capital, a Boston venture capital fund in the summer of 2008.[1][3] His work was focused on expanding into the New York media and entertainment sectors.[4] In 2011, he said that closed social networking communities were becoming more important[5] and in 2012 that he was focused on investing on social media, mobile and local services.[6]

Among the first investments led by Koyfman at Spark were stakes in online marketplaces Skillshare and Work Market.[2] Later investments include eyeglass retailer Warby Parker,[2] fraud prevention software company Sift Science,[7] financial service provider Plaid (company), Kitchensurfing, Aviary, DIY, FundersClub, Consumer United, gdgt and Svpply.[2] Koyfman's exits for Spark include EBay buying Svvply, AOL buying gdgt,[2] and Adobe Systems buying Aviary.[8] He became a member of the Board of directors for Skillshare, Work Market, Aviary, Plaid, DIY and Consumers United.[2]

After Spark invested in Kik Messenger, Koyfman said that closed social networks were gaining in popularity because the early social networks included so many loose acquaintances.[9]

Koyfman was promoted in 2012 to general partner, one of six at Spark,[1][6] at the age of 35.[10] In 2012 was named one of New York's top 100 angel investors by Business Insider.[11] As an angel investor, his investments include online razor retailer Harry's, the clothing brand Reformation, urban affairs digital publisher Curbed, and horror and digital entertainment producer Crypt TV.[12]

In 2013, Koyfman became an early backer and member of the board of directors of Sefaria, a free content library of Hebrew and English Jewish texts.[13]

He left Spark in 2016, [14][15] and founded and became the CEO of MOKO Brands, an investment company focused on consumer brands.[16]

Koyfman is married to Hillary Rosenman Koyfman, a designer.[17]

He has been on the board of directors of ArtWorks, a non-profit that offers art therapy to hospitalized children.[2]

He also served as a member of the Whitney Museum of American Art Future Leadership Council, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Collections Council, and the New York Public Library Tech Advisory Group.[18]

He is on the board of directors of Sefaria, a non-profit online open source free content digital library of Jewish texts.[19][20]