Spark Lab

Meet our team

Ryan

Building Culture and Consensus @Spark Lab

Koji

founding partner @Spark Lab

Zeeland

crafting the self-authorship accelerator @Spark Lab

Troy

create the next tech renaissance @Spark Lab

Eons

Origin the infinite. Spark it forward. @Spark Lab

Koi

a philosopher-builder weaving tech and humanity @Spark Lab

lux a thousand sparks @Spark Lab

Aaron

advisor @Spark Lab

Network

A Never-Graduating Alumni Network

Spark Lab is not a one-off program — it’s a long-burning act of collective creation.

Over the past year, nearly 70 young creators have come together here — to collide, diverge, rebuild, and ignite:

• Nearly half took a gap year or dropped out to start companies, making this one of the most dropout-dense startup communities in China

• Most launched their first startups at age 16 or 17

• One used tech to heal a younger version of themselves and built a product with real emotional weight

• One grew a following of 70,000+ by documenting their builder journey

• One built and sold an open-source tool with nearly 10,000 GitHub stars at age 15

• Some raised $200K+ seed rounds, others built profitable projects earning $100K+ annually

• One came back to Spark Lab after raising from a top-tier fund

• One launched a site with 300K monthly visits at age 14 — just to fulfill a personal promise to the world

• One shipped 22 projects in a year, just to find their true spark

Nearly half took a gap year or dropped out to start companies, making this one of the most dropout-dense startup communities in China

Most launched their first startups at age 16 or 17

One used tech to heal a younger version of themselves and built a product with real emotional weight

One grew a following of 70,000+ by documenting their builder journey

One built and sold an open-source tool with nearly 10,000 GitHub stars at age 15

Some raised $200K+ seed rounds, others built profitable projects earning $100K+ annually

One came back to Spark Lab after raising from a top-tier fund

One launched a site with 300K monthly visits at age 14 — just to fulfill a personal promise to the world

One shipped 22 projects in a year, just to find their true spark

Over the past year, nearly 70 young creators have come together here — to collide, diverge, rebuild, and ignite:

Spark Lab is a place where builders never graduate. They’re not just alumni — they’re co-authors of the future.

This is a lifelong network of rebels, dreamers, and builders — sparks are still burning.

EIR Network: Builders from the Future

Spark Lab is not a solo journey — it’s a long-term act of shared creation.

50+

Consultant-type EIRs

offering strategic insight, product feedback, and fundraising advice at critical moments.

Frontline Founders & OG Entrepreneurs

Founders, early team members, and product leads from China’s most iconic tech companies — including rednote, miHoYo, Tencent, ByteDance, Meituan, and more. These are also founders building the next wave of global tech companies, backed by top-tier investors like Sequoia and a16z, with valuations ranging from tens to hundreds of millions. They’ve been through every pitfall from 0 to 1, and carry the playbooks to scale from 1 to 100.

50+

Consultant-type EIRs

offering strategic insight, product feedback, and fundraising advice at critical moments.

60+

Coach-type EIRs

your closest sparring partners and reflection mirrors, co-building and co-living beside you.

Young Founders & Alumni Builders

Young founders, and peer entrepreneurs who’ve lived and built with us at Spark Lab. Many are already backed by top global VCs and have topped Product Hunt charts. They’re not theoretical mentors — they’re just one step ahead. Community is the new mentor — no fluffy lectures, just the quiet trust of 20 years of hacker instinct.

60+

Coach-type EIRs

your closest sparring partners and reflection mirrors, co-building and co-living beside you.

40+

Co-investors

forming a global alliance of builders behind Spark Lab.

Co-Investors & Strategic Backers

Top-tier VCs, LPs, and angels who’ve invested alongside Spark Lab. They don’t appear every day — but they show up during critical fundraising, and for key global introductions.

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Co-investors

forming a global alliance of builders behind Spark Lab.