Investing Profile

Saar Gur(179)

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General Partner and Venture Capitalist at CRV
crv.com/team/saar-gur/San Francisco, California
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53 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), and 50 other investors on Signal.

Networks Saar is a member of
University of Wisconsin-Madison Network
40 CONNECTIONS
Stanford Graduate School of Business Network
30 CONNECTIONS
Lehman Brothers Network
22 CONNECTIONS
Stanford Graduate School of Business Network
18 CONNECTIONS
Stanford Graduate School of Business Network
18 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
CRV General Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $15.0M
Sweet Spot
$7.5M
Investments On Record
53
Current Fund Size
$600M

Saar Gur is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Saar Gur's Investments On Record (32)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Shef
Series BMar 2023$74M
$110M
Co-investors: Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Gautam Gupta (TCV), Michael Tam (Craft Ventures), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Manish Chandra, Stacy Brown-Philpot, Andre Iguodala, Katy Perry, Odell Beckham Jr., Max Mullen, Brandon Leonardo, Varsha Rao
ResortPass
Series BNov 2022$26M
$37M
Co-investors: Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capitail)), Ryan Ackell (14W), Michael Stoppelman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luc Levesque, Sean Flynn
Jeeves
Series CMar 2022$180M
Series BSep 2021$57M
$270M
Co-investors: Angela Strange (Andreessen Horowitz), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Andrew Felbinger (Urban Innovation Fund), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Ihar Mahaniok (Geek Ventures), Ivan Zolochevskii (Altaclub VC), Kevin Durant (Thirty Five Ventures), Martin Tobias (Incisive Ventures), Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Carlos Julio Garcia, William Hockey, David Vélez, Gabriel Braga, Pablo Gonzalez, Tom Blomfield, Immad Akhund, Andre Iguodala, Odell Beckham Jr., Ricardo Weder, Gabriel Jarrosson, Valentin Gui
Fractional
SeedNov 2021$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Kevin Durant (Thirty Five Ventures), Edward Suh (Alpine Ventures), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund)
Mercury
Series BJul 2021$120M
Series ASep 2019$20M
$170M
Co-investors: Christian Edler (BITKRAFT Ventures), Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Apolo Ohno (Tribe Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capitail)), Peggy Grigus Mangot (Pioneer Fund), Bill Clerico (Convective Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Kevin Durant (Thirty Five Ventures), Fernando Pontaza (Invariantes Fund), Tommy Leep (Jetstream), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Suhail Doshi, Sahin Boydas, Jonathan Swanson, Joshua Webster, Ryan Shea, Bradley Horowitz, Joshua Reeves, Scott Belsky, Andre Iguodala
Office Hours
SeedFeb 2021$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Aaron Levie, Jack Chou, Marco Zappacosta
Kapwing
Series ASep 2019$11M
$13M
Co-investors: Justine Moore (Andreessen Horowitz), Olivia Moore (Andreessen Horowitz), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Jordan Fudge (Sinai Ventures), Eric Reiner (Vine Ventures LP), Harry Stebbings (20VC), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Ade Olonoh, Matthew Hackett, Curtis Lee, Dylan Field
Patreon
Series DJul 2019$60M
Series CSep 2017$59M
Series BJan 2016$30M
Series AJun 2014$15M
SeedAug 2013$2M
$320M
Co-investors: Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Evan Feinberg (Tiger Global Management), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Barry Schuler (DFJ), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Hannibal Buress (Melvina Ventures), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Chris Paik (Pace Capital), Jonathan Teo (Binary Capital), Sam Altman, David Marcus, Joshua Reeves, Joshua Schachter, Tyler Willis

most interested in

Products that solve meaningful problems for consumers. Includes: Marketplaces, communication platforms, productivity tools, financial services, ed

not interested in

I love authentic founders and products that stand out and uniquely solve a problem. I tend not to be excited by many enterprise problems.

Saar Gur's Experience

General Partner and Venture Capitalist CRV2007 - Present
Co-Founder Carebadges.com (Acquired - Facebook Causes)2006 - Present
Co-Founder BrightRoll (Formerly Postroller)2006 - Present
Instructor of StartupGarage (356) Stanford Graduate School of Business2013 - 2014
Instructor Stanford Graduate School of Business2011 - 2012
Vice President, Customer Acquisition Adteractive2004 - 2006
Entrepreneur $34 million private equity transaction2003 - 2004
Venture Associate Lehman Venture Capital1999 - 2001
Technology Analyst Lehman Brothers1997 - 1999

Saar Gur's Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA
University of Wisconsin-Madison BS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology