Investing Profile

Cathy Gao

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Partner at Sapphire Ventures
sapphireventures.com/team/cat...San Francisco, California
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Networks Cathy is a member of
The Wharton School Network
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The Wharton School Network
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The Wharton School Network
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University of Pennsylvania Network
515 CONNECTIONS
Blackstone Launchpad Network
97 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Sapphire Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$10.0M - $100.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
7
Current Fund Size
$1.4B

Cathy Gao is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Cathy Gao's Investments On Record (6)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
EliseAI
Series EAug 2025$250M
Series DAug 2024$75M
$360M
Co-investors: Alex Immerman (Andreessen Horowitz), Sameer Dholakia (Bessemer Venture Partners), Jo Ann Corkran (Golden Seeds)
Blue J
Series DAug 2025$120M
$130M
Co-investors: Allen Miller (Oak HC/FT), Alison Nankivell (MaRS Discovery District), Lake Dai (LDV Partners)
CaptivateIQ
Series CJan 2022$100M
$170M
Co-investors: Carl Eschenbach (Sequoia Capital), Brian Feinstein (Bessemer Venture Partners), Joanne Chen (Foundation Capital), Ben Fletcher (Accel-KKR), Doug Pepper (ICONIQ Capital), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Patrick Yang (Amity Ventures), Somrat Niyogi (Recall Capital), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Elad Gil (Gil Capital / Gil & Co), Frederic Kerrest
Gem
Series CSep 2021$100M
$200M
Co-investors: Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures), George Hu (Benchmark), James D Robinson (RRE Ventures), David Wadhwani (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Nadav Zafrir (Team8), Oren Yunger (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Ben Dahl (Signal Peak Ventures), Alice Lloyd George (Rogue Capital Collective), Jai Choi (Partech Ventures), Krishna Gupta (Lunate), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Andrew Miklas (Y Combinator), Sujay Jaswa (WndrCo LLC), Ellen Levy (Silicon Valley Connect), Daniel Levine (Accel-KKR), Jason Risch (Greylock Partners), TianYu (TY) Wong (Atento Capital), Drew Houston
SafeGraph
Series BMar 2021$45M
$61M
Co-investors: Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), Jeff Epstein (Bessemer Venture Partners), Chris Scoggins (SignalFire), Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Scott Faber (NFX), Eric Chernoff (Dagster Labs), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Jonathan Abrams (8-Bit Capital), Pete Briger (Fortress Investment Group), Robert Pittman (iHeartMedia), Kim Perell (Unknown Ventures), Steve Drobny (Clocktower Group), Jack Abraham (Atomico), Jonah Goodhart (WGI Group), Jonathan Swanson (Thumbtack), Tom Chavez (super{set}), Alexander Rosen (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), Joel Hornstein (3i Group), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), George Garrick (G2 Consultants, Inc.), Jonathan Sands (Artist Capital), Brett Hurt (Austin Ventures), Shruti Gandhi (Array Ventures), Aniq Rahman (Vast Ventures), Will Harbin (Rule 1 Ventures), Ethan Beard (Piazza Venture Labs), Alex Rosen (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), Mike Greenfield (CILA THERAPEUTICS), Jared Friedman (Y Combinator), Brad Garlinghouse (Ripple VC), Russell Fradin (Dynamic Signal), Matthew Cowan (Next47), Doug Chertok (Vast Ventures), Julia Popowitz (Broadway Angels), Adrian Aoun (500 Startups Korea), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Adam Foroughi, Russ Fradin, Joe Zawadzki, Saran Chari, Adam D'Angelo, Brian O'Kelley, Nicolas Berggruen
Medable
Series CNov 2020$91M
$500M
Co-investors: David Hartwig (Sapphire Ventures), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Sunny Kumar (GSR Ventures), Tina Hoang-To (Third Kind Ventures)

most interested in

enterprise software, security, HR tech, and vertical software investments

Cathy Gao's Experience

Analyst Blackstone LaunchpadPresent
Analyst BlackstonePresent
Associate TA AssociatesPresent
Finance, Strategy & Product GustoPresent
Investor AVPPresent
Investor AXA Venture Partners (AVP)Present
Investor MoveworksPresent
Board Observer UJETPresent
Investor Splashtop Inc.Present
Board Observer MedAblePresent
Investor GorgiasPresent
Board Member SafeGraphPresent
Board Member involve.aiPresent
Board Observer GemPresent
Board Observer SWORD HealthPresent
Investor ParadoxPresent
Investor CaptivateIQPresent
Board Member EliseAIPresent
Board Member Blue JPresent
Partner Sapphire VenturesPresent
Partner Sapphire Ventures, LLCPresent

Cathy Gao's Education

The Wharton School BS Economics, Finance
The Wharton School BS, Economics Finance
The Wharton School Bachelor's degree concentration in Finance
University of Pennsylvania Bachelor's degree summa cum laude

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