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), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Michael Tam (Craft Ventures), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures), Manish Chandra, Andre Iguodala, Odell Beckham Jr., Katy Perry, Brandon Leonardo, Max Mullen, Stacy Brown-Philpot, Varsha Rao
ResortPass
Series BNov 2022$26M
$37M
Co-investors: Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capitail)), Ryan Ackell (14W), Luc Levesque, Adam Grant, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sean Flynn, Michael Stoppelman
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), Kevin Durant (Thirty Five Ventures), Peter Livingston (Unpopular Ventures), Ivan Zolochevskii (Altaclub VC), Martin Tobias (Incisive Ventures), Ihar Mahaniok (Geek Ventures), Valentin Gui, Odell Beckham Jr., Andre Iguodala, Immad Akhund, Tom Blomfield, Pablo Gonzalez, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Carlos Julio Garcia, Gabriel Jarrosson, Gabriel Braga, David Vélez, Ricardo Weder, William Hockey
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$21M
$150M
Co-investors: Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Christian Edler (BITKRAFT Ventures), Paul Levine (Sapphire Ventures), Apolo Ohno (Tribe Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capitail)), Peggy Grigus Mangot (Pioneer Fund), Bill Clerico (Convective Capital), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Kevin Durant (Thirty Five Ventures), Fernando Pontaza (Invariantes Fund), Tommy Leep (Jetstream), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Jon Soberg (MS&AD Ventures), Joshua Webster, Sahin Boydas, Jonathan Swanson, Suhail Doshi, Andre Iguodala, Bradley Horowitz, Joshua Reeves, Scott Belsky
Office Hours
SeedFeb 2021$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Jack Chou, Marco Zappacosta, Aaron Levie
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, Dylan Field, Curtis Lee, Matthew Hackett
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), Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Evan Feinberg (Tiger Global Management), Barry Schuler (DFJ), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Hannibal Buress (Melvina Ventures), Chris Paik (Pace Capital), Jonathan Teo (Binary Capital), Joshua Schachter, Tyler Willis, Sam Altman, David Marcus, Joshua Reeves

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