Investing Profile

Sarah Smith(585)

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Solo GP investing ~$250K into pre-seed/seed. Former Bain Cap VC, Graph Ventures, Quora, FB, Stanford GSB.
sarahsmith.fund/aboutMenlo Park, California
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72 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 69 other investors on Signal.

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Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
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Current Investing Position
Sarah Smith Fund General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$250K
Investments On Record
16

Sarah Smith is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Sarah Smith's Investments On Record (13)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
howie
SeedSep 2025$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Lindel Eakman (Foundry Group), Julian Weisser (Kepler Operator’s Fund), Nick Davidov (Davidovs VC), Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Nate DaPore (Roo Partners), David J. Phillips, Diego Oppenheimer, Bobby Goodlatte, Roger Dickey
Grupago
SeedMar 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Dan Kimerling (Deciens Capital), Paul Sawaya
Bandana
SeedSep 2023$4M
$13M
Co-investors: Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Max Rimpel (General Catalyst), Andrea Wang (General Catalyst), Lainy Painter (Craft Ventures), Elena (Lainy) Painter (Craft Ventures)
Pinnacle
Pre SeedDec 2022
$500K
Co-investors: Sunmeet Jolly (SeedInvest), Diana Hu (Y Combinator)
Archive
Series ADec 2022$15M
Pre SeedJan 2022$1M
$62M
Co-investors: Alex Taussig (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Beth Ferreira (FirstMark Capital), Sara Du (Greylock), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Dawn Dobras (Operator Collective), Kerry Whorton Cooper (aCrew Capital), Eileen Waris (Energize Ventures), Justin Mares (Long Journey Ventures), Steven Alan, Andrew Jones, Sam Corcos, Karim Atiyeh, JD Ross
Disclo
Pre SeedAug 2022$2M
$7M
Co-investors: Andrea Hippeau (Lerer Hippeau), Sarah Hinkfuss (Bain Capital Ventures), Holly Maloney McConnell (General Catalyst), Surbhi Sarna (Y Combinator)
Mathison
Series AMar 2022$25M
SeedApr 2021$4M
$31M
Co-investors: Nico Berardi (Animo Ventures), Antonio Osio (Animo Ventures), Maximilian Winter (Harmonix Fund)
Specto
SeedJun 2021$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Mike Vernal

Sarah Smith's Experience

Lean Launchpad Teaching Team Stanford University2022 - Present
Investing Partner Bain Capital Ventures2018 - 2022
Partner Graph Ventures2015 - 2018
VP, Advertising Sales and Operations Quora2016 - 2017
VP, Recruiting, HR, & User Operations Quora2012 - 2016
Director of SMB Growth - North America Facebook2011 - 2012
Director of Online Operations and Head of Office - Austin Facebook2010 - 2012
Head of Online Sales Operations - Account Management Facebook2009 - 2010
Manager of Online Operations Facebook2008 - 2009
Director of New Business Swish Marketing2007 - 2008
Summer Consultant Boston Consulting Group2006 - 2006
Center Director Sylvan Learning Center2001 - 2005

Sarah Smith's Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
University of Wisconsin-Madison BM Music Education