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Investing Profile

Sarah Tavel(161)

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General Partner at Benchmark

sarahtavel.medium.comSan Francisco, California
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50 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 47 other investors on Signal.

Networks Sarah is a member of
Harvard University Network
159 CONNECTIONS
Bessemer Venture Partners Network
37 CONNECTIONS
Greylock Partners Network
17 CONNECTIONS
Greylock Partners Network
17 CONNECTIONS
Benchmark Capital Network
13 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Benchmark General Partner
Investment Range
$50K - $30.0M
Sweet Spot
$10.0M
Investments On Record
12
Current Fund Size
$38.1M

Sarah Tavel is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Sarah Tavel's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Knightley
Pre Seed RoundJul 2021$1.5M
$1.5M
Co-investors: Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Brianne Kimmel (Work Life Ventures)
Chainalysis
Series EJun 2021$100M
Series CNov 2020$100M
Series BFeb 2019$30M
Series AApr 2018$16M
$370M
Co-investors: Philippe Botteri (Accel), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Jenny Fielding (Techstars), Ash Egan (Archetype), Kris Fredrickson (Coatue), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Sigal Mandelker (Ribbit Capital), Maia Heymann (Converge Venture Partners), Koichiro Nakamura (Sozo Ventures)
TTYL
Series AMay 2021$20M
$20M
Supergreat
Series ADec 2020$6.5M
$6.5M
Co-investors: Miles Grimshaw (Benchmark), Ben Rubin (Sequoia Capital), Jenny Fielding (Techstars), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Jennifer “Jenny" Fleiss (Volition Capital), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Schuster Tanger (TQ Ventures)
Hipcamp
Series BJul 2019$25M
Series AJun 2018$9.5M
Series ANov 2017$9.5M
$50M
Co-investors: Tripp Jones (Uncork Capital), Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), Jay Adelson, Sam Shank, Gregg Brockway
Wealthfront
Series EJan 2018$75M
$200M
Co-investors: Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital), Jeremy Philips (Spark Capital), Mike Volpi (Index Ventures), Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Hunter Walk (Homebrew), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Ben Horowitz (Andreessen Horowitz), Bruce Dunlevie (Benchmark), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Mitch Lasky (Benchmark), Peter Pham (Science), Sebastien de Halleux (Graph Ventures), Andy Dunn (Red Swan Ventures), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Mike Jones (Science), Adam Nash (Daffy), Matt Cohler (KKR), Lee Fixel (Addition), Ali Rosenthal (Leadout Capital), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Tim Ferriss, Marissa Mayer, Mark Pincus, Alison Pincus
Gixo
Seed RoundMay 2017
$3.7M
Co-investors: Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Damon Cronkey (XSeed Capital)

most interested in

I focus on consumer marketplaces and transactional businesses, particularly those that provide a 10x experience to consumers and save them money.

not interested in

Businesses that would basically be the same w/o software.

Sarah Tavel's Experience

General Partner Benchmark Capital2017 - Present
Partner Greylock Partners2015 - 2017
General Partner Greylock Partners2015 - 2017
Product Manager Pinterest2012 - 2015
Vice President Bessemer Venture Partners2006 - 2012
Consultant The Kerdan Group2005 - 2006

Sarah Tavel's Education

Harvard University A.B. Philosophy (cum laude)
Stuyvesant High School