Investing Profile

Sarah Tavel(244)

VCProduct Operator
General Partner at Benchmark
sarahtavel.comSan Francisco, California
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62 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 59 other investors on Signal.

Networks Sarah is a member of
Harvard University Network
255 CONNECTIONS
Bessemer Venture Partners Network
51 CONNECTIONS
Greylock Partners Network
20 CONNECTIONS
Benchmark Capital Network
15 CONNECTIONS
Stuyvesant High School Network
12 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Benchmark General Partner
Investment Range
$4.0M - $30.0M
Sweet Spot
$12.0M
Investments On Record
15
Current Fund Size
$425M

Sarah Tavel is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Sarah Tavel's Investments On Record (10)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Agentio
Series ANov 2024$12M
$16M
Co-investors: Jeff Ragovin (Ragovin Ventures), George Bousis (1/1 Capital), Mike Gamson (Next Play Ventures), Elizabeth Cutler (Dopamine Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures)
11x
Series ASep 2024$24M
$26M
Co-investors: Mila Cramer (Project A), Chris Cheng, Felipe Navio, Mandeep Singh
Poparazzi
Series AJun 2022$15M
$15M
Co-investors: Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund)
Supergreat
Series BDec 2021$20M
Series ADec 2020$7M
$30M
Co-investors: Ben Rubin (Sequoia Capital), Miles Grimshaw (Thrive Capital), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Andrew Marks (TQ Ventures), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Schuster Tanger (TQ Ventures), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Stephen Francis (Arrive), Jennifer “Jenny" Fleiss (Volition Capital), Hannah Bronfman
Chainalysis
Series EJun 2021$100M
Series CNov 2020$100M
Series BFeb 2019$30M
Series AApr 2018$16M
$370M
Co-investors: Kris Fredrickson (Coatue), Philippe Botteri (Accel), Sigal Mandelker (Ribbit Capital), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Maia Heymann (Converge Venture Partners), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Koichiro Nakamura (Sozo Ventures), Ash Egan (Archetype), Nico Wittenborn (Adjacent)
TTYL
Series AMay 2021$20M
$20M
Hipcamp
Series BJul 2019$25M
Series ANov 2017$10M
$41M
Co-investors: Tripp Jones (Uncork Capital), Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), Rick Johanson, Gregg Brockway, Jay Adelson, Sam Shank
Wealthfront
Series EJan 2018$75M
$200M
Co-investors: Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital), Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Mike Volpi (Index Ventures), Bruce Dunlevie (Benchmark), Jeremy Philips (Spark Capital), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Mitch Lasky (Benchmark), Matt Cohler (Benchmark), Hunter Walk (Homebrew), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Adam Nash (Daffy), Ali Rosenthal (Leadout Capital), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Mike Schroepfer (Gigascale Capital), Andy Dunn (Red Swan Ventures), Peter Pham (Science), Lee Fixel (Addition), Mike Jones (Science), Adam D'Angelo, Tim Kendall, Tim Ferriss, Alison Pincus, Mark Pincus, Marissa Mayer

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
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