Investing Profile

Sarah Tavel(228)

VCProduct Operator

General Partner at Benchmark

sarahtavel.comSan Francisco, California
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57 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 54 other investors on Signal.

Networks Sarah is a member of
Harvard University Network
175 CONNECTIONS
Bessemer Venture Partners Network
46 CONNECTIONS
Greylock Partners Network
19 CONNECTIONS
Benchmark Capital Network
13 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Benchmark General Partner
Investment Range
$4.0M - $30.0M
Sweet Spot
$12.0M
Investments On Record
5
Current Fund Size
$38.1M

Sarah Tavel is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Sarah Tavel's Investments On Record (5)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Chainalysis
Series AApr 2018$16M
$370M
Co-investors: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Sigal Mandelker (Ribbit Capital), Philippe Botteri (Accel), Kris Fredrickson (Coatue), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Koichiro Nakamura (Sozo Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Nico Wittenborn (Adjacent), Ash Egan (Archetype), Maia Heymann (Converge Venture Partners)
Wealthfront
Series EJan 2018$75M
$200M
Co-investors: Mike Volpi (Index Ventures), Ben Horowitz (Andreessen Horowitz), Bruce Dunlevie (Benchmark), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Jeremy Philips (Spark Capital), Mitch Lasky (Benchmark), Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital), Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Hunter Walk (Homebrew), Adam Nash (Daffy), Ali Rosenthal (Leadout Capital), Mike Schroepfer (Gigascale Capital), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Andy Dunn (Red Swan Ventures), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Peter Pham (Science), Sebastien de Halleux (Graph Ventures), Mike Jones (Science), Matt Cohler (KKR), Lee Fixel (Addition), Tim Ferriss, Mark Pincus, Marissa Mayer, Alison Pincus
Hipcamp
Series ANov 2017$9.5M
$41M
Co-investors: Tripp Jones (Uncork Capital), Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Rick Johanson, Gregg Brockway, Jay Adelson, Sam Shank
Gixo
Seed RoundMay 2017
$3.7M
Co-investors: Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Damon Cronkey (XSeed Capital)
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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