Investing Profile

Sarah Tavel(251)

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

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 60 other investors on Signal.

Harvard University Network
257 CONNECTIONS
Bessemer Venture Partners Network
50 CONNECTIONS
Greylock Partners Network
20 CONNECTIONS
Benchmark Capital Network
15 CONNECTIONS
Stuyvesant High School Network
12 CONNECTIONS
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Benchmark General Partner
$4.0M - $30.0M
$12.0M
15
$425M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Agentio
Series ANov 2024$12M
$16M
Co-investors: George Bousis (1/1 Capital), Mike Gamson (Next Play Ventures), Elizabeth Cutler (Dopamine Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Jeff Ragovin (Ragovin Ventures)
11x
Series ASep 2024$24M
$26M
Co-investors: Ramzi Rafih (No Label Ventures), Mila Cramer (Project A), Mandeep Singh, Scott Belsky, Chris Cheng, Felipe Navio
Poparazzi
Series AJun 2022$15M
$15M
Co-investors: Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund)
Supergreat
Series BDec 2021$20M
Series ADec 2020$7M
$30M
Co-investors: Miles Grimshaw (Thrive Capital), Ben Rubin (Sequoia 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), Jennifer “Jenny" Fleiss (Volition Capital), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Stephen Francis (Arrive), Hannah Bronfman
Chainalysis
Series EJun 2021$100M
Series CNov 2020$100M
Series BFeb 2019$30M
Series AApr 2018$16M
$370M
Co-investors: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Sigal Mandelker (Ribbit Capital), Philippe Botteri (Accel), Kris Fredrickson (Coatue), Ash Egan (Archetype), Nico Wittenborn (Adjacent), Koichiro Nakamura (Sozo Ventures), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Maia Heymann (Converge Venture Partners)
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), Kevin Moore (KRM Interests LLC), Caterina Fake (Yes VC), Dave Morin (Offline Ventures), Jay Adelson, Sam Shank, Gregg Brockway, Rick Johanson
Wealthfront
Series EJan 2018$75M
$200M
Co-investors: Bruce Dunlevie (Benchmark), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Mike Volpi (Index Ventures), Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Jeremy Philips (Spark Capital), Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Matt Cohler (Benchmark), Mitch Lasky (Benchmark), Hunter Walk (Homebrew), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Lee Fixel (Addition), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Mike Schroepfer (Gigascale Capital), Andy Dunn (Red Swan Ventures), Mike Jones (Science), Adam Nash (Daffy), Ali Rosenthal (Leadout Capital), Peter Pham (Science), Marissa Mayer, Mark Pincus, Tim Ferriss, Tim Kendall, Alison Pincus, Adam D'Angelo
I focus on consumer marketplaces and transactional businesses, particularly those that provide a 10x experience to consumers and save them money.
Businesses that would basically be the same w/o software.
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
Harvard University A.B. Philosophy (cum laude)
Stuyvesant High School