Investing Profile

Saar Gur(179)

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General Partner and Venture Capitalist at CRV
crv.com/team/saar-gur/San Francisco, California
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54 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 51 other investors on Signal.

Networks Saar is a member of
NewCo Network
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Top-Patents Network
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Current Investing Position
CRV General Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $15.0M
Sweet Spot
$7.5M
Investments On Record
1
Current Fund Size
$600M

Saar Gur is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Saar Gur's Investments On Record (1)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
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Seed RoundSep 2018$3.5M
$3.5M
Co-investors: Shana Fisher (Third Kind Ventures), Ali Saheli (7 Gate Ventures), Ali Saheli (Hex Capital)

most interested in

Products that solve meaningful problems for consumers. Includes: Marketplaces, communication platforms, productivity tools, financial services, ed

not interested in

I love authentic founders and products that stand out and uniquely solve a problem. I tend not to be excited by many enterprise problems.

Saar Gur's Experience

General Partner and Venture Capitalist CRV2007 - Present
Co-Founder Carebadges.com (Acquired - Facebook Causes)2006 - Present
Co-Founder BrightRoll (Formerly Postroller)2006 - Present
Advisory Board Member Cendana CapitalPresent
Advisor/Angel Investor Flixster, RockYou, Admob, Xobni, Voicestar, Frengo and others...Present
Board Member Progress FinancialPresent
Investor Viki, Inc. (Sold to Rakuten)Present
Instructor of StartupGarage (356) Stanford UniversityPresent
Entrepreneur Top-PatentsPresent
Venture Associate Top-PatentsPresent
General Partner and Venture Capitalist Charles River VenturesPresent
Co-Founder NewCoPresent
Entrepreneur NewCoPresent
Venture Associate NewCoPresent
Co-Founder Top-PatentsPresent
Co-Founder Self-EmployedPresent
Advisor/Angel Investor FlixsterPresent
Board Member OportunPresent
Instructor of StartupGarage (356) Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessPresent
Investor Rakuten VikiPresent
Entrepreneur Self-EmployedPresent
Venture Associate Self-EmployedPresent
Entrepreneur Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Venture Associate Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Co-Founder Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Entrepreneur COVENTRY UNIVERSITYPresent
Venture Associate COVENTRY UNIVERSITYPresent
Co-Founder COVENTRY UNIVERSITYPresent
Entrepreneur The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Venture Associate The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Co-Founder The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Entrepreneur Asset Management GroupPresent
Venture Associate Asset Management GroupPresent
Co-Founder Asset Management GroupPresent
Co-Founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Entrepreneur University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Venture Associate University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Instructor of StartupGarage (356) Stanford Graduate School of Business2011 - 2014
Instructor Stanford Graduate School of Business2011 - 2012
Vice President, Customer Acquisition Adteractive2004 - 2006
Entrepreneur $34 million private equity transaction2003 - 2004
Venture Associate Lehman Venture Capital1999 - 2001
Technology Analyst Lehman Brothers1997 - 1999

Saar Gur's Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA
University of Wisconsin-Madison BS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology