Investing Profile

Sarah Tavel(239)

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

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 58 other investors on Signal.

Networks Sarah is a member of
Harvard University Network
253 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
14
Current Fund Size
$425M

Sarah Tavel is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Sarah Tavel's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
11x
Series ASep 2024$24M
$26M
Co-investors: Mandeep Singh, 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)), Schuster Tanger (TQ Ventures), Andrew Marks (TQ Ventures), Scooter Braun (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: Philippe Botteri (Accel), Sigal Mandelker (Ribbit Capital), Kris Fredrickson (Coatue), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Koichiro Nakamura (Sozo Ventures), Ash Egan (Archetype), Nico Wittenborn (Adjacent), Maia Heymann (Converge Venture Partners), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures)
TTYL
Series AMay 2021$20M
$20M
Cambly
Series BAug 2020$40M
$55M
Co-investors: Jeremy Levine (Bessemer Venture Partners), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), John Kobs, Shervin Pishevar
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), Sam Shank, Rick Johanson, Gregg Brockway, Jay Adelson
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), Mitch Lasky (Benchmark), Matt Cohler (Benchmark), Bruce Dunlevie (Benchmark), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Hunter Walk (Homebrew), Adam Nash (Daffy), Ali Rosenthal (Leadout Capital), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Mike Schroepfer (Gigascale Capital), Andy Dunn (Red Swan Ventures), Mike Jones (Science), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Peter Pham (Science), Lee Fixel (Addition), Marissa Mayer, Mark Pincus, Tim Ferriss, Adam D'Angelo, Tim Kendall, Alison Pincus

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