Investing Profile

Sarah Tavel(250)

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.

Networks Sarah is a member of
Harvard University Network
258 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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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: Mike Gamson (Next Play Ventures), Jeff Ragovin (Ragovin Ventures), George Bousis (1/1 Capital), Elizabeth Cutler (Dopamine Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures)
11x
Series ASep 2024$24M
$26M
Co-investors: Ramzi Rafih (No Label Ventures), Mila Cramer (Project A), Chris Cheng, Scott Belsky, 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)), 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: Philippe Botteri (Accel), Sigal Mandelker (Ribbit Capital), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Kris Fredrickson (Coatue), 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, Jay Adelson, Sam Shank, Gregg Brockway
Wealthfront
Series EJan 2018$75M
$200M
Co-investors: Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Mitch Lasky (Benchmark), Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz), Matt Cohler (Benchmark), Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital), Jeremy Philips (Spark Capital), Bruce Dunlevie (Benchmark), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Hunter Walk (Homebrew), Adam Nash (Daffy), Mike Volpi (Hanabi Capital), Ali Rosenthal (Leadout Capital), Peter Pham (Science), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Mike Schroepfer (Gigascale Capital), Andy Dunn (Red Swan Ventures), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Lee Fixel (Addition), Mike Jones (Science), Tim Ferriss, Adam D'Angelo, Mark Pincus, Marissa Mayer, 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