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Sara Adler

General Partner at Wave Capital

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Sara Adler is the General Partner at Wave Capital in San Francisco, California. With a background in corporate development at top tech companies like Airbnb and Dropbox, she has successfully invested in early-stage startups like Thatch and Bobbie, specializing in marketplaces and consumer internet sectors. Sara has held key roles at prominent companies such as Airbnb and Dropbox, where she led corporate development initiatives, and has made strategic investments in emerging startups at Wave Capital, focusing on seed-stage companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

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Wave Capital

  • General Partner

    2018 - Current

    Wave is a seed stage venture firm that specializes in marketplaces. http://wave.capital/

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Airbnb

  • Head Of Corporate Development

    2015 - 2018

Lake Swan Properties is a holiday home rental company.

airbnb.com
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Dropbox

  • Head of Corporate Development - M&A

    2013 - 2015

Dropbox is a smart workspace company that provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions.

Raised $1,709,215,000.00 from JP Morgan Chase, RBC Capital, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie Group, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Partners.

dropbox.com
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Facebook

  • Manager, Corporate Development

    2011 - 2013

Stay N' Alive Productions, LLC is a social media marketing firm that provides clients with measurable profits.

staynalive.com
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Menlo Ventures

  • Associate

    2009 - 2011

    Evaluated early and late stage investment opportunities across the technology sector.

Menlo Ventures provides capital for consumer, enterprise, and life science technologies from seed to growth stages.

menlovc.com
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JPMorgan

  • Analyst

    2008 - 2009

    Analyst in the equity capital markets group focusing on the technology, healthcare and consumer industries

J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation provides commodity risk management solutions in both the physical .

jpmorgan.com

Education 

Investments 

Thatch

Seed

Total funding: $47M

Bobbie

Seed

Total funding: $57M

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