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Sarah Sassoon

VP of Operations at Chariot

New York, New York

Overview 

Sarah Sassoon is currently the Vice President of Operations at Chariot in New York, where she oversees operational strategies and implementation. With a background in venture capital and finance, she has held senior roles at organizations like Accion and IFC, bringing expertise in sectors such as AgTech, Logistics, and FinTech to her current position.

Work Experience 

  • VP of Operations

    2024 - Current

    Chariot is the payments company dedicated to Donor Advised Fund (DAF) giving. DAFpay, Chariot’s 3-click DAF payment option, allows donors to give with their DAF anywhere they are inspired to give online. This enables donors to use their DAF in more places, more often, and unlocks more DAF gifts with better information for nonprofits. Chariot powers direct DAF payments for many of the largest nonprofits in the country, such as the American Cancer Society, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

A payments infrastructure and financial services for non profits.

Raised $15,000,000.00 from Maveron.

  • Senior Associate, Venture Lab

    2023 - 2024

  • Associate, Venture Lab

    2020 - 2023

  • Summer Associate, Venture Lab

    2020 - 2020

  • Graduate Intern, Venture Lab

    2020 - 2020

Accion Serving San Diego is a local microlender.

Raised $300,000.00 from Wells Fargo.

  • Consultant, SME Finance Forum

    2019 - 2020

IFC's Venture Capital group invests in ventures and growth stage companies.

  • Graduate Summer Intern, Digital Financial Services Team

    2019 - 2019

  • Partnerships Specialist

    2017 - 2018

  • Business Development Coordinator

    2015 - 2016

The Dodo is a digital media company devoted to animals.

Raised $18,178,569.00 from Berggruen Holdings, Lerer Hippeau, SoftBank, SoftBank Capital, David Stern and Greycroft.

  • Research Intern, "The Evening News with Scott Pelley"

    2014 - 2014

CBS News is the news and information division of CBS Corporation.

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