Sarah Tavel
General Partner at Benchmark
Sarah Tavel
General Partner at Benchmark
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2017 - Current
Board member for Chainalysis, Hipcamp, Medely, Rekki, Glide, Cambly, 11x, Agentio. One of the last investments I led was via a cold email from a founder, so don't hesitate to reach out. I can't guarantee a response, but promise I will read it. I am sarah at benchmark dot com.
General Partner
2015 - 2017
While at Greylock, I led Greylock's investments in Sonder (Series B, IPO $SOND) and Gixo (Seed, acq. by Beachbody), and represented Greylock on the board of both companies.
Product Manager
2012 - 2015
Joined as a "utility player" before we had product managers, and became the first PM at Pinterest. Founding PM for our search and discovery, pin quality, and visual search (our computer vision team) teams. In this role, shipped dozens of search features and quality improvements, the first recommendations on Pinterest (related pins, picked for you), trending searches, verified accounts, link quality score, user blocking, user reporting, private boards, etc. I also led three acquisitions, launched us internationally, and was responsible for closing our $100m Series C financing.
Vice President
2006 - 2012
Convertro (acq), CPower (acq), Cornerstone OnDemand (IPO), Diapers.com/Quidsi (acq), KupiVIP, Metalogix (acq), MindBody (IPO), Onestop Internet, Pinterest (IPO), and Yodle (acq).
Consultant
2005 - 2006
Strategy consultant in start up firm specializing in life sciences.
Investments
Latest Articles
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