Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title General Partner
  • Primary Organization 
    Benchmark
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Sarah Tavel is a General Partner at Benchmark where she invests in consumer businesses, consumerization of IT, and the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Sarah led Benchmark's investment and currently sits on the boards of Chainalysis and Hipcamp. She is also a founding member of All Raise, the nonprofit organization working to accelerate the success

of women in the venture capital and VC-backed startup ecosystem.

Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a General Partner at Greylock Partners, where she led their investment in Sonder and Gixo, and served on the boards of both companies. Sarah was also Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners, where she sourced the firm’s investment in Pinterest before joining the company as one of their first 35 employees.

While at Pinterest, Sarah served as product lead for search, recommendations, machine vision, and pin quality, and also led the company through a period of hyper-growth, including international launch and several acquisitions.

Sarah Tavel studied at Harvard University with a degree in Philosophy.

Number of Partner Investments 12
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 3
Sarah Tavel has 2 current jobs as General Partner at Benchmark and Founding Member at All Raise. Additionally, Sarah Tavel has had 3 past jobs including Partner at Greylock.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Greylock
PartnerSep 2015May 2017
Pinterest
Product ManagerApr 2012Jul 2015
Bessemer Venture Partners
Vice PresidentMay 2006Apr 2012
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 2
Sarah Tavel holds 3 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Supergreat, Board Member at Hipcamp, and Board Member at Chainalysis.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Sonder
Board MemberMar 2017May 2017
Gixo
Board MemberJan 2017May 2017
Number of News Articles 97
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NewsNov 14, 2020
NewsOct 19, 2020
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NewsMay 19, 2020
Twitter — Blackbird
NewsMar 8, 2019
FundOct 1, 2018
Benchmark raised a new fund: Benchmark Capital Partners IX LP ($425,000,000)