Sarah Tavel Sarah invests in businesses that can escape competition. More often, these companies are marketplaces, user networks, or vertically focused SaaS or "work". Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a Partner at Greylock Partners, where she led Greylock's investment in Sonder ($SOND) and Gixo (acq). Before Greylock, Sarah was the product lead for search, recommendations, machine vision, and pin quality at Pinterest. As one of the first 30 employees, her first order of business was to launch Pinterest internationally and close the Series C financing. Sarah then moved into product, becoming Pinterest’s founding PM for search and discovery, and launching Pinterest’s first search and recommendations features. She also led three acquisitions as she helped the company scale through a period of hyper-growth. Sarah joined Pinterest in 2012 after co-leading the Series A investment while at Bessemer Venture Partners. Before Bessemer, Sarah worked as a strategy consultant and founded a general contracting business while in college. She graduated cum laude with a degree in Philosophy from Harvard, where she was captain of the women’s rugby team.
Venture Partner
Previously a General Partner at Benchmark; continues making new investments and serving existing boards as a Venture Partner.
General Partner
Led venture investments and served on portfolio-company boards.
Product Lead
Led products involving search, recommendations, machine vision, pin quality, and international growth.
Investor
BA, Philosophy
