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Sarah Tavel

Venture Partner, Benchmark · 1 appearance on the record.

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Sarah Tavel became Benchmark’s first female General Partner in 2017, leading investments in companies such as Chainalysis and Hipcamp. Earlier, she co-led Bessemer's Series A in Pinterest, joined as its first product manager, and was later a partner at Greylock.

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Tavel: Benchmark bans memos because they function as pre-sell tools
“So you don't write a memo. And it's because the memo, you know, when you're, a memo really is a vehicle to, you know, obviously give background on a company, all the work you've done, but it is also a little bit a pre-sell before the company comes in to presen…”
Sarah Tavel Oct 17, 2022 ▶ 12:37 Benchmark Part II: The Dinner · Acquired
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Tavel: Retired partners are Benchmark's largest limited partners
“Some of our retired partners are our largest LP.”
Sarah Tavel Oct 17, 2022 ▶ 52:52 Benchmark Part II: The Dinner · Acquired
Disclosure
Tavel: Benchmark GPs make only one or two startup commitments annually
“Each of us make one or two of these commitments a year.”
Sarah Tavel Oct 17, 2022 ▶ 34:20 Benchmark Part II: The Dinner · Acquired

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Sarah Tavel led Chainalysis's Series A round during a crypto winter
“The very first investment that she made after she moved over from Greylock and joined Benchmark was Chainalysis, which does not fit any of those categories and was a very, very non-consensus deal to do in the middle of ICO crypto winter in 2017, early 20 18. S…”
David Rosenthal Sep 28, 2022 ▶ 3:14:51 Benchmark Part I · Acquired

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Benchmark Part II: The Dinner · Acquired Oct 17, 2022 9m
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