Sarah Tavel
Sarah Tavel is a venture partner at Benchmark, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm, where she served as the firm's first female general partner from 2017 until transitioning to venture partner status in April 2025 to focus on AI tools. She led Benchmark's investment in Eigen, an AI startup building a personal relationship-intelligence application, and is known for her contrarian, thesis-driven approach to consumer and enterprise software investing. Tavel is also a co-founder of All Raise, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the success of women in venture capital and startups.
“"it is very clear that the aura of success like preludes us... that's good in some ways because it means you get to hire really amazingly talented people."”
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