Sarah Tavel, Benchmark’s first woman GP, transitions to venture partner

Eight years after joining Benchmark as the first female general partner of the farm, Sara announced on Tavel X that she was converting to a more limited role to a storey Venture Farm.

In his new position as a partner of an initiative, to invest in the tavel and serve on the existing agency boards, he will have more time to explore “AI equipment” and reflect the direction of AI, he writes.

Tavel joined Benchmark in 2017 After spending one and a half years as a partner in Grail and three years as a product manager in Pinterest. Prior to Pinterest, Tavel Basima was an investor in the Venture Partners, where he assisted Source Pinterest and Github.

Since its inception in 1995, the benchmark has deliberately maintained a small group of six or less general partners. Opposite most VC companies, where veteran partners usually receive a larger part of management fees and profits, act as a benchmark a PartnershipAll general partners divide the fees with and give the return evenly.

As the general partner of the benchmark, during his tenure, the Tavel had invested in the camp market HipcampCryptocurrency intelligence startup ChainaliceAnd the beauty platform supergrett, which was achieved by What Knot in 2023. Tavel also supported the photo-sharing app PaparazziWhich closed two years ago, and AI sales platform 11 X, about which TechCrunch Recently wroteThe