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Sara Ittelson

Partner at Accel | ex-Faire | ex-Uber

San Francisco Bay Area

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $15,000,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $70,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Skills

Entrepreneurship
Business Strategy
Start-ups
Social Media
Business Development
Strategy
Product Management
Marketing Strategy
Strategic Planning
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Product Marketing
Digital Media
Team Building
Financial Modeling
Market Research
Public Speaking
Change Management
Management Consulting
Analytics
Competitive Analysis

Education

Lists including Sara

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AK
AB

Ex-Uber employees who invest

146 people

AH
AE
AF
AJ

Based in SF

3078 people

AT
AS
AT
AH

All Series A Investors

14752 people

AM
AT
AS
AR

All Seed Investors

19695 people

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DL
JT
JL

Investors at Accel

47 people

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SY
SI
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Ex-Uber Seed Investors in SF

37 people

Investments

Syrup Tech

Series A

Total Funding: $30M

Venue

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

AssemblyAI

Series C

Total Funding: $158.1M

Cinder

Series A

Total Funding: $14M

Minoan

Seed

Total Funding: $5M

Work Experience

A
Accel

2022

  • Partner

    2022

F
Faire

2019 - 2021

  • Head of Strategic Partnerships

    2019 - 2021

    Our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. We believe entrepreneurship is a calling. It’s a way of life that offers people a level of autonomy and fulfillment that’s become difficult to find elsewhere in our economy. We want to make sure their boldness and self-belief gets rewarded. Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. The Future is Local. If this mission calls to you, please reach out to me to learn more.

U
Uber

2015 - 2019

  • Global Business Development

    2015 - 2019

    Product Partnerships | API Partnerships | Driver Partnerships | New Mobility Partnerships | Uber Eats Global Enterprise & Strategic Brand Partnerships

K
Knewton

2011 - 2015

  • Director of Global Business Development

    2011 - 2015

CP
Chicago Public Schools

2009 - 2010

  • Chief of Staff to the Chief Performance Officer

    2009 - 2010

M&
McKinsey & Company

2007 - 2009

  • Consultant

    2007 - 2009

People following Sara on X

AK

Amit Kumar

Partner at Accel

DL

Derrick Li

Principal at Afore

MM

Marc McCabe

General Partner at Nomad Capital

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Steve Loughlin

Partner at Accel

People Sara follows on X

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Adam Grant

Contributing Op-Ed Writer at The New York Times

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Adam Nelson

Managing Director at FirstMark Capital

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Aileen Lee

Founder of All Raise

AL

Alfred Lin

Partner at Sequoia Capital

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Allison Barr Allen

Investor at Stealth Mode

AJ

Amish Jani

Founder of FirstMark Capital

AK

Amit Kumar

Partner at Accel

AC

Andrew Chen

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

AB

Ann Bordetsky

Partner at NEA

AK

Annie Kadavy

Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures

AH

Anu Hariharan

Founder of avra

BS

Balaji Srinivasan

Formerly CTO at Coinbase

BH

Ben Horowitz

Horowitz at Andreessen Horowitz

BP

Ben Parr

Founder of Octane AI

BE

Benedict Evans

Independent analyst at Independent

BS

Benjamin Sun

General Partner at Primary Venture Partners

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Bill Gates

Founder of Breakthrough Energy

BG

Bill Gurley

General Partner at Benchmark

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BJ Fogg

New York Times Best Seller at Tiny Habits

BG

Brad Gerstner

Founder of Altimeter Capital

CA

Casey Aylward

Partner at Accel

CB

Chad Byers

General Partner at Susa Ventures

CP

Chamath Palihapitiya

Founder of Social Capital

CS

Chloe Sladden

Founder of Honeycomb Labs

Latest Articles

Accel Blog•Jan. 2022

About Sara

Sara's career
early-stage companies
consumer companies
enterprise companies
AI companies

Videos & Interviews

Syrup’s James Theuerkauf | Building An AI Product That Cuts Through The Noise

Syrup’s James Theuerkauf | Building An AI Product That Cuts Through The Noise

YouTube•Apr. 2024
AI in retail
inventory management
data-driven decision making
supply chain optimization
omnichannel retail strategy
Cinder’s Glen Wise | Trust & Safety Threats - AI Accountability

Cinder’s Glen Wise | Trust & Safety Threats - AI Accountability

YouTube•Dec. 2023
trust and safety
Cinder
AI in trust and safety
generative AI
AI and internet abuse
AssemblyAI CEO Dylan Fox | Building an AI Company Before ChatGPT

AssemblyAI CEO Dylan Fox | Building an AI Company Before ChatGPT

YouTube•Oct. 2023
AI technology
Assembly AI
deep learning
speech recognition
entrepreneurial journey