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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

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

Accel

2022

  • Partner

    2022

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.

Uber

2015 - 2019

  • Global Business Development

    2015 - 2019

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

Knewton

2011 - 2015

  • Director of Global Business Development

    2011 - 2015

Chicago Public Schools

2009 - 2010

  • Chief of Staff to the Chief Performance Officer

    2009 - 2010

McKinsey & Company

2007 - 2009

  • Consultant

    2007 - 2009