Saar Gur - General Partner @ CRV - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

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Primary Job Title General Partner
Primary Organization
CRV

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male
Also Known As S. Gur

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Saar Gur is a General Partner at CRV. He was named one of the top 8 up and coming Venture Capitalists by Forbes and a top 10 VC under the age of thirty-six by Venture Capital Journal, Saar loves consumer products and services and is passionate about helping his companies succeed.

Saar has been involved in 11 acquisitions in the past few years by

firms such as Google, Facebook, Disney, Warner Bros., and Intuit. Prior to CRV, Saar was a Co - Founder of BrightRoll, a leading video ad network.

He holds a Stanford MBA and a Biochemistry degree from University of Wisconsin.

Personal Investments

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Saar Gur

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Angel Round - Circle

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Circle

raised

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Circle	—	Angel Round - Circle	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Flowtown	—	Seed Round - Flowtown	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Oportun	No	Series C - Oportun	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Xobni	No	Series A - Xobni	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Badongo.com	—	Series A - Badongo.com	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Mercury	CRV	—	Series D - Mercury	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Lotus AI	CRV	Yes	Series A - Lotus AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Protege	CRV	—	Series A - Protege	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Protege	CRV	—	Series A - Protege	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Mercury	CRV	—	Series C - Mercury	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Protege	CRV	Yes	Seed Round - Protege	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Aerodome	CRV	Yes	Series A - Aerodome	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Shef	CRV	Yes	Series B - Shef	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	ResortPass	CRV	—	Series B - ResortPass	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Jeeves Inc.	CRV	—	Series C - Jeeves Inc.	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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Xobni

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Xobni

Oportun

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Flowtown

Xobni Xobni creates complete and searchable social profiles of a user's contacts that include updates from LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
Oportun Oportun is a digital banking platform that offers personal loans and financial services to people with limited credit history.
Flowtown Flowtown is a social media marketing platform that helps businesses communicate with their customers.

Jobs

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Saar Gur

has

current jobs including

General Partner

CRV

Co - Founder

CareBadges

, and

Co-Founder

BrightRoll

. Additionally,

Saar Gur

has had

past jobs including

Investor

Sincerely

CRV General PartnerMar 2007
CareBadges Co - FounderJul 2006
BrightRoll Co-FounderJan 2006

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Sincerely	Investor	Feb 2010	Aug 2013
Stanford Graduate School of Business	Instructor	2011	2012
Adteractive	VP, Customer Acquisition	2004	2006
Lehman Holdings	Technology Analyst	1997	1999

Board and Advisor Roles

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Saar Gur

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

Aerodome

Board of Directors

Jeeves Inc.

, and

Board Member

Mercury

Aerodome Board Member2024
Jeeves Inc. Board of DirectorsSep 2, 2021
Mercury Board MemberSep 26, 2019
NFX Member of the Advisory BoardApr 1, 2015
Cendana Capital Advisory Board MemberJan 2012
Orchestra Software Member of the Board of Directors2011
VentureCrushFG Executive Committee2009
AdMob Angel Investor2006
Flixster Member of the Advisory Board2006
VoiceStar Member of the Advisory Board

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Magnetic	Member of the Board of Directors	2009	—
Mailbox	Member of the Board of Directors	Aug 2011	—
Oportun	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
Blippy Social Commerce	Member of the Board of Directors	2009	—
RockYou	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
Imzy	Board Member	—	—
Altius Education	Member of the Board of Directors	2010	—
Cendana Capital	Advisory Board Member	2010	—
Fishing.io	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Free University of Brussels Alumni Founded Companies	88,359
Ecole centrale de Lyon Alumni Founded Companies	77,875
Financial services startups with 1-5 investors and Angel or Series A	40,636
University of Duisburg-Essen Alumni Founded Companies	87,549
United States Investors (Top 10K)	370
The College of Management Academic Studies Alumni Founded Companies	37,508
University of Leicester Alumni Founded Companies	69,399
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Alumni Founded Companies	93,885
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) Alumni Founded Companies	68,498
Northern Illinois University Alumni Founded Companies	71,414

Education

Saar Gur

studied at

University of Wisconsin-Madison

and

Stanford Graduate School of Business

University of Wisconsin-Madison BSBiochemistry and Molecular Biology19941998
Stanford Graduate School of Business MBASep 2001Jun 2003

Events

Number of Events

Saar Gur

has participated in

event,

M1 Summit SF 2016

Nov 15, 2016

M1 Summit SF 2016 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaNov 15, 2016