Sara T. Brand
InvestorFounding General Partner at True Wealth Ventures · Board director at Refiberd · Board director at Oralucent · Board director at De Oro Devices
Austin
Writes $100K – $1M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Sara Brand is the Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage fund investing in women-led companies focused on environmental and human health. Trained as a mechanical engineer, she began in technical roles at Intel and Applied Materials, moved into strategy consulting at McKinsey covering the semiconductor value chain, worked in Bay Area venture capital, and spent over a decade at AMD in senior strategy and operating roles, including Chief of Staff to two CEOs and VP of Data Center System Solutions. She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Green Design and Manufacturing from UC Berkeley and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UT Austin.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
Climate TechConsumerDirect to ConsumerHealthtechImpact & Social Good
Board director at Refiberd
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Refiberd's investors · 3
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Co-founders at Refiberd
Board director at Oralucent
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In turn, Sara can intro founders to Oralucent's investors below.
Oralucent's investors · 2
Board director at De Oro Devices
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In turn, Sara can intro founders to De Oro Devices's investors below.
De Oro Devices's investors · 1
Co-founders at De Oro Devices
Experience
- True Wealth VenturesFounding General Partnercurrent2015 — presentAustin, Texas Area
- 512 BREWING COMPANY, LLCOwner and Co-Foundercurrent2007 — presentAustin, Texas Area
- Shower StreamMember Board of Directorscurrent2026 — presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Dalinea (formerly Kloopify)Member Board of Directorscurrent2025 — presentPittsburgh, PA
- RefiberdMember Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- AloqiaMember Board of Directorscurrent2020 — presentNew York, NY
- ORALUCENT LLCMember Board Of Directorscurrent2019 — presentLong Beach, California, United States
- Dermala Inc.Member Board Of Directorscurrent2018 — presentGreater San Diego Area
- UnaliWearMember Board Of Directorscurrent2017 — presentAustin, Texas Area
- POLLACKMember Board Of Directorscurrent2016 — presentGreater New York City Area
- Aeromutable CorporationBoard2022 — 2026San Diego, California, United States
- De Oro DevicesMember Board Of Directors2022 — 2025San Luis Obispo, California, United States
- PortfoliaFounding Investor in Portfolia's Rising Tide Fund2015 — 2016United States
- Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at AustinSenior Advisor for Health IoT2015Austin, Texas Area
- AMDCorporate Vice President2004 — 2015Austin, TX, and Sunnyvale, CA
- Fremont VenturesVenture Capital2002 — 2004San Francisco, CA
- McKinsey & CompanyManagement Consultant2000 — 2002San Francisco, CA
- Applied MaterialsCore Technologist1998 — 2000Santa Clara, CA
- SEMATECHResearcher1996Austin, TX
- Intel CorporationResearcher1994 — 1996Chandler, AZ
Skills & more
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Product DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentMergersProduct MarketingManufacturingStrategic PlanningChange ManagementCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareStrategic PartnershipsMarketing StrategyAnalyticsFrom Sara's professional profile.
Deals · 4
OralucentBoard seat
via True Wealth Ventures · filed Apr 2026 · $1.3M raise
RefiberdBoard seat
via True Wealth Ventures · filed Jan 2023 · $3.2M raise
De Oro DevicesBoard seat
via True Wealth Ventures · filed Feb 2022 · $3.2M raise
DermalaBoard seat
via True Wealth Ventures · filed Oct 2020 · $6.7M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Board seats
AloqiaDalineaPollack & WeitznerShower StreamUnaliWear
Investor
Sources: the firm's website · SEC Form D filings.
Colleagues at True Wealth Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sara T. Brand?
- Sara Brand is the Founding General Partner of True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage fund investing in women-led companies focused on environmental and human health. Trained as a mechanical engineer, she began in technical roles at Intel and Applied Materials, moved into strategy consulting at McKinsey covering the semiconductor value chain, worked in Bay Area venture capital, and spent over a decade at AMD in senior strategy and operating roles, including Chief of Staff to two CEOs and VP of Data Center System Solutions. She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Green Design and Manufacturing from UC Berkeley and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UT Austin.
- Where does Sara T. Brand work?
- Sara T. Brand is Founding General Partner at True Wealth Ventures and Board director at Refiberd and Board director at Oralucent and Board director at De Oro Devices.
- What does Sara T. Brand invest in?
- Sara T. Brand invests in Climate Tech, Consumer, Direct to Consumer, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good.
- What check size does Sara T. Brand write?
- Sara T. Brand typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
- What boards does Sara T. Brand sit on?
- Sara T. Brand holds tracked board seats at Aloqia, Dalinea, De Oro Devices, De Oro Devices, Dermala, Dermala, Oralucent, Oralucent, Pollack & Weitzner, Refiberd.
- What companies has Sara T. Brand invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Aeromutable.
- Where did Sara T. Brand go to school?
- Sara T. Brand studied at University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering); University of California, Berkeley (Management of Technology Certification, Business Administration and Management); University of California, Berkeley (M.S., Mechanical Engineering).
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Also worked at Aloqia1
Also worked at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin4
Also worked at AMD73
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Also worked at McKinsey & Company2,000
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