Where does Sarah Drinkwater work?

Sarah Drinkwater is at Common Magic.

Where did Sarah Drinkwater go to school?

Sarah Drinkwater studied at Stanford University (Tech, Ethics and Public Policy); Curtis Brown Creative; UCL (MA, Distinction).

Sarah Drinkwater

Investor

Investor at Common Magic

London, England, United Kingdom

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1,265 people in our graph share verified history with Sarah — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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About

Founder of Common Magic who helps founders with narrative and community/ecosystem strategy, drawing on prior experience at Google, Protocol Labs and Zoe.

Experience

Common MagicSolo GP, Common Magiccurrent2023 — present
Operator ExchangeMembercurrent2020 — present
The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce)Fellowcurrent2017 — present
Mind FoundryNon Executive Director2021 — 2025
Ceramic NetworkAdvisor2022 — 2023
AtomicoAngel, 2020, 2021, 2022 program2020 — 2023
Protocol LabsSenior Advisor2021 — 2022
GitcoinPublic Goods2022
The Design MuseumAdvisor2021 — 2022
Omidyar NetworkLead, Tech and Society Solutions Lab2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
Omidyar NetworkDirector, Tech and Society Solutions Lab2018 — 2019
GoogleHead of Campus London, Google for Entrepreneurs2014 — 2018London Area, United Kingdom
GoogleGlobal Lead, Google Local Guides2011 — 2014
Qype [acquired by Yelp]Community Lead2010 — 2011
FreelanceFreelance social media consultant, copywriter & journalist2007 — 2011
WundermanCommunity Manager2010
Go Girl magazineStaff Writer2007 — 2010
The GuardianJournalist2007
The IndependentJournalist2007
Bang BangClothes Buyer2004 — 2006
Penguin BooksPress & Publicity Assistant2003 — 2004

Skills & more

Strategy4Writing2Entrepreneurship1CoachingCommunity1Team BuildingStart-ups

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Sarah Drinkwater?: Founder of Common Magic who helps founders with narrative and community/ecosystem strategy, drawing on prior experience at Google, Protocol Labs and Zoe.
Where does Sarah Drinkwater work?: Sarah Drinkwater is at Common Magic.
Where did Sarah Drinkwater go to school?: Sarah Drinkwater studied at Stanford University (Tech, Ethics and Public Policy); Curtis Brown Creative; UCL (MA, Distinction).

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Also attended Stanford University2,000

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Also attended UCL630

Demis HassabisCo-founder & CEO of Google DeepMind André DuboisInvestor at Index Ventures Frédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Jonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire Ventures Marie FerriInvestor at Daphni Elena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at Northzone

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Also attended University of Reading91

Ziad Al-TunisiBoard of Directors (Chairman) at Nuwa Capital Tony CorbinGeneral Partner & Chief Financial Officer at White Star Capital Robert Whitby-SmithInvestor at AlbionVC Julie DaviesFund Accountant at Future Planet Capital Jordan OngInvestment Associate at Future Planet Capital Pierce PolakSenior Associate at Fuel Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Mind Foundry2

Charles BrecqueCo-founder at Legislate Stephen RobertsCo-founder at Mind Foundry

Also worked at Atomico70

Niklas ZennströmCo-founder and CEO of Atomico Josefin LandgårdCo-founder & CEO of MANTLE; co-founder of Kry Mattias LjungmanInvestor at Moonfire Ventures Sanna BlomkvistSustainability Lead at Northzone WouterHead of Nomads (Fund-of-Fund) at Hummingbird Ventures Andrea GurnariInvestor at Moonfire Ventures

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Also worked at Protocol Labs16

Katie BiberChief Operating Officer at Paradigm Sid SanyalVenture Partner at Bloccelerate VC Guy WuolletGeneral Partner at a16z crypto Jason RosenthalOperating Partner at a16z crypto JimmyInvestor at Mana Isaak WaterschootSenior Associate at NPM Capital N.V.

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Also worked at Omidyar Network57

Nadia DugalGeneral Counsel at Congruent Ventures Paula GoldmanChief Ethical Officer of Salesforce at EMERGENT VENTURES Shripriya MaheshGeneral Partner at Spero Ventures Sara EshelmanGeneral Partner at Spero Ventures Jalak JobanputraFounder and Managing Partner at Future Perfect Ventures Ameya UpadhyayGeneral Partner at Flourish Ventures

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