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Sarah Smith

Investor

Founder & Managing Partner at Sarah Smith Β· Partner at Bain Capital Ventures

Menlo Park

About

Founder and Managing Partner of the Sarah Smith Fund, with decades of company-building experience at Meta/Facebook, Quora, Bain Capital Ventures, Graph Ventures, BCG, and Stanford GSB. She sits on the boards of Lime and Archive Resale, teaches at Stanford, and has invested nearly $50M into 70+ companies.

Experience

  1. Sarah Smith FundFounder and Managing Partnercurrent2022 β€” presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. Stanford UniversityTeaching Teamcurrent2023 β€” presentStanford, California, United States
  3. Various CompaniesAngel Investor and Limited Partnercurrent2013 β€” present
  4. LimeBoard Membercurrent2020 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. Archive ResaleBoard Observercurrent2021 β€” present
  6. Bain Capital VenturesSenior Advisor2022 β€” 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Bain Capital VenturesPartner2018 β€” 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  8. MathisonBoard Member2020 β€” 2024New York, New York, United States
  9. Graph VenturesPartner2015 β€” 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  10. QuoraAdvisory Director2017 β€” 2018Mountain View, CA
  11. QuoraVP, Advertising Sales and Operations2016 β€” 2017Mountain View, CA
  12. QuoraVP, Recruiting, HR, & User Operations2012 β€” 2016Mountain View, CA
  13. FacebookDirector of SMB Growth - North America2011 β€” 2012Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  14. FacebookDirector of Online Operations and Head of Office - Austin2010 β€” 2012Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  15. FacebookHead of Online Sales Operations - Account Management2009 β€” 2010Palo Alto, CA
  16. FacebookManager of Online Operations2008 β€” 2009Palo Alto, CA
  17. Swish MarketingDirector of New Business2007 β€” 2008Palo Alto, CA
  18. Boston Consulting GroupSummer Consultant2006Chicago, IL
  19. Sylvan Learning CentersCenter Director2001 β€” 2005Lafayette, CA
  20. Madison Metropolitan School DistrictElementary Music Teacher2001Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)2005 β€” 2007
  2. University of Wisconsin-MadisonBM, Music Education1995 β€” 2000

Skills & more

Management9Leadership5Board GamesOnline Advertising23Business Development11Sales1Social Media11Lead GenerationAccount Management1Strategic Partnerships5Web Analytics1Social Media Marketing4
+6 moreStart-upsMarketingAnalyticsEntrepreneurshipRecruitingFacebook

Languages Spanish

  • Directors' Consortium β€” Stanford GSB Executive Education

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