About Saar Gur
  • Saar Gur is a general partner at CRV and has been with the firm since 2007. This is Gur's third appearance on the list after his 2021 debut.
  • His most notable bet was on food delivery company DoorDash in its 2013 seed round. The company went public at a $39 billion valuation in December 2020 and is now valued at $24 billion.
  • Other notable exits include smart home company Ring, which was acquired by Amazon for $1 billion in 2018, and fitness software ClassPass, which was acquired by Mindbody in 2021.
  • Gur claims to have led funding rounds into online fan base platform Patreon (valued at $4 billion) and fintech unicorn Mercury when they were in their nascent stages.
Personal Stats
Age
47
Notable Deal
DoorDash
Residence
Palo Alto, California
Citizenship
United States
Education
Master of Business Administration, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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