Topic: Stories of great companies emerging from downturns

Sarah Tavel is a General Partner at Benchmark, one of the world’s leading VC funds whose portfolio includes Twitter, Uber, Snapchat, eBay, WeWork, Yelp and others. Before this, she was a Partner at Greylock Partners, where she led an investment in Sonder, and Bessemer Venture Partners.

At Bessemer Venture Partners, Sarah rose to the rank of vice president before being personally recruited by Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann to become employee number 35.