Sarah Tavel

Bio

Sarah Tavel, a senior associate in Bessemer's Menlo Park office, joined Bessemer in 2006. Working with Jeremy Levine, she focuses on the software and Internet sectors and has been closely involved in investments with Metalogix, which provides solutions for Microsoft SharePoint migration; leads-generator Yodle; learning-and-talent-management company Cornerstone OnDemand (IPO); e-commerce site Onestop; energy-management company CPower (acquired by Constellation Energy); SaaS online-marketing company Convertro; business-software company MindBody Solutions; and leading Russian e-commerce company KupiVIP. Sarah also works with Bessemer company eEye Digital Security and worked with Quidsi (operator of Diapers.com and Soap.com), which has agreed to be acquired by Amazon.com, and classifieds-provider OLX, acquired by Naspers. Prior to joining Bessemer, Sarah was a consultant for The Kerdan Group, a strategy-consulting firm, where she focused on the pharmaceutical and medical-device industries. Previously she founded a general-contracting business, which she ran for two years while in college and grew to 20% net margins. She began her professional career in local-ad sales.