Saar Gur

General Partner at CRV | 5x Forbes Midas | 4 IPOs

๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, California, United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated October 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 3 investments๐Ÿ“… 20 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Jun 2008๐• @upgrade_to_unlock
VC๐ŸŒ United States
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Jun 2008
Rakuten Group, Inc. is the largest ecommerce company in Japan, and third largest ecommerce marketplace company worldwide, with over 1.3 billion registered users worldwide. The Rakuten brand is recognized worldwide for its leadership and innovation, and provides a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, e-reading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports. The company is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Western Europe, and the Americas. Rakuten Viki is a premier global entertainment streaming site where millions of people discover and consume primetime shows and movies subtitled in more than 200 languages, by our community of fans. With billions of videos viewed and more than 1 billion words translated, Viki brings global entertainment to fans everywhere! Reaching more than 40 million fans in 190-plus countries, the company also includes K-entertainment community, Soompi (www.soompi.com), an online destination for breaking news, exclusive events, and experiences for fans of K-Pop, fashion, and beauty from around the world. Rakuten Vikiโ€™s production arm develops and invests in Viki Originals, such as the award-winning series, Dramaworld, co-productions with studios in Asia and Hollywood, and short-form content generated by the new Rakuten Viki Creator Studio.
Board Member
Jun 2007
Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is a mission-driven fintech that puts that puts its 2.1 million members financial goals within reach. With intelligent borrowing, savings, and budgeting capabilities, Oportun empowers members with the confidence to build a better financial future. Since inception, Oportun has provided more than $17.2 billion in responsible and affordable credit, saved its members more than $2.4 billion in interest and fees, and helped its members save an average of more than $1,800 annually.
Advisor/Angel Investor
Jan 2006
Flixster is the leading online destination for movie enthusiasts with over 30M unique visitors per month and 2 billion movie ratings. In addition to our destination sites Flixster.com and RottenTomatoes.com, we also operate the leading movie applications on Facebook, MySpace, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.
Experience ยท 8 entries
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2012
Advisory Board Member
Jan 2012
Based in San Francisco, Cendana Capital invests in very early stage VC funds globally.
2008
Investor
Jun 2008
Rakuten Group, Inc. is the largest ecommerce company in Japan, and third largest ecommerce marketplace company worldwide, with over 1.3 billion registered users worldwide. The Rakuten brand is recognized worldwide for its leadership and innovation, and provides a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, e-reading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports. The company is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Western Europe, and the Americas. Rakuten Viki is a premier global entertainment streaming site where millions of people discover and consume primetime shows and movies subtitled in more than 200 languages, by our community of fans. With billions of videos viewed and more than 1 billion words translated, Viki brings global entertainment to fans everywhere! Reaching more than 40 million fans in 190-plus countries, the company also includes K-entertainment community, Soompi (www.soompi.com), an online destination for breaking news, exclusive events, and experiences for fans of K-Pop, fashion, and beauty from around the world. Rakuten Vikiโ€™s production arm develops and invests in Viki Originals, such as the award-winning series, Dramaworld, co-productions with studios in Asia and Hollywood, and short-form content generated by the new Rakuten Viki Creator Studio.
2007
Board Member
Jun 2007
Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is a mission-driven fintech that puts that puts its 2.1 million members financial goals within reach. With intelligent borrowing, savings, and budgeting capabilities, Oportun empowers members with the confidence to build a better financial future. Since inception, Oportun has provided more than $17.2 billion in responsible and affordable credit, saved its members more than $2.4 billion in interest and fees, and helped its members save an average of more than $1,800 annually.
General Partner and Venture Capitalist
Mar 2007
CRV is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage tech startups. Since 1970, the firm has invested in more than 750 startups at their most crucial stages, including Airtable, DoorDash and Vercel. Founders need more than capital to build a great company. It takes a partner who understands the entrepreneurial journey and knows what it takes to win. From founding to IPO and beyond, CRV is there every step of the way. Founders rely on CRV to be trusted, long-term, committed partners, which has helped make CRV into one of the longest-running venture capital firms in the world. Learn more about CRV and the companies shaping the future at https://www.crv.com.
2006
Carebadges.com (Acquired - Facebook Causes)
Co-Founder
Jul 2006
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