Saar Gur

General Partner, Charles River Ventures

Saar is a General Partner at Charles River Ventures (CRV) and has been named one of the top 8 up and coming Venture Capitalists by Forbes, and a top 10 VC under the age of thirty-six by Venture Capital Journal. Saar loves products that consumers and customers LOVE (over the moon LOVE), and is passionate about helping his companies succeed. Saar has been involved in over 20 acquisitions in the past few years by firms such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Disney, Warner Bros., Rakuten and Intuit. Prior to CRV, Saar was a co-founder of BrightRoll, a leading video ad platform acquired by Yahoo for $640m in cash. He has a Stanford MBA, a biochem degree from University of Wisconsin, and loves to kitesurf.

Articles by Saar Gur

LA Tech Week 2025 Day 1 Recap: AI Building – Monday Oct 13

We hosted three full days of events during LA Tech Week, each one focused on helping founders learn, connect, and build with the latest in AI and startup growth. Day...

Using Customer Feedback to Build a Product that Customers Will Love

Customer feedback is the lifeblood of successful product development, but many startups struggle with collecting, validating, and prioritizing the constant stream of input from users, advisors, and internal teams. In...

How Shaun Merritt Vibe-Coded Karrot.ai As A Solo Builder

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Shaun Merritt, cofounder and CTO of Karrot.ai, a LinkedIn ABM tool. Shaun was kind enough to share a comprehensive breakdown of how...

7 Steps to Build a Product That Sells Itself

Learn the 7 steps to product-led growth (PLG) to build a product that sells itself. Drive activation, boost conversions, and scale efficiently with Wes Bush from ProductLed....

The Founder’s Mental Health Playbook: What I Learned After Nearly Burning Out

A hard-won guide to staying mentally healthy while building a startup I founded Stitcher, the podcast platform, in 2007 and ran it for seven years until we sold in 2014....

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) for Early Stage Companies

In our latest session from the Mucker Growth Series featuring Ethan Smith from Graphite, we explored AEO, a significant new approach for optimizing visibility in AI-driven search, particularly relevant as...