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

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...

Startup Guide to AI Visibility: Be the Brand ChatGPT Recommends

Introduction Today, users aren’t just searching on Google. They’re asking ChatGPT, Claude, Google’s Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI systems for advice. AI visibility is the new frontier of brand awareness....

Practical Uses of AI & Automation for Startup Operations

In a recent Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Rock Vitale, Founder & CEO of Easie, to share how he’s helped early-stage teams move from manual, fragmented workflows to streamlined,...

2025 New York Tech Week Recap Of Mucker Sessions

Last week during New York Tech Week 2025, we joined more than 1,000 events hosted by founders, investors, and VCs. This post is a full Mucker recap of the three...

How to Build a Customer Support Function for Startups Using AI Tools with Alex Velinov

Delivering high-quality customer support can be one of the most resource-draining parts of a startup. The good news: we’re at a turning point where founders can use AI tools to...