# Sara Blakely, Founder > Sara Blakely, Founder. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/sara-blakely (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Atlanta, US · Angel # Sara Blakely Founder Latest rounds - **Phia** Seed · $8M Sept 2025 Backs *E-commerce* *AI* *Fashion* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 last Sept 2025 - **Filings:** 1 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 6 +4 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them - ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator - **Linked to a firm** No firm on record - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=sara-blakely)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=sara-blakely) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $8M - **Active:** 2025 2025 - [Phia](https://millionrounds.com/company/phia) *Seed* **$8M** *US* Sept 2025 Joined · +6 investors By stage - Seed **1** What they backed E-commerce **1** AI **1** Fashion **1** Alongside - [Hailey Bieber *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hailey-bieber) - [Kleiner Perkins *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) - [Kris Jenner *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kris-jenner) - [Michael Rubin *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-rubin) - [Sheryl Sandberg *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sheryl-sandberg) - [Soma Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Alice's Table](https://millionrounds.com/startup/alice-s-table) - [TheSkimm](https://millionrounds.com/company/theskimm) ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **NURTURE INC** Director since 2011 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Hear them before you pitch them - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 13 Jul 2021 · 40 min How to find your big idea w/Spanx's Sara Blakely With [Sara Blakely](https://millionrounds.com/person/sara-blakely) Mentions [Endeavor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor)[National Geographic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-geographic)[Linda Rottenberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/linda-rottenberg)[Michelle Lee](https://millionrounds.com/person/michelle-lee)[Oprah Winfrey](https://millionrounds.com/person/oprah-winfrey) About this episode To find your big idea? Look for it. And look for it. And be ready to act. Spanx founder Sara Blakely was actively seeking a business idea when she thought of Spanx. Then she moved fast, found help in the right places, and went all-in. The result: A billion-dollar company & women's wardrobes… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 3 Jan 2020 · 40 min How to find your big idea w/Spanx's Sara Blakely With [Sara Blakely](https://millionrounds.com/person/sara-blakely) Mentions [Endeavor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor)[National Geographic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-geographic)[Linda Rottenberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/linda-rottenberg)[Michelle Lee](https://millionrounds.com/person/michelle-lee)[Oprah Winfrey](https://millionrounds.com/person/oprah-winfrey) About this episode To find your big idea? Look for it. And look for it. And be ready to act. Spanx founder Sara Blakely was actively seeking a business idea when she thought of Spanx. Then she moved fast, found help in the right places, and went all-in. The result: A billion-dollar company & women's wardrobes… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 5 Dec 2019 · 22 min Live From The HIBT Summit: Sara Blakely Of Spanx With [Sara Blakely](https://millionrounds.com/person/sara-blakely) About this episode Our first episode from the 2019 How I Built This Summit features Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx. In front of a live audience, she tells Guy how she stayed confident in the earliest days of building the business, and why one day she still wound up sobbing on the floor of Office Depot. Every Thursday… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 21 Mar 2018 · 40 min How to find your big idea, w/Spanx's Sara Blakely With [Sara Blakely](https://millionrounds.com/person/sara-blakely) Mentions [National Geographic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-geographic)[Michelle Lee](https://millionrounds.com/person/michelle-lee) About this episode How to find your big idea? Look for it. And look for it. And be ready to act. Spanx founder Sara Blakely was actively seeking a business idea when she thought of Spanx (she shares a never-fail technique). Then she moved fast, found help in the right places, and went all-in. The result: A… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 3 Jul 2017 · 32 min Spanx: Sara Blakely (2017) With [Sara Blakely](https://millionrounds.com/person/sara-blakely) About this episode We're hard at work planning our upcoming live shows, so we bring you this favorite from the last year: Spanx. At 27, Sara Blakely was selling fax machines and desperate to reinvent her life. So she came up with Spanx, hosiery that eliminates panty lines, and set to work building her business.… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 12 Sept 2016 · 29 min Spanx: Sara Blakely With [Sara Blakely](https://millionrounds.com/person/sara-blakely) About this episode At 27, Sara Blakely was selling fax machines and desperate to reinvent her life. So she came up with Spanx, hosiery that eliminates panty lines, and set to work building her business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Listen on Apple Podcasts ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Sara Blakely in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 5 Oct 2026 · 1h 16m 10 Years of How I Built This: A Decade of Innovation, Risk and Reinvention Mentions [Guy Raz](https://millionrounds.com/person/guy-raz)[Katrina Lake](https://millionrounds.com/person/katrina-lake)[Sara Blakely](https://millionrounds.com/person/sara-blakely) About this episode Stories about starting a business are almost always full of drama. They’re about ambition, loss, triumph, catastrophe, resilience. And they’re also full of life lessons – which is why Guy Raz launched How I Built This 10 years ago: He wanted to host a free master class in entrepreneurship, one… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Growth Investor](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/growth-investor) · 29 Nov 2023 · 19 min Leading Consumer Growth Investor: Blackstone Growth’s Katie Storer Mentions [Sara Blakely](https://millionrounds.com/person/sara-blakely) About this episode In this episode, we speak with Katie Storer, a Managing Director with Blackstone Growth. Katie was recently recognized by GrowthCap as a Top Woman Leader in Growth Investing of 2023. Katie focuses on investments in the consumer sector and was a leader of the all-female investment team for Spanx,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) · 20 Jul 2021 · 50 min Ben Casnocha on his learnings from working with Reid Hoffman, building network incentives, and the art of portfolio construction. With [Ben Casnocha](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-casnocha) Their book [The Start-up of You](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-casnocha#books) Mentions [Reid Hoffman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/reid-hoffman)[Bill Gates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-gates)[Chris Yeh](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chris-yeh)[Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[Jeff Bezos](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-bezos)[Mark Zuckerberg](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-zuckerberg) About this episode Follow me @samirkaji for my (usually) daily thoughts on the world of venture capital. We’re pleased to provide this week’s episode with Ben Casnocha, founding partner of Village Globa l. Prior to Village, Ben was an entrepreneur and also acted as Chief of Staff at LinkedIn and Greylock working… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 2 Jul 2019 · 41 min Entrepreneurship as a second act, w/Gwyneth Paltrow With [Gwyneth Paltrow](https://millionrounds.com/person/gwyneth-paltrow) Mentions [Brian Chesky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brian-chesky)[Sara Blakely](https://millionrounds.com/person/sara-blakely) About this episode It’s never too late to join the entrepreneurial party. We've heard all the stories of young geniuses, but plenty of influential entrepreneurs founded companies in their 30s, 40s, 50s. There’s value to being a late-stage founder – like the fact that you’re bringing along all your life experience.… Listen on Apple Podcasts Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=sara-blakely). ## Find people like Sara Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)