# Sarah Leary, Venture Partner

> Sarah Leary, Venture Partner. 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/sarah-leary (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Partner

# Sarah Leary

Venture Partner at [Unusual Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unusual-ventures)

Latest rounds

- **Haiku Deck** Series A · $3M Apr 2013

Backs *IT Services*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Apr 2013
- **Filings:** 2 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 2 +1 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Unusual Ventures
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Unusual Ventures** VC firm · US **15** cheques in 12 months **92** all time **3** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unusual-ventures)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $3M
- **Active:** 2013

2013

- [Haiku Deck](https://millionrounds.com/company/haiku-deck) *Series A* **$3M** *US* Apr 2013 Joined · +4 investors · historical

By stage

- Series A **1**

What they backed

IT Services **1**

Alongside

- [Founder's Co-op *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-co-op)
- [Madrona Venture Group *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona)
- [Trilogy Equity Partners *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trilogy-equity-partners)
- [Walt Winshall *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/walt-winshall)

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

- [Haiku Deck](https://millionrounds.com/startup/haiku-deck)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **ALTO SOLUTIONS, INC.** Director since 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Contra.Work Inc.** Director since 2021

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Unusual Ventures

- [**Lars Albright** General Partner *8 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/lars-albright)
- [**Jyoti Bansal** Co-Founder & Entrepreneur Partner *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jyoti-bansal)
- [**Jordan Segall** Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jordan-segall)
- [**Andrew Johns** Head of Product & Knowledge *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrew-johns)
- [**Bill Hodak** Team *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-hodak)
- [**Calvin Ling** Director of Finance and Investment Operations *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/calvin-ling)
- [**Corinne Bechtle** Head of Strategic Product Marketing and Alliances *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/corinne-bechtle)
- [**Eric Peter** Product, Machine Learning Platform *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/eric-peter)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Pattern Breakers](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/pattern-breakers) · 2 Dec 2019 · 50 min Sarah Leary of Nextdoor: “The Moment You Know You've Created Something Valuable" With [Sarah Leary](https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-leary) About this episode Nextdoor today is worth more than $2 Billion and is used by 250,000 neighborhoods throughout the world. Silicon Valley types had doubts about their approach, but Sarah offers valuable ideas for finding the path to the light. One crucial hint is that users matter far more than the folks in the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Greymatter](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/greymatter) · 6 Dec 2016 · 30 min Nextdoor Co-Founder Sarah Leary on The Journey of the Pivot | #ProductSF With [Sarah Leary](https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-leary) About this episode Nextdoor Co-Founder and VP of Marketing & Operations Sarah Leary talks about the journey of pivoting from FanBase to Nextdoor. She shares both the emotions and learnings their team took away from the pivot, and how they eventually identified the burning need for a social network for neighborhoods.… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Sarah Leary in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [Greymatter](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/greymatter) · 8 Nov 2021 · 19 min David Sze | Nextdoor Reflections Mentions [David Sze](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-sze)[Nirav Tolia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nirav-tolia)[Prakash Janakiraman](https://millionrounds.com/person/prakash-janakiraman)[Sarah Leary](https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-leary) About this episode On the day of Nextdoor's public debut, Greylock general partner David Sze looks back on his experience working with the social networking startup. Sze knew Nextdoor co-founders Nirav Tolia, Sarah Leary, and Prakash Janakiraman before the company was formed in 2008. While he did not invest in their… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=sarah-leary).

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