Saar Gur, Partner
Charles River Ventures

Saar Gur is a partner at CRV, with over 12 years experience working with entrepreneurs as a founder, investor and advisor. Gur is currently a director of Progress Financial. Prior to joining CRV, Gur was a co-founder of Brightroll, the world’s leading Internet video advertising network. He has also been an angel investor and advisor to numerous companies including RockYou, Admob, Flixster, Xobni, Lotus Vodka, and Voicestar (acquired by Marchex, NASDAQ: MCHX).

Prior to Brightroll, Gur was VP of online customer acquisition at Adteractive and responsible for the company P&L. He helped build Adteractive to over 175 employees and over $120mm in revenues with no outside capital. Gur started his career in investment banking and venture capital at Lehman Brothers. He graduated phi beta kappa with a biochemistry degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from Stanford University.

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