# Sara (Tillim) Adler

> Sara (Tillim) Adler is a seed investor at Wave Capital (San Francisco) backing Baby and Retail. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wave Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wave-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saratillim
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/saratillim
- Website: https://x.com/saratillim
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saratillim

Sara (Tillim) Adler is a seed investor at Wave Capital in San Francisco focused on Baby and Retail. Sara (Tillim) Adler is the General Partner at Wave Capital since 2018. Previously, Sara was responsible for Corporate Development efforts at Dropbox and Facebook.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Baby | 1 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Travel | 1 | 50% |
| Consumer | 1 | 50% |
| Lifestyle | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thatch | Thatch is building a home for travel creatives by giving them a space to create and share experiences based content, build a brand, and monetize their knowledge and expertise. | $3M | Seed | Aug 30, 2021 |  |
| Bobbie | Bobbie is a baby formula delivery startup that sells direct-to-consumer and offers a subscription service to parents across the US. It exists to build a parenting culture of confidence, not a comparison, where every parent is supported in the feeding choice that is right for them and their baby. Bobbie's formulation complies with all FDAregulations, is created with pasture-raised milk from Organic Valley farms, and is the only infant formula to receive the Clean Label Project's Purity Award as well as Pesticide Free Certification. | $4M | Seed | Jun 01, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1st Course Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1st-course-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bolt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bolt-io) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Freestyle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freestyle-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Wave Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Wave is a venture firm that specializes in marketplaces. From hiring an early team to finding product-market fit and raising a strong series A, their firm is designed to be the only partner founders need as they get up and running.

2 contacts available at Wave Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Riley Newman | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riley-newman |
| Sara (Tillim) Adler | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sara--tillim--adler |

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## FAQ

### What does Sara (Tillim) Adler invest in?

Sara (Tillim) Adler invests primarily in Baby, Retail and Travel startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sara (Tillim) Adler last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sara (Tillim) Adler closed in Aug 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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