# Sarah Kunst

> Sarah Kunst is a seed investor at Cleo Capital (San Francisco) backing Apps and FinTech. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cleo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cleo-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahkunst
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sarahkunst
- Website: https://x.com/sarahkunst

Sarah Kunst is a seed investor at Cleo Capital in San Francisco focused on Apps and FinTech. Sarah Kunst is the managing director of Cleo Capital & a contributing editor at Marie Claire Magazine. She has served as a senior advisor at Bumble where she focused on their corporate VC arm Bumble Fund and on the board of the Michigan State University Foundation endowment. Kunst has been named a Future Innovator by Vanity Fair, Forbes 30Under 30 and a top 25 innovator in tech by Cool Hunting. She has been recognized for her work in Business Insider as a 30 under 30 Women in Tech and Top African-American in Tech & Pitchbook Top Black VC To Watch and honored as a top woman in VC by the Wall St. Journal and named a top DealmakeHer by the National Retail Federation. She was also named a coach for the Cartier Women’s Initiative.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $120k–$4.3M |
| Series B | $53M–$53M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 18% |
| FinTech | 2 | 18% |
| Women's | 2 | 18% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 18% |
| SMS | 1 | 9% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Series B | 2 | 18% |
| Angel | 1 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 64% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| First® | First helps people craft custom legal agreements online, saving them valuable time and thousands of dollars. Our first product is a modern prenup for the modern marriage, approved by actual lawyers. Our team is made up of Google, Meta, and SoFi alums and top-tier legal experts from Yale, Georgetown Law, NYU, and UCLA Law. We are all united by asingular mission: to make prenups a worthy tradition. | $4.3M | Seed | Oct 24, 2024 |  |
| Hodl AI | We're a b2b SaaS CRM. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 01, 2023 |  |
| HiNOTE | Hinote is a unique, expressive method of mobile communication for people who enjoy flexing, staying still, and delighting. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | May 08, 2023 |  |
| Ellevest | Ellevest provides an engaging investing experience to help women meet their financial goals in life.Ellevest offers a modern, engaging user experience. The same care, thoughtfulness, and attention to detail that is reflected in its beautiful, easy-to-use interface are applied to the construction of its portfolios, its selection of investments,and the development of the algorithms that drive its forecasts and recommendations. | $53M | Series B | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| Ellevest | Ellevest provides an engaging investing experience to help women meet their financial goals in life.Ellevest offers a modern, engaging user experience. The same care, thoughtfulness, and attention to detail that is reflected in its beautiful, easy-to-use interface are applied to the construction of its portfolios, its selection of investments,and the development of the algorithms that drive its forecasts and recommendations. | $53M | Series B | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| Mill | Mill is all about answering a simple question: how can we prevent waste? Less waste can save time, money, energy, maybe even our planet. And there’s no better place to start than food. Food waste is one of the most solvable climate problems facing us today. Plus, our trash really stinks. It’s gross, heavy, and our least favorite chore. At Mill weare striving to build a better environment for all, as we take on climate and kitchen change. |  | Series B | Jan 12, 2022 |  |
| Avochato | Avochato is a mobile messaging platform designed for customer relationship management. It enables business teams to connect with customers and deliver a seamless and efficient messaging experience every step of the way, from lead capture and nurturing to post-sale support. | $5M | Series A | Dec 07, 2018 |  |
| Littlefund | Littlefund is a smart gifting and savings app for parents to build their child's financial journey with ease. |  | Seed | Aug 27, 2018 |  |
| SRTX | SRTX is a textile manufacturer that develops and sells unbreakable stockings. The company's pantyhose is made with the same type of fiber found in bulletproof vests and climbing equipment, enabling women to find and purchase premium and stylish inner garments. | $120K | Seed | Mar 21, 2018 |  |
| Blendoor | Blendoor is a computer networking company that specializes in recruiting, SaaS, Mobile, and People Analytics. It features a mobile-based application platform that specializes in people analytics that migrates candidates sourced from partners and universities and presented to recruiters without a name, photo or dates. The company was founded in2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. |  | Seed | May 04, 2017 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Astia Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astia-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BMO Capital Markets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmo-capital-markets-corp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Contour Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contour-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Halogen Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/halogen-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Morningstar](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningstar) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Cleo Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Cleo Capital is a venture capital company. The company focuses on making investments in early-stage and expanding start-up businesses.

3 contacts available at Cleo Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sarah Kunst | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sarah-kunst |
| Alisyn Malek | Venture Scout | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alisyn-malek |
| Rachel Tipograph | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rachel-tipograph |

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## FAQ

### What does Sarah Kunst invest in?

Sarah Kunst invests primarily in Apps, FinTech and Women's startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sarah Kunst's check size?

Sarah Kunst typically joins rounds of $120k–$4.3M at Seed and $53M–$53M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sarah Kunst participates in.

### When did Sarah Kunst last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sarah Kunst closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 11 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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