
Person profile
Sarah Friar
CFO, OpenAI
- Founded
- Ladies Who Launch
- Backed
- Step Mobile, Belong, Arc +4 more
- Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of Business, University of Oxford
Investments 7
Companies backed, as recorded by Dealroom. Highest company valuations first.

Step Mobile
$600M valuation (2021)
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Belong
$300M valuation (2022)
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Arc
$64.6M valuation (2026)
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Unipaas Payments Technologies Ltd.
$60M valuation (2021)
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Build
$51M valuation (2026)

Responsible
$38.3M valuation (2022)

MedAll
$20.4M valuation (2022)
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Companies founded

Ladies Who Launch
Currently
Active roles, board seats and partnerships.

Stanford University

OpenAI
$1.3T valuation (2026)Gigacorn
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ConsenSys
$7B valuation (2022)Unicorn
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Operation HOPE

InHome

Ryerson University

Walmart eCommerce
Work history
Past roles by Dealroom records.

Nextdoor
$719.3M valuation (2025)Unicorn
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Slack
$23.4B valuation (2021)Decacorn
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New Relic
$6.2B valuation (2023)Unicorn
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Square
$51.8B valuation (2026)

Salesforce
$179B valuation (2026)Centacorn
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Goldman Sachs
$267B valuation (2026)

McKinsey & Company
Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

University of Oxford
Talks 1
Interviews and talks Dealroom has written up, with the key moments.
