Cathy Gao
Partner at Sapphire Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2019 - Current
Sapphire is a global software venture capital firm backing companies of consequence.
Board Member
2024
EliseAI develops conversational AI for property management, unlocking operational efficiencies for businesses.
Raised $141,928,985.00 from Sapphire Ventures, Koch Investments Group, Navitas Capital, DivcoWest and Point72 Ventures.
Board Member
2023
Board Member
2023
Board Member
2021
SafeGraph builds and maintains data sets to help accelerate machine learning and AI.
Raised $61,000,000.00 from Akkadian Ventures.
Board Observer
2021
Gem is a recruiting platform that integrates with third-party applications such as LinkedIn, Gmail, etc.
Raised $148,000,000.00 from Sapphire Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Greylock, ICONIQ Growth and Accel.
Board Observer
2020
Medable is transforming clinical research and predictive medicine by creating a platform powered by patient generated data.
Raised $506,638,069.00 from Western Technology Investment, Sapphire Ventures, Launchpad Digital Health, Blackstone Accelerates Growth and GSR Ventures.
Board Observer
2021
Paradox is an AI company that helps companies capture and screen candidates, improve conversions, and answer all candidate questions.
Raised $253,340,000.00 from Workday Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, DLA Piper, Geodesic Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Brighton Park Capital, Twilio, Willoughby Capital, Principia Growth and Indeed.
Board Observer
2021
Sword is on a mission to free 2 billion people from pain by pioneering the field of AI Care.
Raised $453,466,017.00 from Khosla Ventures.
Board Observer
2020