5 Founders Backed by Sherpa Capital (2026)

Sherpa Capital founders (11)

Sherpa Capital founders covers 11 founders on Airbnb, Gowalla and Lyft and 8 other companies. The most common sectors are E-commerce (2), SaaS (2) and AI (1). Members are based in 5 cities, led by San Francisco, CA (6), Austin, TX (1) and Menlo Park, CA (1). The remaining members span Consumer Social (1), Fintech (1), Logistics (1), Real Estate (1) and Transportation (1). Companies represented include Milo, Munchery, OpenStore, Robinhood, Runway, Slack, Uber and Yammer. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

• Founders listed: 11
• Companies represented: 11
• Top sector: E-commerce (2 founders)
• Top location: San Francisco, CA (6 founders)
• Sectors represented: 8
• Locations represented: 5

• Aaron Patzer — Milo
• Brian Chesky — Airbnb
• David Sacks — Yammer
• Drew Houston — Slack
• Erick Schlenker — Munchery
• Jeremy Stoppelman — Gowalla
• John Zimmer — Lyft
• Kevin Zhu — Runway
• Naftali Bennett — OpenStore
• Travis Kalanick — Uber
• Vlad Tenev — Robinhood

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