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Sarah Fu

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Founder & Managing Partner, Elsa Capital

Firm
Elsa Capital
Title
Founder & Managing Partner
Role
Managing partner
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Record updated 17 September 2026

About

Sarah has been an investor, operator, and founder across finance and technology for the past 15 years. Before launching Elsa Capital, Sarah was a product and business leader at Stripe, helping the company scale from $5B to $100B valuation. She helped build Stripe's flagship product (Stripe Connect) and advised executives on strategy and finance. She has also founded a YC-backed fintech company. Before moving into tech, Sarah was an investor at Fidelity, where she oversaw $8B in investments across financial and business services, and was among the youngest to be promoted to portfolio manager. She developed her love for technology companies at Morgan Stanley, where she helped take Alibaba public in the largest U.S. IPO at the time. Sarah holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and dual degrees B.S. in Bioengineering and Finance, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a CFA charterholder.

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