Sandy Foster

Sandy Foster is the Managing Partner at Tau Ventures, based in San Francisco, California. Before assuming her current position, she served as a General Partner at CUSP Capital and held investment roles at Menlo Ventures, following her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Throughout her venture capital career, Foster has built a portfolio of over 20 early-stage technology companies, including the acquired software delivery platform Harness. In late 2024, she joined Cloudflare as an advisor, and she led a $15 million Series A funding round for the AI startup Nexlify in March 2026. A frequent speaker at industry events like TechCrunch Disrupt and SaaStr Annual, she maintains an audience of over 5,000 followers on LinkedIn. Her current investment focus centers on seed and Series A opportunities across enterprise software, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and fintech.