Sara Adler is a venture capital investor at Wave Capital who spent years leading corporate development and M&A at Facebook, Dropbox, and Airbnb, where she closed more than 25 acquisitions and built Airbnb's entire M&A function from scratch. Her hands-on experience as a buyer gives her an unusually sophisticated perspective on how strategic acquirers evaluate deals and integrate teams, which she now brings to founders as both an investor and coach on preparing for acquisition. Sara Adler is a venture capital investor at Wave Capital who spent years leading corporate development and M&A at Facebook, Dropbox, and Airbnb, where she closed more than 25 acquisitions and built Airbnb's entire M&A function from scratch. Her hands-on experience as a buyer gives her an unusually sophisticated perspective on how strategic acquirers evaluate deals and integrate teams, which she now brings to founders as both an investor and coach on preparing for acquisition.