# Sam Gerstenzang

> Sam Gerstenzang is the co-founder and CEO of Meadow Memorials, a software-enabled funeral and cremation company he started in 2024 after arranging his grandfather's funeral and finding the experience opaque, overwhelming and impersonal. Meadow runs funerals at chapels, beaches, theaters and restaurants instead of traditional funeral homes, with transparent pricing and what Sam calls 'unreasonable hospitality.' Before Meadow he led consumer payments product at Stripe, invested at Andreessen Horowitz, incubated companies at Sidewalk Labs, was early at Imgur, and co-founded Umbrella (acquired by IAC/Angi) and the medspa platform Moxie. In March 2026 Meadow raised a $9M Series A led by Lachy Groom and Haystack.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Meadow Memorials
- **Organizations:** Meadow Memorials, Boulton & Watt, Moxie, Stripe, Andreessen Horowitz, Sidewalk Labs, Imgur, Umbrella
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, History and Symbolic Systems, Stanford University, Studied, University of Oxford
- **Known for:** Built Meadow into California's largest independent funeral home, Tripled Meadow's revenue from 2024 to 2025, on track to triple again in 2026, Served more than 400 families in a single month (February 2026)

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Early team member at Imgur, the image-sharing platform
- **—** — Investor at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
- **—** — Incubated companies for Sidewalk Labs
- **—** — Co-founded Umbrella, later acquired by IAC/Angi
- **—** — Led consumer payments product (Payment UIs) at Stripe
- **—** — Co-founded Boulton & Watt, a permanent-capital firm he calls 'the world's slowest incubator'
- **2022** — Co-founded Moxie, a 'business-in-a-box' platform for nurses opening medspas
- **2024** — Founded Meadow Memorials with co-founder Emma Gilsanz; raised $2M seed
- **2026** — Raised $9M Series A for Meadow, led by Lachy Groom and Haystack

## Achievements

- Built Meadow into California's largest independent funeral home
- Tripled Meadow's revenue from 2024 to 2025, on track to triple again in 2026
- Served more than 400 families in a single month (February 2026)
- Raised a $9M Series A led by Lachy Groom and Haystack
- Led consumer payments product at Stripe
- Co-founded Umbrella, acquired by IAC/Angi
- Co-founded Moxie, a medspa enablement platform

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Meadow raised a $9M Series A led by Lachy Groom and Haystack
- **2026-02** — Served more than 400 families in a single month; expanded into Texas and Washington with Arizona next

## Links

- Website: https://www.meadowmemorials.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samgerstenzang
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/gerstenzang

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Last updated: 2026-06-03