Investing Profile

Vivek Patel(155)

AngelFounderInvestorOperator

Former COO at Postmates

San Francisco, California

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Vivek Patel's investing connections

18 Investors

Connected to Bill Trenchard (First Round Capital), Ann Miura Ko (Floodgate), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), and 15 other investors on Signal.

Networks Vivek is a member of

Bain & Company Network

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University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business Network

34 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Angel

Investment Range

$10K - $200K

Sweet Spot

$25K

Investments On Record

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Vivek Patel's Investments On Record (16)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Cache	SeedMar 2024$9M	$9M
Co-investors: Amanda Cashin (Illumina Accelerator), Rayyan Islam (8090 Industries), Adam Nash (Daffy), James Herbert, Gokul Rajaram
Proof of Play	SeedSep 2023$33M	$33M
Co-investors: Nikil Viswanathan (Alchemy Ventures), James Tamplin (Founder Collective), Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), Neil Mehta (Greenoaks Capital), Gabby Dizon (Infinity Ventures Crypto), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Balaji Srinivasan, Immad Akhund
Hyphen	Series AFeb 2022$24M	$51M
Co-investors: Griffin Schroeder (Tiger Global Management), Hans Tung (GGV Capital), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), John Pepper (040 Capital)
Lean Financial	SeedSep 2021$5M	$5.8M
Co-investors: Justin Overdorff (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Mark Batsiyan (Inspired Capital), Max Mullen, Marc Bhargava, Charlie Songhurst, Manik Gupta, Gokul Rajaram
Firemaps	SeedAug 2021$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), Lee Fixel (Addition)
Motive	Series EApr 2021$190M	$570M
Co-investors: Alexander Niehenke (Scale Venture Partners), Sandy Miller (IVP), Teddie Wardi (Insight Partners), Zach Barasz (G2VP), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Roseanne Wincek (Renegade Partners), Charles Yim
Gecko Robotics	Series BDec 2019$40M	$220M
Co-investors: Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Mark Kvamme (Drive Capital), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Gaetano Crupi (Prime Movers Lab), Mark Cuban, Gokul Rajaram, Louis Beryl, Natasha Ahmed, Zachary Hargreaves, Emil Lee, Thomas Tull, Joshua Reeves
FitOn	SeedNov 2018$5M	$70M
Co-investors: Amit Kumar (Accel), Yash Patel (FTX Ventures), Clinton Foy (Crosscut Ventures), Brian Garrett (Crosscut Ventures)

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I invest in outliers. High potential people solving hard problems in large markets that, if successful, will shape the world. I don’t believe in playbooks nor the latest fads. I seek out exceptional, relentless, passionate people who have a unique vision for the world.

Vivek Patel's Experience

Chief Operating Officer Postmates2015 - 2021

Co-Founder, COO/CFO Sosh2010 - 2015

Business Development Slide2010 - 2010

Business Development The Climate Corporation 2009 - 2010

Senior Associate Consultant Bain & Company2006 - 2009

Vivek Patel's Education

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business BS Business Administration

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