Taz Patel
@Perplexity - Former Founder, Revenue Operator & Startup Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$10,000.00Max Investment:
$250,000.00Target Investment:
$100,000.00
Skills
Education
- Uo
Lists including Taz
Investments
CloudAdmin.io
Total Funding:
Marigold Health
Total Funding: $12M
Ampleforth
Total Funding: $6M
Burrow
Total Funding: $54M
Tropic Biosciences
Total Funding: $74M
Thinair
Total Funding:
Remix Media
Total Funding: $2M
Betable
Total Funding: $19M
OhmConnect
Total Funding: $84M
Republic Project
Total Funding: $1M
ecoATM
Total Funding: $17M
ONEHOPE
Total Funding: $16M
Work Experience
2024
Head of Advertising and Shopping
2024
2015
Co-Founder
2015
Acquired by Publicis, May 2025 Cofounder & Chief Revenue Officer
2024
Founding Member
2024
District is an exclusive membership community for the world’s top founders, investors and c-level operators.
2021
Part-Time Partner
2021
The House Fund is an AI pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital fund investing in UC Berkeley's top student, faculty, and alumni startups
2021
Advisor
2021
Investigate & Monitor Blockchain transactions
2024
Advisor
2024
Find your best pricing and packaging strategy and deploy it in a low-code way.
2014 - 2024
EIR (2019 & 2024)
2014 - 2024
Mentors are united by their fierce passion to help startups succeed with 1:1 mentoring, amazing talks, holding office hours, dropping by our space to guide startups, and being there to lend advice and a helping hand.
2019 - 2023
Venture Advisor
2019 - 2023
GCVC is an early-stage venture fund investing at the intersection of deep tech (AI, ML, Robotics) and traditional industries from farming to finance. I am an advisor to the GPs and portfolio company founders.
2013 - 2023
Mentor
2013 - 2023
Hands-on help. Daily. Our mentor network of 200+ industry leaders assist with everything from product development to sales and marketing to fundraising. Experienced entrepreneur talks, CTO roundtables, and expert workshops provide additional opportunities to learn—and share what you know.
2021 - 2023
Chief Business Officer
2022 - 2023
Acquired by BETCO.ST Playmaker is a new-age media, talent & merchandise company. The company currently influences more than 20 million followers across its social media, 50+ athletes under management and more than 35 original shows on Snap Discover. In addition to its flagship sports content, Playmaker operates independent branded verticals including betting, entertainment, basketball and esports. Playmaker won Front Office Sports’ 2022’s Best Employer In Sports award, has content that has been selected by 3 film festivals, and has advisors such as Phil Hellmuth, Tracy McGrady, among others.
Strategic Advisor
2021 - 2023