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Taz Patel

@Perplexity - Former Founder, Revenue Operator & Startup Investor

San Francisco Bay Area

Work Experience

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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