Taz Patel

Co-Founder

2015 - Current

Advisor, 2020-Present Chief Revenue Officer, 2015-2019

EIR (2019 & 2024)

2014

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.

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

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.

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.

Chief Business Officer

2022 - 2023

Acquired by BETCO.ST - https://www.finsmes.com/2023/07/better-collective-acquires-playmaker-hq.html 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

Advisor

2020 - 2022

Advisor - RedBeat Ventures

2020 - 2020

AirAsia's Corporate Venture Capital - focusing on Travel & Lifestyle, Fintech, AI Infrastructure & Logistics RedBeat Capital - a strategic standalone fund

Advisor

2018 - 2020