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Vivek Patel

Co-Owner at Gemino Capital

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Vivek Patel is an accomplished entrepreneur and operator based in San Francisco, California, currently serving as Co-Owner at Gemino Capital. With a background that includes key roles at Postmates Inc. and successful investments in companies like FitOn and Gecko Robotics, Patel excels in venture capital, start-ups, and strategic business development. Having held positions such as Chief Operating Officer at Postmates Inc. and Co-Founder at Sosh, Vivek Patel has demonstrated expertise in leading successful ventures and making impactful investments, particularly in sectors like Space, DeepTech, and Robotics.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Owner

    2021 - Current

    Investment vehicle for our family and a group of our friends. We partner with extraordinary people working on transformative ideas. Stage and sector agnostic.

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2018 - 2021

  • SVP, Business Operations & Strategy

    2018 - 2018

  • VP, Business Operations & Strategy

    2017 - 2017

  • Chief of Staff to the CEO

    2016 - 2016

  • Director, Business Operations

    2015 - 2016

Serve is a friendly, autonomous delivery robot.

  • Co-Founder, COO/CFO

    2010 - 2015

    Postmates acquired Sosh (November 2015): http://blog.postmates.com/post/132624062882/postmates-welcomes-sosh Sosh was founded by former Google & Slide employees and is backed by amazing investors (Battery Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Keith Rabois, Naval Ravikant). Sosh is a local discovery platform which uses machine learning and human curation to connect people to the best activities and experiences in their city.

Sosh is a social mobile app that enables members to discover local activities, events and places.

Raised $16,254,000.00 from Battery Ventures, Donald Graham, Khosla Ventures, Hamilton South and Mike Krieger.

  • Business Development

    2010 - 2010

    Google acquired Slide (8/2010)

Slide enables users to create and personalize widgets and use them on social networks, blogs and desktops.

Raised $78,000,000.00 from T. Rowe Price and Fidelity.

  • Business Development

    2009 - 2010

    Acquired by Monsanto

  • Senior Associate Consultant

    2006 - 2009

    LA & SF. Technology, Aerospace & Defense, Private Equity, Healthcare.

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