Angel investor based in San Jose, United States.
8 companies backed across
9 recorded rounds, May 2017 – Apr 2024.
Ex-Stratacom, Siara Systems, Redback, Cisco. BITS Pilani BE 1975, University of Wisconsin-Madison ME 1977
Sectors of the companies in the portfolio, by company count.
Head-office city of the companies in the portfolio.
Rounds by stage.
Total size of the rounds they joined — an angel's own cheque is a share of this, and is not disclosed.
Every company Pankaj Patel appears as an investor in, most recent round first.
| Company | City | Sectors | Latest round | Rounds | Round value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simbian | Mountain View | CybersecurityGenerative AIAgentic AI | Seed Apr 2024 | 1 | $10M |
| Suki | Redwood City | Speech and Voice RecognitionNatural Language ProcessingHealthcare IT | Series C Dec 2021 | 1 | $55M |
| Tetrate | San Francisco | IT Services | Series A Mar 2019 | 1 | $12.5M |
| Iotium | Santa Clara | Internet of Things InfrastructureEdge ComputingDocker Ecosystem | Series B Sep 2018 | 2 | $22M |
| Balbix | San Jose | Cloud InfrastructureCybersecurityArtificial Intelligence | Series B Jun 2018 | 1 | $20M |
| SparkCognition | Series B Feb 2018 | 1 | $24M | ||
| Avathon | Pleasanton | SCM SoftwareSupply Chain AnalyticsSupply Chain SaaS | Series B Feb 2018 | 1 | $24M |
| Uniphore | Palo Alto | Generative AICustomer Service SoftwareSales Force Automation | Series B Aug 2017 | 1 | $8.5M |
Investors that appear in the same rounds. Two names in one round is what "invested together" means here — it is not a claim about a relationship off the cap table.
| Investor | Type | Based | Shared rounds | Shared companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March Capital | Firm | Santa Monica | 3 | 2 |
| Energize Capital | Firm | Chicago | 2 | 2 |
| General Electric | Firm | Boston | 2 | 1 |
| CME Group | Firm | Chicago | 2 | 2 |
| Rain Capital | Firm | San Francisco | 2 | 2 |
| Boeing | Firm | Arlington | 2 | 2 |
| KAAJ Ventures | Firm | 2 | 2 | |
| Verizon | Firm | New York City | 2 | 2 |
| Brevan Howard | Firm | Saint Helier | 2 | 2 |
| Juniper Networks | Firm | Sunnyvale | 2 | 1 |
| JC2 Ventures | Firm | Palo Alto | 2 | 2 |
| John Chambers | Angel | 2 | 2 | |
| BV Jagadeesh | Angel | 2 | 2 | |
| 8VC | Firm | Austin | 1 | 1 |
| Venrock | Firm | Palo Alto | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Albright | Angel | 1 | 1 | |
| Joe Sullivan | Angel | 1 | 1 | |
| Inhealth Ventures | Firm | London | 1 | 1 |
| Honeywell | Firm | Charlotte | 1 | 1 |
| Suresh Batchu | Angel | San Francisco | 1 | 1 |