Jaime Patel

Jaime Patel is a Silicon Valley Angel Investor and Advisor for women-led consumer startups. She has over a decade of marketing leadership experience and has been connected to the technology industry for over 20 years. She specializes in taking early-stage companies to their desired outcome – whether it’s an acquisition or IPO. Prior to marketing, Jaime was CEO and co-founder of her own startup, which she sold in 2010. Before her entry into the technology industry, Jaime was the only woman Vice President at Hennion & Walsh, a fixed-income securities dealer where she managed over $500M in assets for high net worth individuals in New York, New Jersey, and Florida. Jaime is a first-generation American whose parents moved to the U.S. from Gujarat, India, to give their children limitless opportunities. Paying it forward is in her DNA and as a result, she has been a long-time advocate of education for underserved communities and voting rights. Since 2016, she has supported several pro-choice candidates running for Congress and wholeheartedly believes that women will never truly be equal in this country without access to abortion. Jaime is married to Satya Patel and a mom of two teenagers in Burlingame, CA. (Burlingame, CA)