Aahad Patel
Investor
Aahad invests in early-stage startups across the United States and works directly with Erik Rannala as Mucker’s chief of staff.
Prior to joining Mucker, Aahad was an Associate at Mana Ventures. He spent his early career working as a software engineer at AT&T in Los Angeles and Speakeasy AI (acquired by Amplica Labs) in New York.
Aahad holds a BS in Computer Science and Business Administration from the University of Southern California.
Aahad can be reached at aahad at mucker dot com.
Articles by Aahad Patel
5 Lessons for Startups from Edison’s Invention of the Phonograph
by Erik Rannala Real innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum, a lesson that the famed inventor Thomas Edison understood better than most. Throughout his life, Edison revealed that great ideas...
5 Tactics for Improving Startup Culture
Guest post by Gaurav Bhattacharya, CEO and co-founder at Involve. “Culture” is a set of norms and beliefs commonly shared by a group of people that give them a sense...
Mucker Academy: Pricing Models for the Enterprise with Jim Howard
In this episode of Mucker Academy, cloud software executive Jim Howard sits down with the MuckerLab accelerator to share his 15+ years of experience in developing and selling products and...
The Cryptic VC’s Guide to Saying “No” on Investments
by William Hsu, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mucker VCs say a lot of cryptic stuff when we pass on an investment – partially because it make us appear smart,...
LA’s Starring Role as China Ramps up Investment in Media and Technology
LA has rapidly become the venue of choice for many Chinese investors seeking opportunities in media and technology. They are seeing exactly what I saw when I began to spend...
Mucker Academy: Kevin Diamond, CTO at The Black Tux
This is the second in our Mucker Academy video series, where we invite leaders from the tech community to speak with MuckerLab companies. You can find the first video here....