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

Founder Interview: Amanda Szabo, founder and CEO, ResortPass
Building a successful business is hardly as fun as a day at the pool, though for Amanda Szabo, that’s how hers got started. The founder and CEO of Santa Monica’s...

Founder Interview: Guillermo Gette, co-founder and CEO, Workast
Babies have played a pivotal role in the life and career of Workast co-founder and CEO Guillermo Gette. It was his parents’ baby-product store back home in Buenos Aires, Argentina,...

Founder Interview: Daniel Kim & Jay Lee, AuditBoard
If they weren’t busy running L.A.-based auditing software firm AuditBoard, Daniel Kim and Jay Lee would probably be shooting hoops. The company’s co-founders grew up playing basketball together in Cerritos,...

Founder Interview: Gaurav Bhattacharya. Co-founder and CEO, InvolveSoft
Gaurav Bhattacharya acknowledges he didn’t make the best impression on his co-founder, Saumya Bhatnagar, when they met in a high school coding class in New Delhi. Out of 160 students,...

Founder Interview: Susanne Mitschke, co-founder and CEO, MindMate
Santa Monica-based MindMate has come a long way since launching in co-founder Susanne Mitschke’s two-bedroom Glasgow apartment in early 2015. Less than four years later, the popular healthy living...

Founder Interview: Alex Canter, Co-founder and CEO, Ordermark
If Alex Canter’s last name sounds familiar, it’s because his family owns the iconic deli of the same name that has been serving up matzo ball soup and pastrami sandwiches...