Anil Patel
Venture Partner
Clearstone Venture Partners
Anil Patel joined Clearstone Venture Partners in May 2006. Anil brings a combination of technology, legal and venture capital investment experience to his current role as a Venture Partner at Clearstone. He is focused on helping companies across the portfolio with a special expertise on companies in software, internet and new media infrastructure, and technology-enabled services. Anil has recently led business development and corporate development initiatives at startups in the display advertising, e-commerce, predictive analytics and cloud-based application ecosystems.
Prior to Clearstone, Anil was at Azure Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, where he focused on early-stage investments in a variety of technology-driven companies, ranging from communications to consumer software.
Before his venture career, Anil was an attorney at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. At WSGR, he advised privately-and publicly-held technology companies in corporate and securities law, including public equity offerings, strategic partnerships and minority investments, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital financings.
Earlier in his career, Anil worked as a software developer and systems consultant at Information Management Consultants Inc. in McLean, Virginia, where he designed and implemented financial database and imaging systems for federal government clients, including the Department of Defense and the Department of State.
Anil holds an A.B. degree in Economics and Philosophy from Stanford University, a M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, and a J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law.
Prior to Clearstone, Anil was at Azure Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, where he focused on early-stage investments in a variety of technology-driven companies, ranging from communications to consumer software.
Before his venture career, Anil was an attorney at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. At WSGR, he advised privately-and publicly-held technology companies in corporate and securities law, including public equity offerings, strategic partnerships and minority investments, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital financings.
Earlier in his career, Anil worked as a software developer and systems consultant at Information Management Consultants Inc. in McLean, Virginia, where he designed and implemented financial database and imaging systems for federal government clients, including the Department of Defense and the Department of State.
Anil holds an A.B. degree in Economics and Philosophy from Stanford University, a M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, and a J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law.
