Sandesh Patnam

The firm

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Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

• AdMob
• Aera Technology
• Anaplan
• Avant
• Balena
• Box
• CafeMedia
• Clinc
• Cohesity
• Coinbase
• Collective Health
• Cylance
• DataRobot
• DataStax
• Dutchie
• Flywheel
• Formlabs
• Foursquare
• Front
• Gilt Groupe
• Giphy
• HUA YANG XINTONG
• Helix
• Hopin
• Immuta
• Innovium
• Jaya
• Jobfox
• Kajeet
• Katerra
• Mapbox
• MyShape
• Neocis
• Outreach
• Patreon
• Renovate America

36 of 68 companies.

Also at DFJ

• Tim DraperFounding Partner61 rounds
• Bill BryantGeneral Partner3 rounds
• Bubba MurarkaTeam2 rounds
• Randy GleinInvestor at Innovium Inc.2 rounds
• Emily MeltonManaging Partner1 round
• Josh SteinFounder and Managing Partner1 round
• Steve JurvetsonManaging Director & Founder1 round
• Chris ShanahanPrincipal0 rounds

Hear them before you pitch them

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  The Full Ratchet · 25 May 2026 · 53 min

  509. The Downstream Effects of SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic Soaking Up $3T in the Public Market, Who Is Netscape and Who Is Google in the AI Era, and the Impact of Private Credit Redemption Requests on PE and VC (Sandesh Patnam)

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  About this episode

  Sandesh Patnam of Premji Invest joins Nick to discuss The Downstream Effects of SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic Soaking Up $3T in the Public Market, Who Is Netscape and Who Is Google in the AI Era, and the Impact of Private Credit Redemption Requests on PE and VC. In this episode we cover: Themes… More on the show's page

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  The Full Ratchet · 18 Jun 2026 · 7 min

  Investor Stories 480: The Traits of Visionary Founders: Customer Obsession, Self Disruption, and Why Love Can Be a Competitive Advantage (Dillon, Patnam, Ries)

  MentionsEric RiesMaveronNatalie DillonSandesh Patnam

  About this episode

  On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Natalie Dillon of Maveron Sandesh Patnam of Premji Invest Eric Ries Author of The Lean Startup We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so special. The… More on the show's page

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  The Full Ratchet · 28 May 2026 · 7 min

  Investor Stories 477: Why VCs Passed on Figma, ClickUp, Uber, Pinterest, Okta, DoorDash, and Anthropic: Lessons from Investor Anti Portfolios (Ulevitch, Saper, Patnam)

  MentionsAndreessen HorowitzDavid UlevitchJake SaperSandesh Patnam

  About this episode

  n this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: David Ulevitch of Andreessen Horowitz Jake Saper of Emergence Capital Sandesh Patnam of Premji Invest Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out.… More on the show's page

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