# Sandesh Patnam, Managing Partner > Sandesh Patnam, Managing Partner. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/sandesh-patnam (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Menlo Park, US · Partner # Sandesh Patnam Managing Partner at [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** 4 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 1 +2 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - ✓ **On filings** 4 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At DFJ - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=sandesh-patnam)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=sandesh-patnam) ## The firm [**DFJ** VC firm · US **3** cheques in 12 months **525** all time **5** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [AdMob](https://millionrounds.com/startup/admob) - [Aera Technology](https://millionrounds.com/startup/aera-technology) - [Anaplan](https://millionrounds.com/company/anaplan) - [Avant](https://millionrounds.com/startup/avant-2) - [Balena](https://millionrounds.com/company/balena) - [Box](https://millionrounds.com/startup/box-2) - [CafeMedia](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cafemedia) - [Clinc](https://millionrounds.com/startup/clinc-inc) - [Cohesity](https://millionrounds.com/company/cohesity) - [Coinbase](https://millionrounds.com/company/coinbase) - [Collective Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/collective-health) - [Cylance](https://millionrounds.com/company/cylance) - [DataRobot](https://millionrounds.com/company/datarobot) - [DataStax](https://millionrounds.com/startup/datastax) - [Dutchie](https://millionrounds.com/company/dutchie) - [Flywheel](https://millionrounds.com/company/flywheel) - [Formlabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/formlabs) - [Foursquare](https://millionrounds.com/company/foursquare) - [Front](https://millionrounds.com/startup/front) - [Gilt Groupe](https://millionrounds.com/startup/gilt-groupe) - [Giphy](https://millionrounds.com/company/giphy) - [HUA YANG XINTONG](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hua-yang-xintong) - [Helix](https://millionrounds.com/startup/helix) - [Hopin](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hopin-2) - [Immuta](https://millionrounds.com/company/immuta) - [Innovium](https://millionrounds.com/company/innovium) - [Jaya](https://millionrounds.com/startup/jaya) - [Jobfox](https://millionrounds.com/startup/jobfox) - [Kajeet](https://millionrounds.com/startup/kajeet-2) - [Katerra](https://millionrounds.com/startup/katerra-2) - [Mapbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/mapbox) - [MyShape](https://millionrounds.com/startup/myshape) - [Neocis](https://millionrounds.com/company/neocis) - [Outreach](https://millionrounds.com/company/outreach) - [Patreon](https://millionrounds.com/company/patreon) - [Renovate America](https://millionrounds.com/startup/renovate-america-2) 36 of 68 companies. ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Ikigai Labs, Inc.** Director since 2023 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Anaplan, Inc.** Director since 2017 - SEC Form D · Company raising **PARACCEL INC** Director since 2009 - SEC Form D · Company raising **DAPTIV INC** Director on 2 filings · since 2009 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at DFJ - [**Tim Draper** Founding Partner *61 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-draper-6) - [**Bill Bryant** General Partner *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-bryant) - [**Bubba Murarka** Team *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bubba-murarka) - [**Randy Glein** Investor at Innovium Inc. *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/randy-glein) - [**Emily Melton** Managing Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/emily-melton) - [**Josh Stein** Founder and Managing Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-stein) - [**Steve Jurvetson** Managing Director & Founder *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/steve-jurvetson) - [**Chris Shanahan** Principal *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-shanahan) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/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) With [Sandesh Patnam](https://millionrounds.com/person/sandesh-patnam) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) 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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Sandesh Patnam in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/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) Mentions [Eric Ries](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eric-ries)[Maveron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron)[Natalie Dillon](https://millionrounds.com/person/natalie-dillon)[Sandesh Patnam](https://millionrounds.com/person/sandesh-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/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) Mentions [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[David Ulevitch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-ulevitch)[Jake Saper](https://millionrounds.com/person/jake-saper)[Sandesh Patnam](https://millionrounds.com/person/sandesh-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=sandesh-patnam). ## Find people like Sandesh Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)