# Vijen Patel at The 81 Collection

> Vijen Patel, Managing Member at The 81 Collection. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/vijen-patel (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Chicago, US · Partner

# Vijen Patel

Managing Member i at [The 81 Collection](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-81-collection)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 2 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 2 episodes

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At The 81 Collection
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**The 81 Collection** VC firm · US **1** cheques in 12 months **1** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-81-collection)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[The 81 Collection](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-81-collection)** Managing Member of the General Partner on 2 filings · since 2026
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[The 81 Collection](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-81-collection)** Managing Member of the General Partner of the Issuer on 2 filings · since 2025

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at The 81 Collection

- [**Alex Kirshenbaum** Principal *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-kirshenbaum)
- [**Arnav Dalmia** Team *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/arnav-dalmia)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 6 Oct 2025 · 1h 10m Pressbox and Tide Cleaners: Vijen Patel. The $1.99 Gamble That Built a National Brand With [Vijen Patel](https://millionrounds.com/person/vijen-patel) Mentions [Procter & Gamble](https://millionrounds.com/fund/procter-and-gamble) About this episode What if the best startup isn’t sexy at all? In 2013, Vijen Patel left private equity to pursue “the least-worst idea”: dry cleaning. No patents. No app wizardry. Just laundry lockers in high-rises, ruthless unit economics, and a $1.99-a-shirt price that was seared into America’s brain. From… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Superclusters](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/superclusters) · 4 Aug 2025 · 1h 1m 81% of America is Underfunded | Vijen Patel & Grady Buchanan | Superclusters | S5PSE1 With [Vijen Patel](https://millionrounds.com/person/vijen-patel) Mentions [McKinsey & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mckinsey-and-company)[Procter & Gamble](https://millionrounds.com/fund/procter-and-gamble)[Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wisconsin-alumni-research-foundation) About this episode “19% of our GDP attracts about 55% of capital inflows, aka venture activity, and 81% is underinvested.” – Vijen Patel Vijen Patel is an entrepreneur and investor. He founded The 81 Collection, a high growth equity firm in boring industries. Previously, he founded what is now known as Tide… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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