Taz Patel

Taz Patel is a serial entrepreneur with multiple exits over the past decade who continues to support the startup ecosystem via mentorship, advisory and investing. Most recently, Taz co-founded Captiv8, an Influencer marketplace and SaaS platform funded by Social Capital, Liquid 2, Visionnaire, Jason Calacanis, Cyan Banister and strategic Angels. Before this, Taz was the Chief Revenue Officer of Republic Project, a startup funded by Google Ventures and later acquired by DG Sizmek in 2013. Before that, Taz led monetization efforts at Showyou App funded by True Ventures that was acquired by Vevo in 2015. His knowledge in social marketing, mobile/video advertising, and SaaS/Marketplace businesses is a personal passion that stems from early sales leadership roles at Interclick and BlueLithium, both of which were acquired by Yahoo! for $270 Million in 2011 and $300 Million in 2007. A Chicago native, Taz studied at the University of California, Berkeley and currently lives with his wife, son and dog in San Francisco.