Fundraising Fox

Chintan Patel

Investor

Advisor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.

Seattle, Washington

Writes $1K – $50K checks · typically $25K

Find your path to Chintan

235 people in our graph share verified history with Chintan — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Tiffany ChandraunlockedChintan: together at Salesforce (2019–2022)
×8Chintan: together at Salesforce
×2Chintan: together at Vanta
Chintan: together at Venture Guides Management, L.P.

About

Chintan Patel is co-founder and CEO of Sparkle Security, an agentic security platform designed to enable human and AI collaboration in threat detection and response. The platform aims to shift security operations from reactive to autonomous, contextual protection operating at machine speed.

Experience

  1. Sparkle SecurityCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2026 — present
  2. Venture GuidesTechnical Advisorcurrent2024 — present
  3. LVT — LiveView TechnologiesCross Functional Executive2023 — 2026
  4. VantaHead of Product Management2022 — 2023Greater Seattle Area
  5. SalesforceProduct Security Leadership: AppSec & Vulnerability Management2019 — 2022Greater Seattle Area
  6. MicrosoftProduct Leadership: Windows 10 & Azure Compute Security2014 — 2019Redmond, WA
  7. Cisco SystemsProduct Management: IoT Security2010 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  8. CitiusTechSr. Software Development Engineer2006 — 2008

Skills & more

Strategic Planning3Leadership3StrategyManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)3Google Cloud Platform (GCP)2Java32C18C#8C++5.NET7Enterprise Software2
+12 moreLinuxDatabasesBusiness StrategyExecutive LeadershipCloud SecurityApplication SecurityIOTProduct ManagementWeb ServicesWeb DevelopmentAndroid DevelopmentM2M
  • Microsoft Certified Application Developer — Microsoft
  • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (Web Technologies) — Microsoft

From Chintan's professional profile.

Colleagues at Venture Guides Management, L.P.

Andrew Burton
CEO, commercetools at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Andrew Smith
Investor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Anton Simunovic
Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Ava Simunovic
Investor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Bear Albright
Managing Director, Bain Capital at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Bear Brofft
Investor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Ben Holzman
Investor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Benjamin Nye
Managing Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.

Network3

Ben HolzmanScout
Investor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Benjamin NyeScout
Managing Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Mo Garad
General Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.

Investors connected to Chintan in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Chintan Patel?
Chintan Patel is co-founder and CEO of Sparkle Security, an agentic security platform designed to enable human and AI collaboration in threat detection and response. The platform aims to shift security operations from reactive to autonomous, contextual protection operating at machine speed.
Where does Chintan Patel work?
Chintan Patel is Advisor at Venture Guides Management, L.P..
What check size does Chintan Patel write?
Chintan Patel typically writes checks of $1K – $50K.
Where did Chintan Patel go to school?
Chintan Patel studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Executive Education - Chief Product Officer); University of Minnesota (MS, Computer Science); University of Mumbai (Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering).

Same school

Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management1,130

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaKunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan CapitalCristina JunqueiraCo-founder of NubankAndy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel CapitalDavid Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 Ventures

+ 1,124 more

Also attended University of Minnesota325

Madeline PopeSenior Associate, Platform & Marketing at March Capital PartnersNate LeeFounder and Chief Information Security Officer at Scale Venture PartnersIsaac ZikeManaging Director at RiverVest Venture PartnersDean HlushkoSales Manager (Western U.S.) at Needham FundsRichard HeymanVenture Partner at ARCH Venture PartnersJohn BergstromInvestor at Mairs & Power VC

+ 319 more

Also attended University of Mumbai277

Manish GuptaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Mitesh SinghInvestor at Initialized CapitalUllas NaikFounder and General Partner at Streamlined VenturesAnshul SadanaCEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURESRishika MadanAssociate, India at Jungle VenturesBhavana WaigankarCOO at Lightbox

+ 271 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Sparkle Security1

Pankaj DubeyFounder at Sparkle AI

Also worked at LVT — LiveView Technologies6

Porntepp UngivchianPartner at Signal Peak VenturesBrady BroadbentPartner at Sorenson VenturesRob RueckertPartner at Sorenson VenturesNimay MehtaManaging Partner at Lead Edge CapitalKristy MuirSenior Associate at Pelion Venture PartnersAvra SchaafOperating Partner at Tritium Partners

Also worked at Vanta18

Mark KraynakInvestor at Aspect VenturesAileen AllenPartner at Mercury FundJenny ThaiHead of Marketing at Pear VCChristina CacioppoCo-Founder, Vanta at SurgeAnarghya VardhanaGeneral Partner at MaveronAndrew ReedPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 12 more

Also worked at Salesforce445

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesMarc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceParker HarrisCo-founder of SalesforceViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation Ventures

+ 439 more