Chintan Patel
InvestorAdvisor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Seattle, Washington
Writes $1K – $50K checks · typically $25K
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
- Sparkle SecurityCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2026 — present
- Venture GuidesTechnical Advisorcurrent2024 — present
- LVT — LiveView TechnologiesCross Functional Executive2023 — 2026
- VantaHead of Product Management2022 — 2023Greater Seattle Area
- SalesforceProduct Security Leadership: AppSec & Vulnerability Management2019 — 2022Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftProduct Leadership: Windows 10 & Azure Compute Security2014 — 2019Redmond, WA
- Cisco SystemsProduct Management: IoT Security2010 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- CitiusTechSr. Software Development Engineer2006 — 2008
Skills & more
Strategic Planning3Leadership3StrategyManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)3Google Cloud Platform (GCP)2Java32C18C#8C++5.NET7Enterprise Software2
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LinuxDatabasesBusiness StrategyExecutive LeadershipCloud SecurityApplication SecurityIOTProduct ManagementWeb ServicesWeb DevelopmentAndroid DevelopmentM2M- Microsoft Certified Application Developer — Microsoft
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (Web Technologies) — Microsoft
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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.
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Ben HolzmanScout
Investor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Benjamin NyeScout
Managing Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Marquist Allen
Investor at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
Mo Garad
General Partner at Venture Guides Management, L.P.
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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).
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Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management577
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Also attended University of Minnesota119
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Shared employers
Also worked at LVT — LiveView Technologies5
Also worked at Vanta17
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Also worked at Salesforce253
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Also worked at Microsoft1,189
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