About
Founder of Pave, which provides automated marketing analytics to help enterprises and agencies optimize spending and identify effective strategies.
Founder at PaveYC W16
Intro paths
YC
JP went through Y Combinator (Winter 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, JP can intro founders to Pave's investors below.
Pave's investors · 8
AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2025Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checksHelios Digital VenturesLondon · since 2025Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checksQuona CapitalWashington · $5M checks · since 2025WintermuteLondon · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2016Yolo Investmentssince 2025
Experience
- Various CompaniesInvestor/Advisorcurrent2024 — present
- PaveAIFounder, CTOcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2014 — 2015
- Palantir TechnologiesSoftware Engineer2013 — 2014
Skills & more
Rust (Programming Language)PythonCMachine LearningVim
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is JP Patel?
- Founder of Pave, which provides automated marketing analytics to help enterprises and agencies optimize spending and identify effective strategies.
- Where does JP Patel work?
- JP Patel is Founder of Pave.
- What companies did JP Patel found?
- JP Patel founded Pave.
- Where did JP Patel go to school?
- JP Patel studied at University of Waterloo (Computer Science with Co-op); Y Combinator (w16).
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