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Manan Patel

Investor

Investor at Unknown Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Manan Patel is Chief Technology Officer at Neynar. He previously served as Senior Software Engineering Manager at Coinbase, where he led frontend, backend, and mobile engineering teams on consumer products serving tens of millions of users, including work on Coinbase Learning Rewards, the iOS app, and the Web3 wallet. His background includes over 13 years in software engineering and management, with prior experience at Uber developing privacy and safety features, and work across exchange platforms, prediction platforms, and game development.

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Experience

  1. NeynarChief Technology Officercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. CoinbaseSenior Software Engineering Manager2018 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  3. UberSenior Software Engineer2015 — 2018San Francisco, CA
  4. Mirror (Vaurum)Senior Software Engineer2014 — 2015San Francisco, CA
  5. DeNALead Software Engineer - Games2011 — 2014San Francisco, CA
  6. DeNASoftware Engineer - Core Technology2010 — 2011San Francisco, CA

Education

  1. University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science (Game Development)2008 — 2010
  2. Nirma UniversityBachelor of Technology, Computer Engineering2004 — 2008

Skills & more

Software Engineering2LeadershipEngineering ManagementMobile Games25Game Development34Video Games5iOS Development2Swift1JavaScript23Node.js11iOS7Objective-C41
+9 moreAndroidC++SolidityGitJSONCoachingBitcoinGoProduct Strategy

Languages English · Gujarati · Hindi

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Same school

Also attended University of Southern California343

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalErica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at Greycroft

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Also attended Nirma University4

Dravya JainInvestment Associate at Windrose CapitalShachi ShahPrincipal at Z21 VenturesVipul PatelPartner at IIMA VenturesSaloni ChaturvediInvestments at AUM Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at Coinbase77

Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJanet WolpertInvestor at Index VenturesKatrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera CapitalSimon CantInvestor at Reinventure GroupJeff RichardsInvestor at GGV CapitalManish GuptaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

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Also worked at Uber210

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire VenturesAnnie KadavyVenture Partner at Redpoint Ventures

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Also worked at Mirror (Vaurum)3

Pascal G BouvierSenior Practitioner Advisor at SC VenturesPeter OrthCo-Founder & Managing Partner at 4DX VenturesDan Dall’AstaInvestor at Citrine Venture

Also worked at DeNA11

Michael McBrideInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ray HatoyamaVenture Partner at Sozo VenturesJoanna DrakeCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Magnify VenturesEsteban SosnikCo-Founder & Partner at Reach CapitalJennifer MannionHead of Talent at Griffin Gaming PartnersRiz VirkVenture Partner at Griffin Gaming Partners

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Colleagues at Unknown Ventures

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Alejandro León
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Alek Safarian
CEO at ALSA Ventures
Alex Burciu
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Alexander Jethwa
Investor at Unknown Ventures
Aman Singh
Investor at Unknown Ventures
Amy Chang
Founder, Accompany at Decibel Partners
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