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Patrick Wendell

InvestorUnicorn founder

Founder at Databricks · Co-founder and VP of Engineering at Databricks Ventures · Board director at Tecton

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedDatabricks$188B

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Arsalan TavakoliunlockedPatrick: together at Databricks Ventures (2014–2026)
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About

He left a computer science PhD program at UC Berkeley in 2013 to help start the company. Earlier, he was a research intern in Princeton University's computer science department and spent several years as a software engineering intern at Google.

Board director at Tecton

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Tecton's investors · 11

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2022Bain Capitalsince 2022Bain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checks · since 2022Databricks VenturesSan Francisco · since 2022Fathom CapitalSan Francisco · since 2020Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2022Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2022Snowflake VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $20M checks · since 2022SV AngelSan FranciscoTiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Tecton

MDMike Del Balso
Mike Del BalsoFounder

Founder at Databricks

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In turn, Patrick can intro founders to Databricks's investors below.

Databricks's investors · 86

137 VenturesSan FranciscoA.Capital VenturesSan FranciscoAglae VenturesParis · $108K – $5.4M checksAlkeon CapitalNew York · since 2021Alkeon InnovationNew YorkAltra VentureNew York City · $500K – $25M checksAmplify PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2025Aspire11$10M – $50M checksAvenir Growth CapitalNew YorkBattery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2019Berkeley FrontierBerkeleyBlackRockMexico City · since 2025Blackstonesince 2025Blue Owl CapitalNew YorkCapital One VenturesMcLean · since 2023CapitalGSan Francisco · $75M – $100M checks · since 2021Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2021Cross Creek AdvisorsSalt Lake CityCyber Mentor FundNew YorkDCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checksDiscovery CapitalSouth Norwalk · since 2021DST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman · $100K – $200M checks · since 2023Eastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksEMERGENT VENTURESSilicon ValleyFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFidelity InvestmentsBoston · since 2025Firestreak VenturesFirst Rays Venture PartnersSan FranciscoFlucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checksFounders Circle CapitalSan FranciscoFounders FutureParisFPVJackson · $100K – $5M checksFranklin TempletonSan Mateo · since 2021Galdana VenturesBarcelonaGeodesic CapitalSilicon Valley · since 2017GICSingapore · since 2025Glade Brook Capital PartnersGreenwich · since 2026Green Bay VenturesMenlo Park · since 2019HOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checksICONIQSan FranciscoICONIQ GrowthSan Francisco · since 2023Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2025Interplay Ventures Early Stage Management LlcNew York · $1M checksJ.P. Morgan Asset Managementsince 2025JuniperoMiamiKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksLoup VenturesMinneapolisLux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2023M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019Manhattan WestLos AngelesMaverick VenturesSan Francisco · $3M – $10M checksMGXAbu Dhabi · since 2025Morgan StanleyPurchase · since 2021MyAsiaVCSeattleNearingpoint Venture Partners Inc.TorontoNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2019NewView CapitalBurlingameNight CapitalCapitolaNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2022Ossian CapitalMiamiPlayground GlobalPalo Alto · $1M – $20M checksQatar Investment AuthorityDoha · since 2026Race CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $2M checksRapid ScaleLas VegasRiverbend CapitalWashingtonRogue Insight CapitalMarkhamS32Palo AltoSalesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2021Sands Capital VenturesArlington · $10M – $30M checks · since 2024SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo AltoSection 32Palo AltoSINEWAVE VENTURESSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checksSixth StreetSan Francisco · $50M – $2.5B checksSoftBank Vision FundLondonSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksStack CapitalTorontoStripesNew YorkSV AngelSan FranciscoT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2025Teachers' Venture GrowthToronto · $50M – $250M checksTemasekSingapore · since 2025Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2025Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2021Varanium Capital AdvisorsMumbaiWealthUnion$10K checks

Co-founders at Databricks

AGAli Ghodsi
Ali GhodsiCo-founder & CEO
IS
Ion StoicaExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
MZMatei Zaharia
Matei ZahariaExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
RXReynold Xin
Reynold XinFounder
AKAndy Konwinski
Andy KonwinskiFounder

Experience

  1. DatabricksCo-founder and VP of Engineeringcurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. UC BerkeleyPhD Student, Computer Science2011 — 2013
  3. Princeton University Department of Computer ScienceResearch Intern2009
  4. GoogleSoftware Engineering Intern2004 — 2007Mountain View, CA

Skills & more

Distributed Systems17Computer Science3Cloud Computing5Software Engineering9Algorithms1Machine Learning1ScalabilityASK MANMAN1Spark4Modeling1Hadoop10Python6
+12 moreMapReduceJavaLinuxSQLC++JavaScriptCPerlGitMySQLSubversionOpen Source

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Colleagues at Databricks Ventures

Alex Laterza
Advisor at Exceptional Ventures
Ali Ghodsi
Co-founder & CEO of Databricks
Andrew Krioukov
Founder and General Partner at Laude Ventures
Andy Kofoid
President, Databricks at Smith Point Capital
Andy Konwinski
Founder and General Partner at Laude Ventures
Ankit Mathur
Scout at Greylock Partners
Arsalan Tavakoli
Investor at Foundation Capital
Christina Farhat
Investor at E14 Fund

Frequently asked questions

Who is Patrick Wendell?
He left a computer science PhD program at UC Berkeley in 2013 to help start the company. Earlier, he was a research intern in Princeton University's computer science department and spent several years as a software engineering intern at Google.
Where does Patrick Wendell work?
Patrick Wendell is Founder of Databricks and Co-founder and VP of Engineering at Databricks Ventures.
What companies did Patrick Wendell found?
Patrick Wendell founded Databricks.
Where did Patrick Wendell go to school?
Patrick Wendell studied at University of California, Berkeley (Masters of Science, Computer Science); Princeton University (B.S.E., Computer Science); San Francisco University High School.

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