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Vijay Patel

Investor

Managing Partner at CVS Health Ventures

Boston, Massachusetts

Writes $100K checks · typically $100K

FoundedThyme Care

About

Vijay Patel is Managing Partner at CVS Health Ventures, where he leads the firm's venture investment program spanning LP investments, a corporate venture fund, a minority growth equity strategy, and a market development function focused on early-stage health care companies. He previously led CVS Health's Enterprise Business Development team, served on the company's COVID-19 Task Force, and joined its Boston Digital Innovation Lab in 2015 to build partnerships and investments in digital health and technology companies. Before CVS Health, he worked as an investment professional at H.I.G. Growth Partners and Bain Capital, and he holds a degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

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Invests in

Digital Health

Experience

  1. CVS HealthSenior Vice President CVS Health | Managing Partner, CVS Health Venturescurrent2026 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  2. CVS HealthManaging Partner, CVS Health Ventures | Vice President, CVS Healthcurrent2021 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  3. CVS HealthCo-Founder & Partner CVS Health Ventures | Enterprise Business Developmentcurrent2021 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  4. CVS HealthSenior Director Strategic Partnershipscurrent2019 — presentGreater Boston Area
  5. CVS HealthSenior Director, Strategic Partnerships & Innovation2018 — 2019Boston, MA
  6. CVS HealthDirector Strategic Partnerships & Innovation (Digital)2015 — 2018Boston, MA
  7. Nashville Health Care CouncilFellow2024
  8. H.I.G. Growth PartnersVice President2012 — 2015Greater Boston Area
  9. MIT Sloan School of ManagementMBA Class of 20122010 — 2012
  10. Daktari DiagnosticsMBA Intern2011 — 2012
  11. NikeSustainable Business & Innovation Lab (Corporate VC) Intern2011
  12. CVS Caremark CorporationSenior Analyst, Strategy & Corporate Development2009 — 2010
  13. Bain Capital | Sankaty AdvisorsAssociate2008 — 2009
  14. Bain Capital | Sankaty AdvisorsAnalyst2006 — 2008
  15. Oliver WymanSummer Consultant2005

Education

  1. MIT Sloan School of ManagementMBA, Business Administration and Management2010 — 2012
  2. University of PennsylvaniaBS Econ, BSE Systems Eng.2001 — 2005

Skills & more

Financial Analysis7Financial Modeling18Investment Management3Private Equity21Venture Capital26Healthcare2Due Diligence7Negotiation4Management9Doodling1Strategy40Finance1
+8 moreEntrepreneurshipCorporate DevelopmentLeadershipBusiness StrategyInvestmentsMergers & AcquisitionsValuationStrategic Partnerships

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Same school

Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management410

Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsChris MorrisProcess Specialist, Exit Readiness at Mayfair Equity PartnersBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorOlaInvestor at Investinor

+ 404 more

Also attended University of Pennsylvania607

Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution

+ 601 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Nashville Health Care Council2

Jon KaplanExecutive Venture Partner at Caduceus Capital PartnersBo BartholomewVenture Partner at Caduceus Capital Partners

Also worked at H.I.G. Growth Partners36

Tsendai ChagwederaPartner at EchoVC PartnersDavid CorreaChief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Marlin Equity PartnersAbdo John HajjFounder of AJH Investments, a private investment office built for long-duration ownership.Lani NguyenExecutive Assistant at Founders Circle CapitalRonald KuehlManaging Partner at FrontenacAmit SwaroopPrincipal at Halifax Group

+ 30 more

Also worked at MIT Sloan School of Management80

Isabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionNoubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringIsabelle TashimaSr. Associate at Volition CapitalAkanksha MehtaInvestor at TRANSFORMATION CAPITALStephen MarcusCo-Founder and General Partner at Riot VenturesGautam GuptaCo-Founder & Venture Partner at BA Capital

+ 74 more

Also worked at Nike59

Elizabeth PattersonOperating Partner at Sapphire VenturesCack WilhelmInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Sean BruichChief Technology Officer at Flare Capital PartnersShalanda ArmstrongManaging Partner at 100Km Ventures LlcArjun AroraInvestor at Streamlined VenturesNikhil SoaresAdvisor - Supply Chain at Augment Ventures

+ 53 more

Colleagues at CVS Health Ventures

Abby Maxius
Administrative Assistant at CVS Health Ventures
Alex James
Partner at CVS Health Ventures
Alex Ramos
Associate at CVS Health Ventures
Alyssa Reisner
Partner at CVS Health Ventures
Andrea Messina
Partner at CVS Health Ventures
Billy Greineisen
Principal at CVS Health Ventures
Camille Wiggins
Senior Analyst at CVS Health Ventures
Carter Prince
Partner at CVS Health Ventures

Network2

Christopher Male
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at AIF
Faraz Rahman
Associate at CVS Health Ventures

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