Amit A. Patel

Co-founder and Managing Partner at Owl Ventures · Joined 2014

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Biography

Amit A. Patel is Co-founder and Managing Partner of Owl Ventures. He began his career in education as founder of Personal Academic Trainers, a tutoring company, then helped build quality assurance and sales training programs at Mathnasium Learning Centers and served as Director of Technology at Success Academy Charter Schools in New York City. At Owl his investments include Codecademy, acquired by Skillsoft, WhiteHat Jr, acquired by Byju's, and current portfolio companies such as Apna, Panorama Education, and SplashLearn. He serves on the national board of the college affordability nonprofit uAspire. He holds a B.A. in Mathematical Economic Analysis from Rice University and a joint M.B.A. and M.A. in Education from Stanford's Graduate School of Business and Graduate School of Education.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

CodecademyWhiteHat JrApnaPanorama EducationSplashLearn

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2014
Co-founded Owl Ventures to invest exclusively in education technology.
2019
With his partners closed Owl's $315 million third fund.
2022
Helped close over $1 billion in new funds for global EdTech investing.

Sources & References

Owl Ventures team bio ↗Owl Ventures $1B funds press release (2022) ↗