# Ash Patel

> Ash Patel is a seed investor at E12 Ventures backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [E12 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e12-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patelash
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ash_patel
- Website: https://about.me/ash_patel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patel.ash

Ash Patel is a seed investor at E12 Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Ash Patel is the Founding Partner and Co-Managing Partner of E12 Ventures. He previously worked at Savioke as a Board Member. Ash Patel attended King's College London.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 30% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 26% |
| Internet | 4 | 17% |
| Cloud Computing | 4 | 17% |
| PaaS | 3 | 13% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 65% |
| Angel | 3 | 13% |
| Series A | 2 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| QDC.ai | QDC combines state-of-the-art Theoretical Computer Science and Quantum-Inspired Algorithms, leveraging the latest research from computational physics and quantum computing. Our product VeloXQ is a cloud-based Middleware designed to solve today’s hardest combinatorial optimization problems. Customers plug us into their data pipeline, and we providethem with real time analytics, simulations and actionable data. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| TENYX | Tenyx is a next generation of voice-based intelligent technologies using its patented AI technology. | $15M | Seed | May 10, 2022 |  |
| Spect | Spect is a data science company and the leading provider of end-to-end eye disease screening solutions. Our mission is to prevent blindness with the early detection of eye disease and to build a platform for healthcare data analytics. Since the eye is *the Check Engine Light of the Body*™, it serves as a key predictor of eye diseases such asdiabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, as well as whole-body diseases, such as stroke, Parkinson's, and more. Our AI-enabled telemedicine platform trains medical assistants and renders a diagnostic report in minutes. We fill a critical healthcare gap for patients and clinics while delivering best-in-class service and financial outcomes.For more information, visit: www.getspect.com or email us at info@getspect.com. | $3.5M | Seed | Nov 30, 2021 |  |
| DigiSure | DigiSure is aiming to be the global leader in trust, safety and insurance for digital businesses, beginning with mobility marketplaces, so they can deliver seamless insurance experiences, lower their costs and keep their customers safe. We exist to put more power and control over a portion of the $1.6 trillion in property & casualty (P&C)insurance premiums spent annually directly into the hands of the people who know their businesses and customers best. Our vision is to use connected data and automation to transform risk management to make it more transparent and responsive, similar to how the internet and mobile changed commerce and advertising. We do this by infusing data-enabled intelligence and automation technology into everything we build, all the while delivering a customer experience that is second to none.Founded in 2018 by veterans of leading insurance, mobility and sharing economy companies, DigiSure is working to reimagine insurance for future mobility to create a safer, more secure and climate friendly world. The Company is based in San Francisco and maintains a global footprint. For more information visit, www.digisure.ai. | $13.1M | Seed | Aug 19, 2021 |  |
| Global Predictions | Global Predictions provides AI-driven investment forecasting and portfolio management tools for self-directed investors, family offices, and financial institutions. The company operates an SEC-registered internet-based advisory platform that connects client portfolios to macroeconomic conditions. Its technology stack includes an Economic InsightsEngine, recommendation engine, global knowledge graph, and forecasting system that analyze thousands of economic time series. Users can link brokerage, retirement, real estate, and crypto accounts to view their net worth, identify risks, and receive portfolio-specific recommendations and optimization. Institutional users access forecasting data and portfolio analytics through APIs and dedicated software offerings. | $2M | Seed | Jul 19, 2021 |  |
| Headroom | Headroom is a virtual meeting interface that empowers people to do what they do best -- form relationships, think creatively, solve problems -- while letting AI take care of the rest. | $5M | Seed | Oct 08, 2020 |  |
| Lucid Lane Inc. | Lucid Lane is a telehealth provider specializing in mental health, medication dependence and substance use disorders. Lucid Lane allows you to connect with our professional counselors in a safe and private environment | $4M | Seed | May 12, 2020 |  |
| Spect | Spect is a data science company and the leading provider of end-to-end eye disease screening solutions. Our mission is to prevent blindness with the early detection of eye disease and to build a platform for healthcare data analytics. Since the eye is *the Check Engine Light of the Body*™, it serves as a key predictor of eye diseases such asdiabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, as well as whole-body diseases, such as stroke, Parkinson's, and more. Our AI-enabled telemedicine platform trains medical assistants and renders a diagnostic report in minutes. We fill a critical healthcare gap for patients and clinics while delivering best-in-class service and financial outcomes.For more information, visit: www.getspect.com or email us at info@getspect.com. |  | Seed | Sep 12, 2017 |  |
| MegaBots | MegaBots, Inc., uses cutting-edge robotics technology to create the giant piloted fighting robots of science fiction, videogames and movies. These robots fight in epic-scale arena combat the likes of which the world has never seen before.MegaBots are 15-foot-tall, internally piloted humanoid robots that fire cannonball-sized paintballs at eachother at speeds of over 120 miles per hour. As the robots battle, armor panels chear off and litter the field, smoke and sparks pour out of the chassis, massive robotic limbs tear off, and robots crumple to the ground until only one is left standing. | $2.4M | Seed | May 10, 2016 |  |
| VIMOC Technologies | VIMOC Technologies, Inc. has developed the world's first open platform for the Understanding of Things (UoT) that enables citizens, businesses and cities to gather knowledge and learn so that they might better understand how to manage and optimize the way by which they work and live. The Internet of Things is about connecting the world;VIMOC's Landscape Computing network is about understanding it. By deploying sensors near the edge of the network, cities, communities and enterprises can gather intelligence to better manage resources based on human behavior.VIMOC Technologies is a developer of an open platform designed to gather knowledge and learn in order to better understand how to manage and optimize the way people work and live. The company's IoT based platform executes deep learning neural networks and cloud component communicates with the embedded computing nodes to authenticate and collect the intelligence produced by this network enabling citizens, businesses and cities with intelligence for smart applications requiring real-time decision making capabilities. |  | Seed | Feb 08, 2016 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-cloud-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [10x Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10xgroup) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Meyer Keith](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meyer-keith) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About E12 Ventures

VC Fund

E12 Ventures is a new venture capital firm ,subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and Morado Ventures LLC.

3 contacts available at E12 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ash Patel | Founding Partner and Co-Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashvin-patel |
| Aya Runderkamp | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aya-runderkamp |
| Sunao Nishimura | Founding Partner, Co-Managing Partner, and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunao-nishimura-5554 |

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## FAQ

### What does Ash Patel invest in?

Ash Patel invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ash Patel's check size?

Ash Patel typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$13M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ash Patel participates in.

### When did Ash Patel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ash Patel closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 23 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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