Satya Patel

Silicon Valley
spatel@battery.com

Satya joined Battery in 2007 and focuses on the software, consumer Internet and digital media markets. He is on the board of Freewheel Media and Lotame, and is actively involved with Angie's List and Bazaarvoice. Prior to Battery, Satya spent several years at Google, most recently as Senior Product Manager. At Google, he helped to build the AdSense business through various partner development and product management activities. Before Google, Satya was a Senior Product Manager at DoubleClick, leading the company’s efforts in the search marketing business. Satya also worked on various product and operational initiatives for the DART adserving platform.

Earlier in his career, Satya was a Senior Associate at Impact Venture Partners, an early stage firm based in New York, where he focused on investments in the Internet software, services and media markets. Satya began his venture capital career at Geocapital Partners, a trans-Atlantic technology venture capital firm. Satya also worked for Monitor Company, the strategy consulting firm founded by Michael Porter, as a strategy consultant in its New York office. Satya is the co-inventor of 13 pending patents related to online advertising. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Finance from the Wharton School and a BA in Psychology from the College of Arts & Sciences. 

Visit Satya's blog at www.venturegeneratedcontent.com.