Rishi Patel (US)

Rishi Patel is General Partner and Co-founder of Plus Eight Equity Partners, an early stage venturecapital firm launched in 2014 that has partnered with electronic music industry leaders to invest instartups at the intersection of entertainment & technology.

Previously, he worked 10 years as an investment banker on Wall Street advising corporations and privateequity groups on mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions amounting to over $12 billion. He hasworked at firms such as Morgan Stanley & Co., Perella Weinberg LP and Jefferies LLC, and has ledinvestments in companies such as Splice, LANDR and Endel. Rishi received his undergraduate degreefrom The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.