Vijay Patel

Founder at CVS Health Ventures Management LLC

Finance

Consumer Services

Profile

VJ Patel is Partner & Co-Founder of CVS Health Ventures and Senior Director of Business Development, for CVS Health.
In his role, he is responsible for proactively identifying and executing opportunities across the enterprise through strategic partnerships and investments.
Patel joined the company’s Boston Digital Innovation Lab in 2015 where he led CVS’ efforts to develop strategic partnerships with and investments in digital health and technology companies.
Patel structured CVS’s first set of connected health and price transparency partnerships.
He also founded the CVS Digital Leadership Program to attract and retain early career talent.
Patel earned his bachelor’s degree from the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Previous to CVS, he worked as an investment professional at H.I.G.
Growth Partners and Bain Capital.

Vijay Patel active positions

Companies	Position	Start
CVS Health Ventures Management LLC CVS Health Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance CVS Health Ventures Management LLC (CVS Health Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of CVS Health Corp. founded in 2021 by Jason Hawbecker, Vijay Patel. The firm is headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.	Founder	2021-08-31

All active positions of Vijay Patel

Former positions of Vijay Patel

Companies	Position	End
H.I.G. Growth Partners LLC H.I.G. Growth Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance H.I.G. Growth Partners LLC (High Growth Partners) is a private equity/venture capital firm, a subsidiary of H.I.G. Ventures LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W. Mnaymneh and Anthony A. Tamer. H.I.G. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Private Equity Investor	2012-04-29

See the detail of Vijay Patel's experience

Training of Vijay Patel

University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education	Undergraduate Degree
MIT Sloan School of Management	Graduate Degree

Experiences
Positions held

Active

Inactive

Listed companies

Private companies

See the detail of Vijay Patel's experience

Connections

1st degree connections

1st degree companies

Male

Female

Members of the board

Executives

See the personal network

Linked companies

Private companies	2
CVS Health Ventures Management LLC CVS Health Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance CVS Health Ventures Management LLC (CVS Health Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of CVS Health Corp. founded in 2021 by Jason Hawbecker, Vijay Patel. The firm is headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.	Finance
H.I.G. Growth Partners LLC H.I.G. Growth Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance H.I.G. Growth Partners LLC (High Growth Partners) is a private equity/venture capital firm, a subsidiary of H.I.G. Ventures LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W. Mnaymneh and Anthony A. Tamer. H.I.G. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Finance

See company connections