Veda Patel
Investor
Veda Patel is an investor at Conductive Ventures with a robust background in finance and strategy roles across healthcare and technology. She has a keen interest in transformative solutions and is committed to helping scrappy, mission-driven founders reshape industries and deliver impactful change.
Veda has always been driven by a passion for making a meaningful difference. Growing up, she was fascinated by how innovation was solving real-world problems, particularly in healthcare, where better solutions could improve lives at scale. This interest has led her to a career that blends finance, strategy and technology - ultimately guiding her to venture capital, where she now helps founders push the boundaries of what’s possible.
Before joining Conductive, Veda worked at Verily Life Sciences, Google’s healthcare and life sciences subsidiary, where she led FP&A and strategic finance for the medical devices portfolio. She collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive corporate development, go-to-market strategy and financial planning.
Veda started her career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in San Francisco, focusing on M&A within the Technology, Media and Telecommunications group. While there, she worked closely with high-growth internet, software and cybersecurity companies gaining deep insights into what it takes to scale disruptive businesses.
Veda has a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.
