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Payal Patel

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Chief of Staff at Dsider
📍 New York, New York, United States

Payal is a fractional Chief of Staff for two startups, Dsider and Senslytics, and an angel investor focused on early-stage technology. With a background in management consulting and an MBA from London Business School, she specializes in strategy, fundraising, and go-to-market for climatech and wellness companies.

She is passionate about building communities and connecting people, which she views as solving a puzzle. Payal has a history of volunteering for childrens charities like Make-A-Wish and co-founded a non-profit chapter for St. Jude. While at London Business School, she led the Womens Touch Rugby Club.

She gave a TEDx talk on the concept of a "Financial Finish Line" to encourage a holistic definition of happiness beyond material wealth.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Chief of Staff
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New York, New York, United States
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Climatech Innovation
As an Entrepreneur in Residence at Energy Tech Nexus, she is passionate about building a community for the next generation of scaling climatech startups.
Startup Mentorship
Leverages her 15+ years of experience to advise founders on strategy and fundraising, previously winning a "Mentor of the Year" award at Texas A&M University.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Chief of Staff
Dsider
10-2024
Chief of Staff
Senslytics Corporation
1-2024
Entrepreneur in Residence / Fellow
Energy Tech Nexus
1-2020
Member
Global Women in VC
Founder
Patel It Like It Is Ventures
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Education
2010 - 2012
MBA
London Business School
BBA & M.S.
Texas A&M University
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