Celebrating Aakash Patel, RAC’s Newest Partner

On behalf of RAC, I am thrilled to congratulate Aakash Patel on his well-earned promotion to Partner!

With an impressive background and degrees in Neuroscience and Computer Science from Oberlin College, Aakash joined RAC nearly a decade ago as part of our founding team. Since then, he has been instrumental in shaping our growth. His dedication, vision, and leadership have helped fuel our expansion and deepened our impact in the market.

We are also reminded of how far we have come over the past nine years. When Aakash started, we were a team of three working out of New York City. We were making investments from an initial $50M fund and primarily focused on growth lending.

Today, RAC has grown to a team of 15, spanning New York, Cologne, and San Francisco. We are now investing out of our third growth lending fund and our second growth equity fund. We have also built a robust Acceleration Program, providing portfolio companies with hands-on support and growth resources, including an in-house recruiting function, our Riverside Revenue Acceleration System (Scale IQ), extensive toolkit partners, and a strategic advisory board of distinguished subject matter experts.

As of today*, we have invested over $310 million across 80 growth-stage software companies. Aakash has been directly involved in nearly $250 million of that invested capital.

Aakash’s contributions to RAC’s success have been immeasurable, and we are excited for the continued leadership and impact he will bring as a Partner.

Congratulations, Aakash, and thank you for everything you’ve done for RAC!

*As of 04/10/2025. For illustrative purposes only. All prior investment experience should not be relied upon as an indication of how Riverside Acceleration Capital will perform or the types of investments Riverside Acceleration Capital will make in the future.