Vijay Patel

Managing Partner

Vijay Patel is the Vice President and Managing Partner of CVS Health Ventures. Vijay leads CVS Health’s venture investment program, which encompasses limited partner investments, a dedicated corporate venture fund, minority growth equity strategy and a market development function that partners with high-potential, early-stage companies.

Prior to his current role, Vijay led the Enterprise Business Development team and was a member of the CVS Health COVID-19 Task Force responsible for structuring partnerships to support testing and vaccination efforts. He joined the company’s Boston Digital Innovation Lab in 2015, where he led our efforts to develop strategic partnerships with investments in digital health and technology companies. Vijay also founded the CVS Digital Leadership Program to attract and retain early career talent.

Prior to joining CVS Health, Vijay worked as an investment professional at H.I.G. Growth Partners and Bain Capital.

Vijay earned a 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.