Hey, my name is Shaan Patel.

I’m a Bay Area native (born and raised) and graduated from Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose, CA.

From there, I headed off to the midwest to attend Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana, where I studied finance and learned what a boilermaker is. During my sophomore summer, I interned at a venture studio called Fountane, helping pre-seed startups like StayNow refine their strategies and raise funding.

I got my first taste of entrepreneurship six months later when I built Data Powered Sports, consumer betting software that identified Positive Expected Value (+EV) bets by pinning Daily Fantasy Sports apps like PrizePicks & Underdog Fantasy against traditional player prop markets like DraftKings and FanDuel. Also tried creating other tools internally for correlation, hedging, and difference. 1,500+ in our Discord, 5,500 followers on X, and 35M impressions.

After Data Powered Sports, I built PokeAlertz, a Discord-based notification system that used Python bots and APIs to alert avid Pokemon collectors of Pokémon TCG restocks in real time. I grew it to 500+ members by pulling from Reddit communities, themed the bots around Pokémon characters like Team Rocket for a playful feel, and ran everything autonomously on Google Cloud. Improved technical skills and use of AI, but was never able to scale it up.

Outside of work, my hobbies come and go. Lately, I’ve gotten back into reading, watching NBA basketball, working out (s/o the Ladder app), and cooking. In the past, I’ve enjoyed playing the drums, creating graphic design, and strategy games like Clash Royale (was a top player in North America).