Patrick Salyer

AI, Enterprise

“People matter most. I wake up every day with a mission to create trusted, lifelong relationships with entrepreneurs and do whatever it takes to help them achieve their life’s calling.”

Patrick invests in the AI and Enterprise software sector. He believes people matter most, and his investment philosophy starts with building trusted relationships with founders. He helps entrepreneurs by coaching on the CEO growth journey, company building, and go to market strategy.

Patrick brings more than a decade of enterprise leadership experience to Mayfield. He is the former CEO of Mayfield portfolio company Gigya, customer identity and access management leader, which was acquired by SAP. As a first-time CEO who built Gigya into a successful enterprise company, he brings a company building playbook which can serve as a model for entrepreneurs. His operational expertise includes successfully navigating multiple product pivots, establishing a new market category, and scaling to more than $100M ARR and hundreds of employees. He has proven go-to-market expertise, having built global inside and field sales models, and achieved high growth rates.

Patrick holds a BA from Harvard University.

Education

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Founder

CEO, GIGYA

Acquired by SAP

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Investments

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NASDAQ: BASE | Partnered Early
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Partnered at Inception
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Media Downloads

News & Insights

Portfolio News
08.2024
DocketAI Raises $15 Million Series A Funding From Mayfield and Foundation Capital for an AI Teammate that Supercharges Revenue Teams
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Blog
11.2023
LLM-powered Developer Automation
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Founder Stories
06.2023
Founding Voices: Clarity Creates Competence
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Portfolio News
05.2023
Vartana lands a $20M investment to scale its sales closing platform
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Mayfield News
05.2023
Announcing $955 Million Across Two New Venture Funds
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Blog
04.2023
How to pitch me: 5 investors discuss what they’re looking for in April 2023 | TechCrunch
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Portfolio News
01.2023
Partnering with Vartana to Power Frictionless B2B Sales Closing & Financing
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Blog
11.2022
The Modern Identity Stack: Startup Opportunities in the $80B Identity Market
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Blog
10.2022
How BigPanda is Delivering on the Promise of AI and Automation
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Blog, Portfolio News
05.2022
Unfinished Business: Partnering with the Gigya team again to fix login & registration once and for all
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Portfolio Viewpoint
01.2022
AIOps Leader BigPanda Raises $190 Million at a $1.2 Billion Valuation
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Blog
05.2021
API Stack: The Billion Dollar Opportunities Redefining Infrastructure, Services & Platforms
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Blog
07.2024
ZoomInfo alum raises $15M for startup that builds AI sales engineers
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