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Sandesh Patnam

Director at CScale. Also a board member at Cellanome and a director at Writer.

DirectorRoles at 3 startups
Updated Nov 10, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 1, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Sandesh Patnam

Sandesh Patnam is a director at CScale.

Form D filings also name Sandesh Patnam as a board member at Cellanome and a director at Writer.

Sandesh Patnam first appears on SEC filings in 2024.

Experience

This experience comes from Sandesh Patnam's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Sandesh Patnam in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

CScale, Inc. Current
Director
2026 – Present · Palo Alto, CA
CScale develops optical connections for AI infrastructure operators.
Upscale AI Current
Board Member
2026 – Present
Rhoda AI Current
Board Member
2026 – Present
Clockwork Systems, Inc. Current
Board Observer
2026 – Present
Applied Intuition Current
Investor
2025 – Present
Runway Current
Investor
2025 – Present
Cellanome, Inc. Current
Board Member
2024 – Present · Foster City, CA
Cellanome makes a live-cell analysis platform for biological researchers.
Writer, Inc. Current
Director
2024 – Present · San Francisco, CA
Baseten Current
Investor and Advisor
2024 – Present
Amagi Corporation Current
Board Member
2024 – Present
Hippocratic AI Current
Board Observer
2024 – Present
poolside Current
Investor and Advisor
2024 – Present
EvenUp Current
Board Observer
2024 – Present
Hugging Face Current
Investor
2024 – Present
Canva Current
Investor
2024 – Present
Navan Current
Board Member
2022 – Present
Outreach Current
Board Member
2021 – Present
Cohesity Current
Board Member
2020 – Present
Signifyd Current
Board Member
2018 – Present
Premji Invest - US Current
Managing Partner
2014 – Present

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Sandesh Patnam works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

CScale, Inc. · Form D, Oct 1, 2026
ML
Martin Lund
CEO and director
SK
Sanjai Kohli
Founder/CTO and director
GB
Gavin Baker
Director
Cellanome, Inc. · Form D, Jun 22, 2026
MK
Mostafa Ronaghi
Mostafa Ronaghi
Cofounder, Executive Board Member
Omead Ostadan
Omead Ostadan
CEO, Board Member
Rowan Chapman
Rowan Chapman
Board Member
Jay Flatley
Jay Flatley
Chairman
Writer, Inc. · Form D, Nov 21, 2024
WB
WA
Waseem Alshikh
Executive officer and director
MH
May Habib
CEO and director
RT
Robert Toews
Director
JS
J Stein
Director
DP
Doug Pepper
Director

Sources

  1. SECCScale, Inc. Form D, filed Oct 1, 2026
  2. SECCellanome, Inc. Form D, filed Jun 22, 2026
  3. SECWriter, Inc. Form D, filed Nov 21, 2024