Aaron Patzer

Aaron Patzer (born November 20, 1980) is an Internet entrepreneur. in electrical engineering.

Mint.com After a number of engineering positions and Internet startups, Patzer founded Mint.com in March 2006,

Patzer developed the full alpha version of Mint.com (in Java J2EE and MySQL) in 2006 before he met Josh Kopelman (founder of half.com) and Rob Hayes at a STIRR dinner in the fall of 2006. The meeting led to funding, and Patzer launched Mint.com at the TechCrunch40 conference a year later, in September 2007, winning the $50,000 first prize. In September 2008, Patzer was listed in Inc. magazine's Top 30 Under 30.

On September 14, 2009, Intuit announced that it would buy Mint.com for US$170 million. According to TechCrunch, Patzer was criticized in the startup industry for selling the company for too little. At the time of the announced sale, Mint.com had an estimated 1.5 million users. Mint had over 10 million users as of mid-2012.

Intuit After the sale of Mint, Patzer joined Intuit as VP Product Innovation In 2011 he was working on a new personal transportation system, splitting his time between the new venture and his position at Intuit.

Leonardo and Fountain.com Patzer founded Leonardo Software Inc. in September 2013.

In 2013, Patzer launched Fountain.com along with Jean Sini, CTO. The software aims to connect users to any expert on mostly any topic for free via smartphones. In early 2015, the software focused solely on home and garden issues.

Vital Software In January 2017, Patzer relocated to Auckland, New Zealand, to start Vital Software Ltd. Vital is said to "bring that consumer-focused mindset to emergency rooms and hospitals to help them organize patient flow." In 2019, Vital raised $5.2 million in funding, launching on April 24, with Patzer as CEO.

Personal life In 2015 Patzer had a residence in San Francisco. He had a house in New Zealand as of 2018, where he had also purchased a farm.