# Aaron Patzer

> Aaron Patzer is the founder and CEO of Vital, an AI-driven software company that helps hospitals cut emergency-room wait times, flag high-risk patients, and translate medical jargon into plain English. He first made his name building Mint.com, the free personal-finance app he started in 2006 and sold to Intuit for $170 million just two-plus years later. An engineer with degrees from Duke and Princeton, Patzer has spent his career turning intimidating, regulation-heavy industries into experiences ordinary people can actually understand - first money, now medicine.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Vital
- **Organizations:** Vital (Vital Software), Mint.com, Fountain.com, Intuit, Leonardo Software
- **From:** Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering, Duke University, MSEE, Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
- **Known for:** Founded Mint.com and sold it to Intuit for $170 million in 2009., Won the $50,000 grand prize at TechCrunch40 in 2007., Named to Inc. magazine's Top 30 Under 30 (2008).

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Worked as technical lead/architect at Nascentric; contributed to chip-design work tied to the PlayStation 3 cell microprocessor.
- **2006** — Founded Mint.com after becoming frustrated trying to manage his finances with Intuit's Quicken.
- **2007** — Mint won the $50,000 first prize at TechCrunch40.
- **2008** — Named to Inc. magazine's Top 30 Under 30.
- **2009** — Sold Mint.com to Intuit for $170 million, roughly two-plus years after founding.
- **2009** — Joined Intuit as Vice President of Product Innovation, tasked with improving Quicken.
- **2013** — Left Intuit; founded Leonardo Software and co-founded Fountain.com, an expert-on-demand app.
- **2015** — Fountain.com acquired by Porch.com; became a Porch product adviser.
- **2017** — Relocated to Auckland, New Zealand, and founded Vital Software.
- **2019** — Publicly launched Vital's ER management software; raised $5.2 million.
- **2024** — Named one of Slice of Healthcare's Top 35 Digital Health Leaders; Vital crossed 1,000,000 users.

## Achievements

- Founded Mint.com and sold it to Intuit for $170 million in 2009.
- Won the $50,000 grand prize at TechCrunch40 in 2007.
- Named to Inc. magazine's Top 30 Under 30 (2008).
- Grew Mint to 1.5 million users at acquisition (later 10M+ under Intuit).
- Founded Vital, now used by 100+ hospitals with over 1,000,000 patients served.
- Named one of Slice of Healthcare's Top 35 Digital Health Leaders for 2024.
- Holds roughly 10 filed or pending patents.

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Named one of Slice of Healthcare's Top 35 Digital Health Leaders for 2024.
- **2024-02** — Vital's ERAdvisor earned top marks in a KLAS Spotlight report.
- **2023-03** — Vital's most recent disclosed funding round (Series B), with reported latest funding of $24.7M and total funding around $51.1M.

## Links

- Website: https://vital.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apatzer
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/apatzer
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTYj6p_NRm8

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Last updated: 2026-06-20