Erik Peterson
Angel Investor
Chicago, United States
Erik Peterson is a seed investor in Chicago focused on Software and SaaS. Erik Peterson is the Founder at DormTrader.
- Total investments:
- 65
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Erik Peterson invests in
Stages Erik Peterson invests in
Countries Erik Peterson invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $150k–$4.5M
- Series A
- $4M–$20M
- Equity Crowdfunding
- $69k–$4.9M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 8 (12%)
- SaaS 7 (11%)
- Mobile 6 (9%)
- Biotechnology 6 (9%)
- E-Commerce 5 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 21 (32%)
- Equity Crowdfunding 21 (32%)
- Series A 5 (8%)
- Funding Round 4 (6%)
- Angel 3 (5%)
Country
- United States 53 (82%)
- Canada 1 (2%)
- Algeria 1 (2%)
- South Korea 1 (2%)
- The Netherlands 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altay Therapeutics is a biotech company focused on finding and discovering small molecule therapies for chronic inflammatory conditions. It is currently focused on finding curative therapies for fibrosis, NASH, and liver cancer. It develops novel small molecule drugs against transcriptional regulators that are validated drivers of disease. It wasfounded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $150K / Seed / Mar 16, 2020 | ||
| Abalone Bio develops pharmacologically antibody drugs to successfully treat metaolic and inflammatory diseases where other drugs fail | $1.2M / Seed / Mar 16, 2020 | ||
| Hideout makes high-quality food that is available for delivery. Danielle Sobel established the company in Los Angeles, California. | $150K / Pre-Seed / Mar 16, 2020 | ||
| C16 Biosciences is a biotechnology firm that uses microbiology to brew sustainable alternatives to palm oil.Utilizing its exclusive platform, the company is generating innovative ingredients without concessions for top global consumer goods manufacturers. Recently, they introduced the Palmless™ platform for sustainable ingredients, along withtheir inaugural biodesigned ingredient, Torula oil—a premium bioactive oil with clinically proven benefits for enhancing skin and hair health. | $20M / Series A / Mar 02, 2020 | ||
| Flower Turbines develops small vertical axis wind turbines that produce low noise and are cost-effective. It produces clean energy from any direction, while still allowing people to live and work next to it. Its patented technologies enable to fill a large and important role in the energy transition with the potential of billions of dollars ofsales. Flower Turbines has multiple innovations that change preconceptions about the role of small vertical axis drag-type wind turbines in the transition to clean energy.Flower Turbines took over in 2013 and was founded by Daniel Farb. | $1.1M / Equity Crowdfunding / Dec 03, 2019 | ||
| Software's confusing—but it shouldn't be. The industry that democratized information should be the most transparent, the easiest to decode. So we're building a community of people who care about software to do that together. Somewhere where we can hold our industry to a higher standard. We’re on a mission to end information asymmetryin business software. This starts with price transparency. And then, we're building a living repository of software knowledge—guides, reviews, documentation, and more built from what we've all learned using software on the job. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Oct 01, 2019 | ||
| 54gene is a healthcare startup unlocking the African genome to fuel genetic research and development that may lead to new discoveries and benefit all populations.54gene was founded in 2019 by Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong to address the significant gap in the global genomics market: Nearly 90% of genetic material used in pharmaceutical research iscaucasian. Only 2% is African, despite the fact that Africans and people of African ancestry are more genetically diverse than all other world populations combined. As a result, pharmaceutical research and development is lacking the diverse data that may hold the key to medical discoveries and new healthcare solutions. | $4.5M / Seed / Jul 02, 2019 | ||
| Yassir is a transportation service that utilizes a mobile app to enable users to book drivers and travel safely.The company's app locates local drivers that provide on-demand convenience and food delivery, allowing Algerians to travel anywhere they want and get food delivered on-demand.Founded in 2016 by Amel Delli, El Mahdi Yettou,Mustapha Baha, and Noureddine Tayebi and is based in Algiers, Alger, Algeria. | $13M / Seed / Jun 27, 2019 | ||
| Formerly known as Move (shopmove.co) The Essential is e-commerce 2.0. We sell the single best version of all your essentials. At the best price possible. | Equity Crowdfunding / Jun 27, 2019 | ||
| InnerSpace is a space utilization platform that helps large enterprises make smarter decisions about using corporate real estate. Our powerful technology leverages a company's existing Wi-Fi infrastructure to provide unrivaled, multi-dimensional data without all the cost and effort needed for traditional sensor-based systems. | $2.4M / Seed / Mar 18, 2019 | ||
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FAQ
What does Erik Peterson invest in?
Erik Peterson invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Equity Crowdfunding stage. Most of the 65 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Erik Peterson's check size?
Erik Peterson typically joins rounds of $150k–$4.5M at Seed, $4M–$20M at Series A and $69k–$4.9M at Equity Crowdfunding. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Erik Peterson participates in.
How do I contact Erik Peterson?
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When did Erik Peterson last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Erik Peterson closed in Mar 2020. Shizune tracks 65 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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