# Erik Peterson

> Erik Peterson is a seed investor at DormTrader (Chicago) backing Software and SaaS. See 60 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DormTrader](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dormtrader)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 60
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/companygardener/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/companygardener

Erik Peterson is a seed investor at DormTrader in Chicago focused on Software and SaaS. Erik Peterson is the Founder at DormTrader.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $150k–$4.5M |
| Series A | $4M–$20M |
| Equity Crowdfunding | $69k–$4.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 13% |
| SaaS | 7 | 12% |
| Mobile | 6 | 10% |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 8% |

150 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 33% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 20 | 33% |
| Series A | 5 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 53 | 88% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Algeria | 1 | 2% |
| South Korea | 1 | 2% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Altay Therapeutics | 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 | Abalone Bio develops pharmacologically antibody drugs to successfully treat metaolic and inflammatory diseases where other drugs fail | $1.2M | Seed | Mar 16, 2020 |  |
| Hideout | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Capiche | 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 | 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 | 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. |  | Seed | Jun 27, 2019 |  |
| The Essential | 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 | InnerSpace is the fastest way to transform your business and power the hybrid workplace strategy. Delivering the world’s most accurate WiFi-based indoor location data, the company gives Fortune 500 clients unparalleled insight into how people use their space and create innovative solutions that drive revenue and improve operations in their SmartBuildings. The scalable and cost-effective platform includes an easy-to-use API, out-of-the-box analytics, and workflow initiation solutions with real-time experience driving behavior change, improve efficiency and drive outcomes. There is opportunity in every square foot. Innerspace.io | $2.3M | Seed | Mar 18, 2019 |  |

10 of 60 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [StartEngine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/start-engine) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [FundersClub](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundersclub) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-collective) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About DormTrader

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

DormTrader is a Facebook application that calls itself a "campus marketplace and social library."

1 contacts available at DormTrader.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Erik Peterson | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-peterson |

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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 60 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.

### When did Erik Peterson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Erik Peterson closed in Mar 2020. Shizune tracks 60 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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