# Peak State Ventures

> Peak State Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 50 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 50
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peak-state-ventures/
- Website: http://www.peakstate.vc/

Peak State Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in the future of work, PropTech, and digital healthcare. It consists of entrepreneurs, operators, advisors, and investors with multiple successful exits looking for future category leaders. The firm will work with seed-stage entrepreneurs to bring a product to market and support a companythrough Series A+ rounds and later stages of growth and expansion. The firm was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 24% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 12% |
| SaaS | 5 | 10% |
| Real Estate | 5 | 10% |
| Internet | 4 | 8% |

110 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 30% |
| Series B | 13 | 26% |
| Series A | 10 | 20% |
| Series C | 4 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 38 | 76% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jason Freedman | General Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-freedman |
| Mac Dougherty | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mac-dougherty |
| Bryan Ciambella | Investor | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-ciambella-2 |
| George Cigale | Venture Partner, EdTech | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-cigale-2aa0 |
| George Cigale | Venture Partner, EdTech | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-cigale |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Swell | Swell takes care of mental health by providing Licensed therapists. | $1.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 21, 2025 |  |
| Double | Double is a software platform that helps users to build, automate, and analyze investment portfolio for retail investors. | $3.3M | Seed | May 01, 2024 |  |
| Betterleap | Coming Soon | $13M | Seed | Sep 18, 2023 |  |
| Pearpop | Pearpop is the marketplace for social collaborations between the teeming hordes of musicians, craftspeople, chefs, clowns, diarists, dancers, artists, actors, acrobats, aspiring celebrities, and actual celebrities. | $18M | Series A | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| Prenda | Prenda is an ed-tech company with the vision of helping young people learn technology in fun informal settings. It helps libraries and schools run code clubs weekly meetings where people work together to teach themselves computer programming. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. | $20M | Series B | Jun 13, 2022 |  |
| Scratchpad | Scratchpad is a workspace built for sales to update Salesforce and take sales notes and daily todos.The software can be installed as a Google Chrome plugin or as a web application. It connects to Salesforce and provides an interface where sales professionals can keep all their notes, process workflows, spreadsheets, and tasks. Scratchpad isbacked by Accel, Craft Ventures, Sound Ventures, and Shrug Capital.Co-founders Pouyan Salehi and Cyrus Karbassiyoon started the company in San Francisco, California in 2019. | $33M | Series B | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Laskie | We specialize in preventing leaders from constantly having to reinvent the wheel. | $6M | Seed | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Draft | Draft is a marketing company that provides content marketing, social media content, SEO, and content writing services. | $19M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Cloudthread | Cloudthread is a cloud analytics platform that helps developers create cost-effective apps. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $3M | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Steadily | Steadily provides property and liability insurance tailored for rental property owners and investors. The company focuses on simplifying the insurance process, offering various coverage options that address the specific needs of landlords. Steadily emphasizes a user-friendly platform, enabling customers to obtain quotes and manage their policiesefficiently. The services include comprehensive coverage for property damage, liability protection, and additional endorsements to enhance policy flexibility. By streamlining the insurance experience, Steadily aims to support property owners in safeguarding their investments effectively. | $22.6M | Series A | Nov 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 50 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [UpHonest Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uphonest-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [High Alpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-alpha-llc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AltaIR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altair) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Peak State Ventures invest in?

Peak State Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 50 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Peak State Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Peak State Ventures?

The team at Peak State Ventures includes Jason Freedman (General Partner), Mac Dougherty (Investor) and Bryan Ciambella (Investor), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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