Peak 6
VC Fund
Chicago, United States
Peak 6 is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Financial Services and Software. PEAK6's first tech-based solution was developed in 1997 to optimize options trading and, over the past two decades, the same formula has been used across a range of industries, asset classes, and business stages to consistently deliver superior results. Today, PEAK6 seeks transformational opportunities to provide capital and strategic supportto entrepreneurs and forward-thinking businesses, helping to unlock potential and activate what is into what ought to be. PEAK6's core brands include PEAK6 Capital Management, Apex Clearing, National Flood Services, and Evil Geniuses.
- Total investments:
- 47
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 26%
- Last fund:
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Industries Peak 6 invests in
Stages Peak 6 invests in
Countries Peak 6 invests in
Contacts
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Jay Coppolleta
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Andrew Tourney
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Dan Perper
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David Budworth
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Geoffery Zhu
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 7 (15%)
- Software 6 (13%)
- FinTech 5 (11%)
- Finance 5 (11%)
- Biotechnology 5 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 12 (26%)
- Series B 6 (13%)
- Funding Round 6 (13%)
- Seed 4 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (4%)
Country
- United States 25 (53%)
- Germany 2 (4%)
- Singapore 1 (2%)
- Switzerland 1 (2%)
- United Kingdom 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Jay Coppolleta
Chief Corporate Development and Legal Officer
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Chief Corporate Development and Legal Officer | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Andrew Tourney
Chief Compliance Officer
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Chief Compliance Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Dan Perper
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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David Budworth
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Geoffery Zhu
Chief Knowledge Officer
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Chief Knowledge Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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TerraFirma
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TerraFirma develops software, autonomous robotics, and operational systems for earthworks and construction projects. Its platform supports construction planning, equipment orchestration, and job site operations using human-in-the-loop automation to improve excavation, grading, demolition, and other earthmoving activities. The company combinesAI-enabled software with robotics to assist construction teams in managing equipment and workflows. It also develops technologies intended to expand into other construction processes, including underground utilities, concrete, and structural steel. | $100M / Series A / Jul 14, 2026 | |
Venus Aerospace
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Venus Aerospace is a space company that provides an innovative approach to hypersonic transportation. Venus Aerospace is a startup aerospace company focused on engineering the future of hypersonic flight. We are making one-hour global transport possible to connect the world and make it safer.The company is an expert team of PhDs, rocketscientists, and engineers taking on the biggest challenges in aerospace at Mach 9 speed. The company also takes pride in being moms and dads, military veterans, and BBQ enthusiasts. | $91M / Series B / Jul 08, 2026 | |
Circuit
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Circuit offers a platform for feature extraction to streamline data preparation for AI and machine learning. | $30M / Series A / Jun 17, 2026 | |
Hydra Host
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Hydra Host is a tool that provides cross-cloud capabilities to deploy and host apps across public cloud and private cloud providers. In addition to cross-cloud capabilities, Hydra offers high-level advisory, as well as expert implementation work with bespoke service engagements catered to client priorities. Whether security, resilience, orscale-focused. | $100M / Series A / Jun 15, 2026 | |
Deep Infra
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DeepInfra is an AI inference cloud platform that enables developers and organizations to run machine learning models at scale through a unified API. The platform supports a wide range of capabilities, including large language models, vision processing, embeddings, image and video generation, and speech applications, allowing users to integratemultiple AI functions into their systems. It provides an OpenAI-compatible interface, which allows existing applications to switch endpoints with minimal code changes while accessing a large catalog of open-source models. DeepInfra manages the underlying infrastructure, including GPU resources and scaling, so users can deploy and operate AI workloads without handling complex system setup. The service is designed to facilitate production-level AI deployment by offering automated scaling, model hosting, and tools for integrating and running inference workloads efficiently. | $107M / Series B / May 04, 2026 | |
Eclypsium
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Eclypsium protects organizations from the foundation of their computing infrastructure upward, controlling the risk and stopping threats inside firmware of laptops, servers, and networking infrastructure. | $25M / Series C / Mar 19, 2026 | |
Apptronik
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Apptronik develops humanoid robots designed to operate alongside human workers and assist with physical tasks. The company focuses on creating general-purpose robotic systems that combine hardware, software, and AI to perform activities such as material handling, case picking, palletizing, and machine tending in industrial and logisticsenvironments. Its flagship product, the Apollo humanoid, is engineered to navigate spaces built for people and interact with existing tools and infrastructure. Apptronik also integrates robotic solutions through service and ownership models to support operational workflows. The company partners with technology and industrial firms to advance robot capabilities and real-world deployment. | $520M / Series A / Feb 11, 2026 | |
zerohash
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Zero Hash offers a post-trade settlement utility to bridge a fragmented market of diverse execution platforms. It supports a wide range of fiat and digital assets that can be combined into any product pair. Zero Hash combines this with an on-chain settlement for digital assets, which provides an independent ability to verify ownership via theblockchain.Zero Hash was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $104M / Series D / Sep 23, 2025 | |
Bruce Markets
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Bruce Markets is designed to provide seamless digital investor experiences. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 25, 2025 | |
dub
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Dub is a provider of a copy-trading platform for investment management. Its platform facilitates the users to mirror and invest in their fund-like portfolio. It allows experienced investors to earn money by increasing their followers and helps investors replicate the portfolios of emerging investment managers, hedge funds, or elected officials. Itsaffiliated broker-dealer, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and member FINRA, helps facilitate copy-trading, a fast-emerging investment practice suited to today’s investors. | $24.5M / Series A / May 01, 2025 | |
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FAQ
What does Peak 6 invest in?
Peak 6 invests primarily in Financial Services, Software and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 47 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Peak 6?
The team at Peak 6 includes Jay Coppolleta (Chief Corporate Development and Legal Officer), Andrew Tourney (Chief Compliance Officer) and Dan Perper (CEO), among 16 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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