# Peninsula Capital

> Peninsula Capital is a VC fund in Detroit backing Mobile and E-Commerce. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Detroit, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Dec 2013
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/peninsula-capital-partners/
- Website: http://www.peninsulafunds.com

Peninsula Capital is a VC fund in Detroit focused on Mobile and E-Commerce. Peninsula Capital Partners is an investment company specializing in subordinated debt and structured equity investments in superior middle-market companies. Through their management of four private limited partnerships, they control over $800 million of investment capital and have made dozens of investments in a wide range of industrial, consumerproducts, retail, food and distribution concerns.Founded in 1995 by its three senior partners, the Company is today owned entirely by its founders and senior management team members. Major investors include state and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, banks, funds-of-funds and wealth management firms. As their first three investment partnerships have been completely invested, they are currently focused on investing the $335 million of committed capital in Peninsula Fund IV.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.2M–$6M |
| Series C | $11M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 2 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 25% |
| Health Care | 2 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 13% |
| Internet | 1 | 13% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Series B | 3 | 38% |
| Series C | 2 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 38% |
| China | 2 | 25% |
| Ghana | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DENNIS A. MURPHY, CPA | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-a-murphy-cpa |
| Hector A. Bultynck | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hector-a-bultynck-cpa-cfa |
| James A. Illikman, CFA | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-a-illikman-cfa |
| JON P. KREMPEL, CFA | Director, Fund Administration | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-p-krempel-cfa |
| KARL E. LaPEER, P.E., CFA | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karl-e-lapeer-p-e-cfa |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rancard | Developer of Rendezvous social recommendations engine for online retail and places with an AI-powered Messenger bot. Rancard Inc., DE & CA (incorporated October 2016) is a startup subsidiary of Rancard Holdings, focused on Rendezvous, with its website socialrecommendations.com |  | Series B | Dec 11, 2013 |  |
| Axcient | Designed for today's always-on business, Axcient replaces legacy backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery software and hardware, and reduces the amount of expensivecopy data in an organization by as much as 80%.By mirroring an entire business in the cloud, Axcient makes it simple to access and restore data from any device, failover IT systems, and virtualize your entire office with a click - all from a single deduplicated copy.Trusted by thousands of businesses to store and protect more than 10 billion files and applications, Axcient maximizes productivity, reduces cost, and eliminates risk. | $6M | Series A | Sep 01, 2008 |  |
| 99Bill | 99Bill Corporation provides e-mail and mobile phone number based payment solutions. The company offers bank and prepaid card processing, account refilling, mass payment, data security, and online marketing services. Additionally, it provides automatic reload payment services for online gaming operations. The company partners with Bank of China,China UnionPay, CITIC Industrial Bank, Hua Xia Bank, NetEase, Ourgame, Kingsoft, and NetDragon. 99Bill Corporation was founded in 2005 and is based in Shanghai, China with additional offices in Beijing and Guangzhou, China. |  | Series B | Apr 26, 2006 |  |
| GlycoFi Inc. | GlycoFi is a biotech firm that develops biotherapeutics based on the glycan optimization technology. The firm aims to develop its own pipeline of therapeutic proteins and team with other drug-makers to develop products.GlycoFi has developed a protein manufacturing process using yeast-based glycolysation where the resulting proteins can beused in drug development.GlycoFi was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Lebanon, New Hampshire. As of June 6, 2006, GlycoFi, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Merck & Co. Inc. | $11M | Series C | Oct 09, 2005 |  |
| Baidu | Baidu is a search engine that enables individuals to obtain information and finds what they need. Baidu offers functional online search, Tieba community search, industry-based vertical search, mp3 search, portal channels, and instant messaging services. Its products include Baidu Webpage, Baidu Video, Baidu Map, hao123.com, BaiduPedia, Baidu Input,Baidu Toolbar, TTPlayer, Iqiyi, and Sky Software. | $15M | Series C | Jun 18, 2004 |  |
| Baidu | Baidu is a search engine that enables individuals to obtain information and finds what they need. Baidu offers functional online search, Tieba community search, industry-based vertical search, mp3 search, portal channels, and instant messaging services. Its products include Baidu Webpage, Baidu Video, Baidu Map, hao123.com, BaiduPedia, Baidu Input,Baidu Toolbar, TTPlayer, Iqiyi, and Sky Software. | $10M | Series B | Sep 01, 2000 |  |
| Wily Technology | Wily Technology, Inc. provides enterprise application management solutions. It serves various sectors, such as financial services, telecom, insurance, service, government, technology, media, healthcare, retail, industrial, transportation, and logistics. The company's products enable organizations to manage the health and availability of Webapplications and infrastructure. Its products include Introscope, a performance management solution; Customer Experience Manager, which provides views and alerts to detect customer transaction problems; Portal Manager, an enterprise portal management solution; and Web Services Manager, an end-to-end performance management for Web services. Wily Technology also offers professional and educational services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Brisbane, California, with additional offices in Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France. As of March 7, 2006, Wily Technology, Inc. is a subsidiary of CA, Inc. | $2.6M | Series A | Feb 25, 2000 |  |
| Baidu | Baidu is a search engine that enables individuals to obtain information and finds what they need. Baidu offers functional online search, Tieba community search, industry-based vertical search, mp3 search, portal channels, and instant messaging services. Its products include Baidu Webpage, Baidu Video, Baidu Map, hao123.com, BaiduPedia, Baidu Input,Baidu Toolbar, TTPlayer, Iqiyi, and Sky Software. | $1.2M | Series A | Feb 01, 2000 |  |

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## FAQ

### What does Peninsula Capital invest in?

Peninsula Capital invests primarily in Mobile, E-Commerce and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 8 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 Peninsula Capital's check size?

Peninsula Capital typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$6M at Series A and $11M–$15M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Peninsula Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Peninsula Capital?

Public channels for Peninsula Capital include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Peninsula Capital?

The team at Peninsula Capital includes DENNIS A. MURPHY, CPA (Vice President), Hector A. Bultynck (Partner) and James A. Illikman, CFA (Partner), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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