Peter Beck
CEO, CTO, Founder @ Rocket Lab
Huntington Beach, United States
Peter Beck is a Series A investor at Rocket Lab in Huntington Beach focused on Software and Automotive. Peter Beck is based out of Huntington Beach, California, and is the founder, president, and chief executive officer of Rocket Lab. Peter has received the New Zealand EY Entrepreneur of the Year award.
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Peter Beck invests in
Stages Peter Beck invests in
Countries Peter Beck invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Series A
- $5.5M–$21M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (20%)
- Automotive 2 (20%)
- Manufacturing 2 (20%)
- Audio 1 (10%)
- AgTech 1 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (30%)
- Seed 1 (10%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (10%)
- Series B 1 (10%)
- Series C 1 (10%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Halter provides GPS-enabled collars and software that help farmers monitor and control cattle movement. Its system uses virtual fencing to guide animals without physical barriers, allowing users to manage grazing patterns and land use through a mobile interface. The platform collects data on animal location, behavior, and health indicators,supporting day-to-day farm operations and decision-making. Halter also enables remote shifting of herds, reducing the need for manual labor in moving livestock. Its services are used in agricultural settings to improve pasture utilization and streamline herd management processes. | $53.3M / Series C / Mar 30, 2023 | ||
| Partly develops digital infrastructure for the automotive parts industry, providing software, APIs, and AI models that support parts identification, procurement, and supply chain operations. Its platform standardizes communication and data exchange among participants in the parts ecosystem, helping businesses integrate parts information into theirexisting systems and workflows. The company offers both developer tools and pre-built applications that can be embedded into enterprise platforms or deployed as standalone solutions. Its products are used by automotive groups, repair businesses, dismantlers, and other organizations to manage inventory, pricing, ordering, and cataloging processes. Partly also develops industry-specific AI models designed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of parts-related operations. | $21M / Series A / Dec 12, 2022 | ||
| Dotterel is a company based in Auckland, New Zealand that develops noise reduction and audio recording technology for UAVs. They have been providing award-winning solutions for the screen industry, security/defence and noise mapping since 2015.Their company provides technology that passively makes UAVs quieter in noise sensitive applicationsIt also separately allows aerial audio recording directly from the UAV in real-time. This technology opens the use of UAVs in applications and industries where use was previously impossible due to their noise.Being a Techstars company, they develop solutions in partnership with various Universities. Their partners include The University of Auckland, University of NSW, University of Sydney and M.I.T. | $3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 23, 2022 | ||
| Foundry Lab is a digital metal casting company that develops microwave casting technology that makes same-day turnaround of metal castings possible. | $8M / Series A / Nov 29, 2021 | ||
| Partly develops digital infrastructure for the automotive parts industry, providing software, APIs, and AI models that support parts identification, procurement, and supply chain operations. Its platform standardizes communication and data exchange among participants in the parts ecosystem, helping businesses integrate parts information into theirexisting systems and workflows. The company offers both developer tools and pre-built applications that can be embedded into enterprise platforms or deployed as standalone solutions. Its products are used by automotive groups, repair businesses, dismantlers, and other organizations to manage inventory, pricing, ordering, and cataloging processes. Partly also develops industry-specific AI models designed to improve the accuracy and efficiency of parts-related operations. | $2.6M / Seed / Oct 12, 2021 | ||
| Halter provides GPS-enabled collars and software that help farmers monitor and control cattle movement. Its system uses virtual fencing to guide animals without physical barriers, allowing users to manage grazing patterns and land use through a mobile interface. The platform collects data on animal location, behavior, and health indicators,supporting day-to-day farm operations and decision-making. Halter also enables remote shifting of herds, reducing the need for manual labor in moving livestock. Its services are used in agricultural settings to improve pasture utilization and streamline herd management processes. | $23.1M / Series B / Apr 27, 2021 | ||
| Astrix Astronautics is a spaceship power transformation technology. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Apr 21, 2021 | ||
| Halter provides GPS-enabled collars and software that help farmers monitor and control cattle movement. Its system uses virtual fencing to guide animals without physical barriers, allowing users to manage grazing patterns and land use through a mobile interface. The platform collects data on animal location, behavior, and health indicators,supporting day-to-day farm operations and decision-making. Halter also enables remote shifting of herds, reducing the need for manual labor in moving livestock. Its services are used in agricultural settings to improve pasture utilization and streamline herd management processes. | $17.7M / Series B / Apr 01, 2020 | ||
| Halter provides GPS-enabled collars and software that help farmers monitor and control cattle movement. Its system uses virtual fencing to guide animals without physical barriers, allowing users to manage grazing patterns and land use through a mobile interface. The platform collects data on animal location, behavior, and health indicators,supporting day-to-day farm operations and decision-making. Halter also enables remote shifting of herds, reducing the need for manual labor in moving livestock. Its services are used in agricultural settings to improve pasture utilization and streamline herd management processes. | $5.5M / Series A / Jun 22, 2018 | ||
| Halter provides GPS-enabled collars and software that help farmers monitor and control cattle movement. Its system uses virtual fencing to guide animals without physical barriers, allowing users to manage grazing patterns and land use through a mobile interface. The platform collects data on animal location, behavior, and health indicators,supporting day-to-day farm operations and decision-making. Halter also enables remote shifting of herds, reducing the need for manual labor in moving livestock. Its services are used in agricultural settings to improve pasture utilization and streamline herd management processes. | Series A / Oct 26, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is a space, building rockets and spacecraft that make it easier to get to orbit and to do amazing things there. Rocket Lab provides end-to-end mission services that provide frequent and reliable access to space for civil, defense, and commercial markets. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Rocket Lab designs and manufactures theElectron launch vehicles and Photon satellite platform and is developing the Neutron launch vehicle. Since its first orbital launch in January 2018, Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and has delivered 105 satellites to orbit for private and public sector organizations, enabling operations in national security, scientific research, space debris mitigation, Earth observation, climate monitoring, and communications. Rocket Lab has two launch sites, including a private orbital launch site located in New Zealand, and a second launch site in Virginia, USA expected to be operational by the end of 2021. Rocket Lab’s Photon spacecraft platform has been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as the first private commercial mission to Venus.
Rocket Lab Contacts
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Lachlan Matchett
VP - Propulsion
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Lars Hoffman
SVP - Global Launch Services
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Shane Fleming
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Shaun O'Donnel
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Adam Spice
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FAQ
What does Peter Beck invest in?
Peter Beck invests primarily in Software, Automotive and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Peter Beck invest in?
Peter Beck typically joins rounds of $5.5M–$21M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Peter Beck's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Peter Beck took part in.
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When did Peter Beck last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Peter Beck closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 10 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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