# Peter Beck

> Peter Beck is a Series A investor in Huntington Beach backing Software and Automotive. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Huntington Beach, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://nz.linkedin.com/pub/peter-beck/b/b63/ab7

Peter Beck is a Series A investor 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4.9M–$21M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| Automotive | 2 | 20% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 20% |
| Audio | 1 | 10% |
| AgTech | 1 | 10% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 30% |
| Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Halter | 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 | 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 Technologies | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Astrix Astronautics is a spaceship power transformation technology. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Apr 21, 2021 |  |
| Halter | 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 | 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. | $4.9M | Series A | Jun 22, 2018 |  |
| Halter | 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 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

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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 is Peter Beck's check size?

Peter Beck typically joins rounds of $4.9M–$21M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Peter Beck participates in.

### 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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