# Peter Benson

> Peter Benson is a pre-seed investor at Sunstone Life Science Ventures backing Travel and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sunstone Life Science Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunstone-capital-life-science)
- Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-benson/0/167/57

Peter Benson is a pre-seed investor at Sunstone Life Science Ventures in Copenhagen focused on Travel and FinTech. Peter Benson is Managing Partner of Life Science Ventures and one of the three co-founders. Peter is responsible for Life Science Ventures overall investment strategy and Investor Relations.During his 25 years in the Life Science industry, Peter has been a senior corporate executive in Big Pharma, start-up CEO, business angel and board memberof more than 20 companies, including 5 public, listed companies. In 2010, Peter was closely involved in the successful IPO of the portfolio company Zealand Pharma (NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen: ZEAL).Peter holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Lund and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of California. In his free time, Peter likes to combine traveling with action-packed activities. Other interests close to his heart are: literature, sports and music.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Online Forums | 1 | 50% |
| Social Network | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stockrepublic | In our minds, the best source of investment guidance is real people taking good care of their own money.Therefore, we help banks and brokers to create and nurture investment communities that empower their customers with guidance from peers, performance benchmarks, and access to like-minded people. Our world-class social trading features areaccessible as Whitelabel Apps or by our Social Trading API.At StockRepublic, we have assembled a team that has built and launched social trading communities for top-tier banks in 5 different markets with hundreds of thousands of happy users.Trusted by Commerzbank, comdirect, Avanza, Placera, and many others. | $540K | Pre-Seed | Jul 15, 2020 |  |
| Avionero | Avionero is developing the next generation flight search service. This service is inspired by the vast unmet needs of modern travelers who are left frustrated and abandoned in their search for personalized flight travel options online. The existing flight search engines (e.g. Skyscanner, momondo) are based on the logic, technology and UX createdback in the ‘90s. This means that they a) are built on the predetermined assumptions about the behavior of the user (e.g. assuming that a user visiting the platform already has their travel destination and dates in mind) and b) drastically limit flight search personalisation opportunities through outdated technological frameworks. As a result, user trust in the search engines is low, while the frustration is high.Avionero is well positioned to break this paradigm. It has developed and pre-validated (TRL-6) the first prototype of the flight search service that truly puts the user in the driving seat while searching for their dream flight travel online. With the combination of powerful AI technology and an easy-to-use interface, Avionero provides a much convenient flight search service. While leaving the user in control, its smart system gives them the freedom to efficiently explore and personalize. | $386K | Series A | Mar 02, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Almi Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/almi-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sunstone Life Science Ventures

VC Fund · Copenhagen, Denmark

Sunstone Life Science Ventures is a European, early-stage VC investing in novel pharmaceutical ingredients for human therapeutic use

5 contacts available at Sunstone Life Science Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Claus A. Andersson | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claus-andersson |
| Jacob Lange Moresco | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacob-lange-moresco |
| Line Jacobsen | Management Assistant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/line-jacobsen |
| Peter Benson | Chairman and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-benson |
| Sten Verland | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sten-verland |

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## FAQ

### What does Peter Benson invest in?

Peter Benson invests primarily in Travel, FinTech and Internet startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Peter Benson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Peter Benson closed in Jul 2020. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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