Peter Christodoulo
Partner @ Francisco Partners
San Francisco, United States
Peter Christodoulo is a Partner of Francisco Partners and Board of directors of Drawbridge. Peter Christodoulo attended Harvard College.Prior to joining Francisco Partners in 2008, Peter was an Associate with Thomas H. Lee Partners in Boston. Earlier in his career Peter was an Analyst in the Technology Investment Banking Group of Credit SuisseSecurities in New York and involved in several startup companies.Peter currently serves on the board of directors of Allston Trading, eFront and Paymetric and is a board observer of City Index. He previously served on the board of SmartFocus.
- Total investments:
- 17
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 47%
Last updated:
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Industries Peter Christodoulo invests in
Stages Peter Christodoulo invests in
Countries Peter Christodoulo invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Angel
- $774k–$2M
- Series D
- $30M–$60M
- Private Equity
- $110M–$235M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 4 (24%)
- Software 4 (24%)
- Financial Services 4 (24%)
- Finance 3 (18%)
- Internet 3 (18%)
Stage
- Private Equity 6 (35%)
- Series D 2 (12%)
- Angel 1 (6%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (6%)
- Series E 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Verifone
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VeriFone is a California-based company that designs, markets, and services electronic payment solutions for consumers, merchants, and financial institutions. Its product portfolio is comprised of contactless and countertop systems as well as electronic cash register and payment devices, PIN pads, POS systems, indoor and outdoor unattended paymentsolutions, wireless handheld payment devices, and point-of-sale receipt printers.The company also provides software solutions for card acceptance, mobile payments, security and encryption, POS integration, value-added and prepaid services, issuing and acquiring, estate management, petroleum and convenience, and device-driven technologies as well as development tools. It provides media solutions such as digital network, taxi tops and wraps, and mobile or SMS solutions through sales representatives in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Miami, New Orleans, New York City, and San Francisco.VeriFone’s devices and systems process various payments, including signature- and PIN-based debit cards, credit cards, contactless or radio frequency identification cards, smart cards, prepaid gift and other stored-value cards, electronic bill payment, check authorization and conversion, signature capture and electronic benefits transfers, and EBT. It serves financial institutions, payment processors, petroleum companies, retailers, government organizations, and healthcare companies as well as independent sales organizations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia Pacific Rim, and North America.Verifone was founded in 1981 and is based in San Jose, California. | $235M / Private Equity / Apr 01, 2025 | |
TouchBistro
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TouchBistro is an iPad-based restaurant point-of-sale system enabling owners to manage reservations and take orders instantly. Instead of servers repeatedly moving between customers and terminals for order management, servers can remain with customers and instantly submit orders to the kitchen and bar. Servers no longer need to write down an orderand then enter it into a distant terminal. TouchBistro's single entry system reduces errors and increases efficiency. Menu items can be presented in vibrant color with every detail captured and can be quickly and easily updated and even published to the Web, providing more dynamic impact than a traditional menu can provide. | $110.1M / Private Equity / Nov 01, 2022 | |
Drawbridge
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Drawbridge is a premier cybersecurity software and services firm specializing in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers. | Private Equity / Sep 06, 2022 | |
Paradigm
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Paradigm offers legal software solutions that help you manage, automate, and grow your firm. | Private Equity / Oct 13, 2021 | |
Betterment
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Betterment is a smart automated investing service that provides optimized investment returns for individual, IRA, ROTH IRA, and rollover 401(k) accounts. Its technology enables users to manage their investments in a customized, diversified portfolio. Charging a management fee of 0.25%, the company enables users to access, view, share, and reviewtheir portfolio’s activities as well as deposit and withdraw money from anywhere, anytime. Betterments products also include Tax Loss Harvesting, a program that works to offset taxes on both gains and income; and RetireGuide, a series of online surveys to enable users to determine the success of their long-term financial goals. | $60M / Series F / Sep 29, 2021 | |
SourceScrub
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SourceScrub provides research and information management systems that incorporates thousands of online sources from trade show exhibitor lists to industry buyers' guides. SourceScrub is working 24/7 to ensure we offer accurate and current data for prospecting investment opportunities. Our sourcing data and prospecting tools promise tosave time and increase deal flow. | Private Equity / Sep 28, 2021 | |
Dynamo Software
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Dynamo Software has served the alternative asset investment industry since 1998, offering configurable software solutions for private equity and venture capital groups, private equity real estate firms, hedge funds, funds of funds, family offices and institutional investors. The 350+ clients using the Dynamo™ suite collectively manage over $1trillion in assets. Dynamo Software’s corporate headquarters is located in in Massachusetts, with a product development office in Sofia Bulgaria, and a dedicated sales and service office in London.The Dynamo™ platform benefits from ongoing partnerships with internationally renowned alternative investment firms to optimize the productivity of both general and limited partnerships, while providing innovative solutions to facilitate data exchange and communications between the partnerships. Versatile deal management, fundraising, investment research management, investor relations, portfolio management, and secure online reporting capabilities are complemented by robust portfolio tracking and analysis, visual portfolio reporting, and integration with leading third-party data providers. | Private Equity / Sep 09, 2021 | |
NMI
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NMI provides payments enablement technology that enables ISOs, VARs, ISVs and payment facilitators to offer their own branded payment gateway services, allowing them to benefit from being a payment gateway without building or maintaining their own technology. Our exceptional team of software engineers has created a security-focused, feature-richand omni-channel payment gateway platform that partners can completely and transparently brand, removing NMI from their merchant customers’ view. | $620M / Secondary Market / Sep 09, 2021 | |
Tornado
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Tornado is an investing app that advances financial wellness through community, insights & data for investors at all stages. Tornado promotes financial wellness and empowerment through a highly personalized investing experience and a social network of trusted sources. Tornado's technology leverages machine learning to meet users on theirinvesting journey, whether they're investing for the first time or are veterans with decades of experience. The platform allows users to buy and sell stocks and ETFs, while utilizing world class analytical tools, risk assessment metrics, performance benchmarks and a portfolio optimization tool powered by independent, Nobel Prize-winning research. | $1.8M / Pre-Seed / Feb 04, 2021 | |
NextCapital
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NextCapital partners with world-class institutions to deliver personalized planning and managed accounts to individual investors across multiple channels including 401(k), IRA, and taxable brokerage accounts. Their open-architecture digital advice solution provides integrated account aggregation, analytics, planning, and portfolio management, andallows partners to customize advice methodology and fiduciary roles.The company was founded in 1996 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $30M / Series D / Sep 22, 2020 | |
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Co-Investors
About Francisco Partners
Francisco Partners is a global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled businesses. With $7 billion of capital under management, Francisco Partners is one of the world's largest technology-focused private equity funds. The firm was founded to pursue structured investments in technology companiesundergoing strategic, technological, and operational inflection points. Francisco Partners targets control investments in private companies, with transaction values ranging from $30 million to $2 billion. The principals of Francisco Partners have invested in excess of $3 billion of equity capital in over 50 technology companies.
Francisco Partners Contacts
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Alan Ni
Principal
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Andrew Kowal
Partner
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Ashley Evans
Partner
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Chris Adams
Partner
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Ezra Perlman
Co-President
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FAQ
What does Peter Christodoulo invest in?
Peter Christodoulo invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Private Equity and Series D stage. Most of the 17 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 Peter Christodoulo's check size?
Peter Christodoulo typically joins rounds of $774k–$2M at Angel, $30M–$60M at Series D and $110M–$235M at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Peter Christodoulo participates in.
When did Peter Christodoulo last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Peter Christodoulo closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 17 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?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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