# Peter Davison

> Peter Davison is a seed investor in Beijing backing News and EBooks. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Nov 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Nov 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteradavison
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/PeterDavison

Peter Davison is a seed investor in Beijing focused on News and EBooks. With no prior investment or start-up experience, Peter started a Venture Capital firm in Silicon Valley with his friend from University in 1998. The firm had several successes including seed investments in PayPal in which Peter was a key advisor to Peter Thiel on business and product strategy. After that, Peter founded, built and sold several highly profitable internet businesses from his home in Australia. More recently, Peter founded Fishburners, the largest incubator in the Southern Hemisphere which has attracted funding from Google, News Limited, PWC and Optus and housed several thousand startups. He has advised angel investors, accelerators and incubators around the world and mentors several hundred people from all walks of life.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 100% |
| EBooks | 1 | 100% |
| Publishing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 7write | 7write B.V. provided book publishing services for writers worldwide.The company enables users to upload a word document, PDF file, and validated e-pub file, or create their book in the writer’s studio; and set the price and select the stores to publish their books. It also provides cover design services. The company offered services to customersfor e-book or print book versions. It publishes client’s books to the Amazon Kindle Store, Google Play, The company was founded in 2012 and was based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. | $250K | Seed | Jun 25, 2013 | http://writing-studio.com/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [PayPal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paypal) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Peter Davison invest in?

Peter Davison invests primarily in News, EBooks and Publishing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Philippines. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Peter Davison last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Peter Davison closed in Jun 2013. Shizune tracks 1 investment 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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