# Peter Richards

> Peter Richards is a seed investor at First Spark Ventures backing Real Estate. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [First Spark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-spark-ventures)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-richards-67a81570

Peter Richards is a seed investor at First Spark Ventures in Los Angeles focused on Real Estate and Property Development. Peter Richards is the Founding Partner is the First Spark Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Real Estate | 1 | 50% |
| Property Development | 1 | 50% |
| Commercial Real Estate | 1 | 50% |
| Real Estate Investment | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gridics | Gridics provides real estate and zoning software applications and services to municipal governments, commercial brokers, and developers. Its services are revolutionizing how cities and private citizens interact with zoning codes and development-oriented data in order to drive smarter city planning practices and more streamlined developmentprocesses. | $1.6M | Seed |  |  |
| Gridics | Gridics provides real estate and zoning software applications and services to municipal governments, commercial brokers, and developers. Its services are revolutionizing how cities and private citizens interact with zoning codes and development-oriented data in order to drive smarter city planning practices and more streamlined developmentprocesses. | $1.1M | Seed |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About First Spark Ventures

VC Fund · San Carlos, United States

First Spark Ventures is a deep tech venture capital firm that invests in scientists globally. They specialize in advanced computing, digital biology and biotech, and cyber-physical systems.

1 contacts available at First Spark Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Richards | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-richards-7 |

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## FAQ

### What does Peter Richards invest in?

Peter Richards invests primarily in Real Estate, Property Development and Commercial Real Estate startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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