# Peter Stern

> Peter Stern is a seed investor at Voyant Photonics (New York) backing Software and UX Design. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Voyant Photonics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/voyant-photonics)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteraikenstern
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/peterstern
- Website: https://x.com/peterstern

Peter Stern is a seed investor at Voyant Photonics in New York focused on Software and UX Design. Now the CEO of bitly. Zenbe Co-founder Peter Stern previously created Datek Online, a pioneer in online financial services. Peter led its growth to one of the four largest online brokerage firms before merging with Ameritrade in 2002.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $800k–$1.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| UX Design | 2 | 40% |
| Product Design | 2 | 40% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Denmark | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Uizard | Uizard is an online collaborative design tool for non-designers. Our main customers are startup founders, managers in enterprises, consultants, engineering teams that need a solution to easily and quickly design and test product ideas such as mobile apps, websites, and desktop software. Our unique AI-powered design assistant helps customers turnideas into reality effortlessly. | $800K | Seed | May 21, 2018 |  |
| Uizard | Uizard is an online collaborative design tool for non-designers. Our main customers are startup founders, managers in enterprises, consultants, engineering teams that need a solution to easily and quickly design and test product ideas such as mobile apps, websites, and desktop software. Our unique AI-powered design assistant helps customers turnideas into reality effortlessly. | $800K | Pre-Seed | May 21, 2018 |  |
| Sayspring | Sayspring enables designers to create voice-enabled apps without code ahead of handing over projects to development. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in New York, New York, United States. | $1.5M | Seed | May 22, 2017 |  |
| Knewton | Knewton's mission is to personalize learning for the world. Teachers, schools, and education companies around the world use Knewton to power digital course materials that dynamically adapt to each student’s unique needs. Knewton provides students with tailored recommendations for exactly what to study, teachers with analytics to bettersupport each student, and publishers with content insights to develop more effective digital products.Knewton was founded in 2008 and has offices in New York City, London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Dubai. Knewton has been recognized globally as a “Technology Pioneer” (World Economic Forum in Davos) and several times as one of the top 10 most innovative companies in education (Fast Company). | $6M | Series B | Apr 07, 2009 |  |
| Knewton | Knewton's mission is to personalize learning for the world. Teachers, schools, and education companies around the world use Knewton to power digital course materials that dynamically adapt to each student’s unique needs. Knewton provides students with tailored recommendations for exactly what to study, teachers with analytics to bettersupport each student, and publishers with content insights to develop more effective digital products.Knewton was founded in 2008 and has offices in New York City, London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Dubai. Knewton has been recognized globally as a “Technology Pioneer” (World Economic Forum in Davos) and several times as one of the top 10 most innovative companies in education (Fast Company). | $2.5M | Series A | May 27, 2008 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [byFounders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byfounders) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New York Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-york-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Nordic Web Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-nordic-web-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [7percent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7-percent) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Carbon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carbonventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Voyant Photonics

VC Fund · New York, United States

Voyant Photonics creates chip-scale LiDar 3D sensing technology. It won first place at Startup Columbia Track Award in 2017.

3 contacts available at Voyant Photonics.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Stern | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-stern |
| Chris Phare | Co-Founder, CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-phare |
| Steven Miller | Co-Founder, CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-miller-046c |

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [Vaekstfonden](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/v%C3%A6kstfonden) — VC Fund
- [PSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/preseed-innovation) — VC Fund
- [Seed Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-capital) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [Mobile Angel Investors in Denmark](https://shizune.co/investors/mobile-angel-investors-denmark)
- [Enterprise Investors in Denmark](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-investors-denmark)
- [Enterprise Angel Investors in Denmark](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-angel-investors-denmark)
- [SaaS Angel Investors in Denmark](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-angel-investors-denmark)
- [Artificial intelligence Investors in Denmark](https://shizune.co/investors/artificial-intelligence-investors-denmark)
- [Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Denmark](https://shizune.co/investors/artificial-intelligence-angel-investors-denmark)

## FAQ

### What does Peter Stern invest in?

Peter Stern invests primarily in Software, UX Design and Product Design startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Stern's check size?

Peter Stern typically joins rounds of $800k–$1.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Peter Stern participates in.

### When did Peter Stern last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Peter Stern closed in May 2018. Shizune tracks 5 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co