# Philip Petersen

> Philip Petersen is a pre-seed investor at Prehype (New York) backing Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Prehype](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prehype)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pippipsi

Philip Petersen is a pre-seed investor at Prehype in New York focused on Software. Philip Petersen is the Partner at Prehype.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Widgetbook | Widgetbook's open-source package allows Flutter developers to catalogue their widgets in one central widget library. With Widgetbook Cloud, your widgets can be synced with Figma and shared with everyone in your team to simplify frontend reviews |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 23, 2022 |  |
| Widgetbook | Widgetbook's open-source package allows Flutter developers to catalogue their widgets in one central widget library. With Widgetbook Cloud, your widgets can be synced with Figma and shared with everyone in your team to simplify frontend reviews |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 23, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Expedite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expedite-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Peak](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peak-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angel Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-invest-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Prehype

VC Fund · New York, United States

Prehype is venture development firm HQ in NYC with offices in London, Copenhagen and Sydney, Detroit.Prehype is a venture development firm, building new businesses in partnership with the world’s finest corporations and VCs. They run workshops for companies like Diageo, NewsCorp, Mondelez, LEGO, and Verizon, in which they identify problems ormissed opportunities and resolve them through their startup/early-stage approach. Some of their very successful ventures are Bark & Co (barkbox), basno.com, and Managed By Q.

5 contacts available at Prehype.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Philip Petersen | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philip-petersen |
| Stacey Seltzer | Partner & CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stacey-seltzer-9bfc |
| Steven Dean | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-dean-2 |
| Alex Godin | EIR | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-godin |
| Angel Gambino | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-gambino |

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## FAQ

### What does Philip Petersen invest in?

Philip Petersen invests primarily in Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Philip Petersen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Philip Petersen closed in Nov 2022. 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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