# Robert Peterson

> Robert Peterson is a funding round investor at Infrascale backing Financial Services and Solar. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Infrascale](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infrascale)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2017
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-peterson-b960b44

Robert Peterson is a funding round investor at Infrascale in Washington focused on Financial Services and Solar. Rob loves his work. Not just as a job, but as a passion that rewards continuous learning and development. He brings a forward- thinking approach to maximizing the efficiency and resiliency of our portfolio companies. This method enables you – the entrepreneur – to focus on the priority: building your business.As a General Partner at Route 66,Rob manages private debt investments, including specialty finance and structured credit transactions. His thought leadership and 15 years of experience in portfolio management, including structuring, analysis, trading, and risk management of fixed income investments, help maintain a smooth, creative process.Previously, Rob headed the capital markets function of Goal Financial, a student loan originator, where he issued and restructured over $1 billion of debt securities and generated profits in excess of $100 million. He also managed a $2.5 billion portfolio of mortgage, municipal, corporate, and asset-backed investments for E*Trade Bank; and managed a $7 billion mortgage loan portfolio at Friedman Billings Ramsey. Rob began his career at KPMG as a structured finance analyst, where he honed his financial modeling expertise across a variety of mainstream and niche asset classes.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 100% |
| Solar | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sunlight Financial | Sunlight Financial is a premier, technology-enabled point-of-sale finance company. Sunlight partners with contractors nationwide to provide homeowners with financing for the installation of residential solar systems and other home improvements. Sunlight’s best-in-class technology and deep credit expertise simplify and streamline consumer finance,ensuring a fast and frictionless process for both contractors and homeowners. | $130M |  | Feb 23, 2017 |  |
| LQD Business Finance | LQD Business Finance is a Chicago-based, technology-enabled company that provides small and medium sized businesses with structured loans. The company develops a whole-business financing solution through a single loan product that meets all the aspects of a business’ financing requirements such as acquisition, working capital, purchase orders, andrefinancing solutions. LQD Business Finance generates revenue as a percent of its clients’ loan amount. It evaluates the risk of each potential loan by using a proprietary risk management and backing software known as LQD Matrix. | $30M | Debt Financing | Nov 18, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About Infrascale

VC Fund · Reston, United States

Infrascale provides comprehensive, cloud-based data protection by delivering industry-leading backup and disaster recovery solutions. Combining intelligent software with the power of the cloud, Infrascale removes the barriers and complexity of secure, offsite data storage and standby infrastructure for real-time disaster recovery. Trusted andrecommended by leading independent industry experts, Infrascale equips its customers with the confidence to handle the unexpected by providing higher availability, better security, and less downtime when it comes to their data. Visit infrascale.com or follow us on Twitter at @Infrascale for more information.

4 contacts available at Infrascale.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Kuhn | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-kuhn |
| John Solomon | General Manager - India | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-solomon |
| Robert Peterson | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-peterson |
| Russell Reeder | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/russell-reeder |

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## FAQ

### What does Robert Peterson invest in?

Robert Peterson invests primarily in Financial Services, Solar and FinTech startups, most often at Funding Round and Debt Financing 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.

### When did Robert Peterson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Robert Peterson closed in Feb 2017. 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?

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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