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Peterson Ventures

VC
Salt Lake City, UTWebsite

Peterson Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Salt Lake City, UT investing in Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
10 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
AUM
$550M
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
Salt Lake City, UT

Last verified: 2026-06-06

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

AUM

$550M

Portfolio

10+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on seed-stage consumer software and commerce platforms driving market disruption.

How Peterson Ventures invests

Peterson Ventures is a vc firm based in Salt Lake City, UT. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other.

Peterson Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $550M in assets under management.

Peterson Ventures has backed 10 companies in our records, including Cart.com, Lucidpress, Athleisure footwear brand made with wool.

Partners & Team

IS

Ilana Stern

General Partner

TJ

Taylor Jones

General Partner

BC

Ben Capell

Partner

E-commerce
Enterprise SaaS

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (10)

Other

CA

Cart.com

E-commerce Platform
LU

Lucidpress

Content SaaS for creators
AT

Athleisure footwear brand made with wool

MO

Modern, consumer-friendly life insurance

AI

AI-driven screening & hiring solutions

GR

Graphical web applications for collaboration

NE

Network for care collaboration

SH

Shopify app for returns and exchanges

AI

AI as a Service (AIaaS) empowering ecommerce brands to accelerate sales and delight customers with personalize

AN

An automated hiring platform

How to pitch Peterson Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ilana Stern, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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