Peter Berg
Managing Partner at M12
Peter Berg
Managing Partner at M12
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2024 - Current
Investor
2024
Investor
2024
Investor
2023
Managing Partner, GM - M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund
2022
Investing in seed and series A & B startups in B2B SaaS, AI, fintech & gaming.
Advisor
2022
VP Business Development & Strategy
2018 - 2022
Early exec hire. Led strategic partnerships and new business initiatives. * Negotiated agreements with Visa & Mastercard; brokered access to key network capabilities & services core to VGS' product offerings * Closed the 2 largest enterprise sales deals (7 figures) in company history * Media & analyst relations – regularly represented VGS; secured exclusive coverage in Bloomberg, Fortune, Cheddar; primary rep. for Gartner, Forrester, S&P Global analyst engagements * Instrumental in bringing on Goldman Sachs and Visa as investors VGS is building a completely modern approach to data security & compliance. We're hiring! https://verygoodsecurity.com/careers
Managing Partner
2022
Early stage investments in AI, B2B SaaS and Fintech
Head of Visa Ventures
2014 - 2018
Responsible for leading Visa's global venture investments & managing Visa's relationships with VCs and the fintech ecosystem. Led investments in Stripe, Chain, Marqeta, MagicCube, Loop (now SamsungPay) and many others. Championed the first ever blockchain investment by a major payments network, which yielded Visa B2B Connect, a cross-border commercial payments platform operating in over 100 countries.
Sr. Director, Product Strategy & Innovation
2011 - 2014
Helping to build the future of payments at Visa. I worked on product strategy for Visa's emerging payment methods, in particular mobile, local, and e-commerce. Managed Visa's strategic partnership with & investment in Square. Evaluated new technologies and startups pursuing innovative solutions in the mobile, payments, and e-commerce spaces.
Vice President, Technology
2010 - 2011
Co-founder of October Three, a leading provider of financial services and retirement solutions. We created the first SaaS platform that automates and scales the design and administration of tax-efficient benefits programs. We also provide consulting services to maximize tax-deferred retirement benefits.
Director of Online Operations & Marketing
2006 - 2010
Responsible for Joby's online presence, from e-commerce to marketing to customer service. Heavily involved in product management, traditional (offline) marketing, and customer service. * Designed and built all Joby websites, localized in 11 languages and 3 currencies * Designed & produced "Gorillacam" iPhone photo app and related marketing efforts. Exceeded 1 million downloads within 5 weeks of launch; chosen as Featured App by Apple. * Singlehandedly re-designed & re-coded Joby's website to adapt it to our expanding product lines; resulted in 31% increase in sales conversions. * Continually optimized Joby's website and advertising campaigns through data-driven analysis (split testing, ROI analysis, etc.) * Launched new product discovery/selection tool, resulting in 90% reduction in customer service calls & email inquiries. * Managed and executed all of Joby's social media efforts, including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Get Satisfaction, etc. Was also involved with several company-wide operational and strategic roles, including: * Setting up Joby's European sales office & operations. * Working w/ CEO to design employee evaluation criteria & process. * Representing Joby at numerous international tradeshows. Acquired by DayMen in August 2011.