Peter Blacklow
Managing Director at Boston Seed Capital
Greater Boston
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director/co-founder
2010 - Current
Venture capital investor and operating partner to entrepreneurs in high growth, early stage companies that leverage technology to create, disrupt, or reinvent a market.
Member Board of Directors (various companies in Boston Seed's portfolio)
2013
Board Director at Boston Seed Capital portfolio companies: *Reggora *Splash Sports *EliteHRV/Spren *Electives *Sendoso (acquired Alyce) *DRIVE by DraftKings *Rithmm *Pickleball4America *Cake Former Board Director (BSC portfolio companies with exits): *QL Gaming - BetQL (sold to Audacy NYSE:AUD) *FamilyID (sold to Arbiter Sports) *OfferLogic (sold to Rokt) *Humanyze *OpenBay
Member, Grants Committee
2024
Volunteer committee member to manage grants from Falmouth Road Race to deserving 501C3 organizations.
Falmouth Road Race is a sports company that hosts and manages annual seven-mile race runs every summer.
Board Member and co-founder
2019
DRIVE by DraftKings is a sportstech fund with an ecosystem of athletes, entrepreneurs, investors, teams, leagues, and media companies.
Drive by DraftKings is a multi-stage venture capital firm investing in SportsTech and Entertainment.
Advisor to the CEO
2003
Coach, advisor, and shoulder to cry on -- I only work with entrepreneurs who inspire me: * Bully Boy Distillers - Dave and Will Willis * Onward - Jacklyn Rome * Springbok Analytics - Scott Magargee * Burn Ghost - Steve Curran * Sparx - Russell Layton Previous: * DraftKings - Jason Robins * Vivox - Rob Seaver
Independent Board Member
2016
Beamable is the creator-centric platform for building live games. Independent board member and advisor to the CEO.
Beamable enables game makers to easily add social, commerce and content management features to their games.
Raised $25,371,000.00 from Wombat.
Advisor and Investor
2015
Skate sharpening. Evolved. Angel investor and advisor to the CEO.
Sparx is the first true in-home skate sharpening machine. Safe, clean, easy to use & mad accurate.
Advisor & Investor
2011 - 2020
Advisor to CEO and management team, board observer, and initial seed investor.
DraftKings provides online daily and weekly fantasy sports contests for cash prizes in major sports.
Raised $1,043,475,382.00 from Michael Jordan.
President, WorldWinner and EVP Digital - GSN
2006 - 2013
Grew revenue from $6MM to $130MM while increasing earnings from ($10MM) to $30MM annually.
Senior Advisor
2008 - 2010
Consulting advisor - worked with GPs to generate new deal flow and mentor portfolio companies.
Chief Marketing Officer
2003 - 2006
Responsible for all topline revenue, with focus on customer acquisition via partnerships with Electronic Arts, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, as well as customer retention programs including CRM and a homegrown loyalty program.