Peter Herz
General Partner at 1st Course Capital
Redwood City, California
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2019 - Current
An early stage venture capital firm focused on food system innovation.
1CC invests in exceptional entrepreneurs transforming our food system.
Co-founder, CFO & Member, Board of Directors
2014
Accelerating the transition to a just and regenerative food system. As regenerative agriculture has become more of a household name over the last decade, there’s been a robust discussion about what it would take to transition our food system to better-align with its principles. Whether it is consumers changing their purchasing patterns, major food companies changing their sourcing practices, or government entities offering new technical assistance programs, there is one part of the dialogue that is often forgotten: how – and more importantly, who – will finance the regenerative revolution?
Food System 6 accelerates innovations that democratize wealth in frontline communities and transition them to a regenerative food system.
Member, Board of Directors
2004 - 2017
CEO
2011 - 2013
Building a scalable solution for scientists & researchers worldwide that accelerates discovery by eliminating experiment replication, codifying institutional knowledge, and maintaining full compliance for protection of intellectual property.
President
2009 - 2010
Illuminating human biology through modeling & simulation.
VP Business Development
2000 - 2004
President & CEO
1997 - 2000
Director of North American Applications
1996 - 1997
Primarion is a mixed signal integrated circuit (IC) company that designs, manufactures and markets digital power ICs to address inflection
Raised $130,000,000.00 from W Capital Partners, APV Technology Partners and Lehman Holdings.
Director of Consulting
1993 - 1996
Synopsys is a software company providing electronic design automation (EDA), semiconductor IP, software quality, and security solutions.