Tyler Peterson
VC
Greater Seattle Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2014 - Current
Tech venture capital investing. Investments: FreightWaves, Skedulo, Suzy, Nozomi, AlphaSense, Planet Labs (NYSE: PL), Arcadia, AssetWatch, Versa Networks, Heap, Proscia, Aerospike, Gradle, Directly, Getaround (NYSE: GETR), Bugcrowd, LookingGlass, D2IQ, Distil Networks (acquired by Imperva), StayNTouch (acquired by Shiji Intl), Sunnova (NYSE: NOVA), Stem (NYSE: STEM), Benson Hill (NYSE: BHIL), and Zenith Energy. Star Peak SPACs: Investing in leading energy transition and carbon reduction companies. - Star Peak Energy Transition (NYSE: STPK), completed merger with Stem, Inc (NYSE: STEM). AI-driven energy storage technology. stem.com - Star Peak II (NYSE: STPC), completed merger with Benson Hill (NYSE: BHIL). Building a more sustainable food system. bensonhill.com trianglepeakpartners.com
Board Observer & Investor
2021
Data, forecasting and analytics for the freight and logistics market.
FreightWaves is a data and content forum that provides market participants with near-time analytics.
Raised $92,400,000.00 from 8VC, Triangle Peak Partners, Prologis Ventures, Kayne Anderson Growth Capital, Hearst Ventures, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Erik Levy, Fontinalis Partners and Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors.
Investor
2019
Insights and analytics.
Heap is a platform that provides analytics infrastructure to reduce the annoying parts of user analytics.
Raised $218,120,000.00 from NewView Capital, Maverick Ventures, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, DTCP, Triangle Peak Partners, Sixth Street, The Private Shares Fund and Menlo Ventures.
Board Observer & Investor
2022
Predictive maintenance for industrial companies.
AssetWatch is a deployable, remote, end-to-end condition monitoring solution providing predictive insight to enable proactive maintenance.
Raised $91,137,997.00 from OUP (Osage University Partners), G2 Venture Partners, Spark Growth Ventures, JobsOhio, Standard Investments, Wellington Management and Triangle Peak Partners.
Board Observer & Investor
2021
Developer productivity tool for build and test.
Investor
2019
Real-time data platform.
Investor
2016
Consumer finance for the next billion.
PayJoy provides credit to customers in emerging markets.
Raised $436,150,000.00 from Citi and Lendable.
Investor
2019
Personal coach for exercise, nutrition, and wellness.
Mighty Health is a personal health coach that offers joint-friendly, low-impact workouts for healthy aging.
Raised $10,400,000.00 from Will Ventures, Davidovs Venture Collective, GFT Ventures, Duro Ventures and Hyphen Capital.
Investor
2021
Bank accounts and credit cards.
Copper is an all-digital bank built specifically for teenagers to teach them in making smart financial decisions.
Raised $42,300,000.00 from Alumni Ventures, Insight Partners, BIP Ventures, Sleeping Bear Capital, Invesco Private Capital, Springbank Collective and Fiat Ventures.
Investor
2021
B2B market research.
The world’s leading businesses find their advantage with NewtonX. Make your next bold move with 100% verified B2B insights.
Raised $47,000,000.00 from Xfund, Level One Fund, Third Prime, Heliad AG, Marbruck, Two Sigma Ventures, Story Ventures, Switch Ventures, Gaingels and Sprint Vc.