Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner

Peter is Co-Founder of Lux Capital and focuses on investments in technology and energy. Peter began his career at Lehman Brothers, where he worked in the Firm's top-ranked Equity Research group. In 2000, he co-founded Lux Capital. In 2003, Peter led the spin-off of Lux Research. As founding CEO, he helped build Lux Research into the leading emerging technology research firm. Peter launched the publicly-listed Lux Nanotech Index (AMEX: LUXNI) and the $150 million PowerShares Lux Nanotech Portfolio (NYSE: PXN).

Peter manages Lux Capital's investments in Accelergy, Angstrom Publishing, Auris, Everspin Technologies, G2X Energy, Gridco Systems, Lux Research, Luxtera, Matterport, SiBEAM (acquired by NASDAQ: SIMG), and Transphorm. He was a Chancellor's Scholar and graduated cum laude from Syracuse University's Newhouse School. Peter was the Founding President of Syracuse's first venture organization, Future Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs. He has been an invited guest on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, and lecturer and panelist at Columbia, Cornell, MIT, Stanford, Yale, and the National Science Foundation. Peter also co-founded Young Wall Street, a charitable organization supporting youth-related causes in New York City, and serves as a mentor to Imagine K12 in Palo Alto.