# Peterson Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Peterson Partners is a private equity based in United States. 58 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Feb 2026.

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# Peterson Partners

Last cheque observed Feb 2026; 58 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $453M, Sept 2026 Private equity

Seed Series A Series B Consumer Packaging Security

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**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 58 on record

Since the last cheque **254** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$10M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **3 of 58** Sole investor **16 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Peterson Partners highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 80% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 16 rounds, median $3.5M
- 04 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

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- **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Consumer Packaging Security
- **Based in:** Salt Lake City, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **58 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Jump](https://millionrounds.com/company/jump)** Series B · US · Ventureburn **$80M** With 11 others
- **2023** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Glowbar](https://millionrounds.com/company/glowbar)** Growth · US · Peterson Partners **$10M** *Led*
- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[Blue Matador](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-matador)** Seed · US · Finance **$3.1M** *Led*
- **Jun** **[Tundra](https://millionrounds.com/company/tundra)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$12M** With 5 others
- **2017** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Dwelo](https://millionrounds.com/company/dwelo)** US · TechCrunch **$4.9M** *Led*
- **2015** 12 rounds
- **Oct** **[SimpleCitizen](https://millionrounds.com/company/simplecitizen)** Seed · US **$700K** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Boombox](https://millionrounds.com/company/boombox)** Series A · US **$5.5M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Movement Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/company/movement-ventures)** Series A · US **$5.5M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Social Dental](https://millionrounds.com/company/social-dental)** Seed · US **$3.5M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Able Lending](https://millionrounds.com/company/able-lending)** Series A · US **$6.0M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Eargo](https://millionrounds.com/company/eargo)** Series A · US **$14M** With 8 others
- **Jun** **[HireVue](https://millionrounds.com/company/hirevue)** Series E · US **$45M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Chatbooks](https://millionrounds.com/company/chatbooks)** Seed · US **$1.3M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Social Dental](https://millionrounds.com/company/social-dental)** Seed · US **$1.3M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Listo Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/listo-financial)** Seed **$2.8M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Vacatia](https://millionrounds.com/company/vacatia)** Series A · US **$8.8M** With 8 others
- **Mar** **[Cotopaxi](https://millionrounds.com/company/cotopaxi)** Series A · US **$6.5M** With 7 others
- **2014** 15 rounds
- **Dec** **[Grow](https://millionrounds.com/company/grow)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[Grasswire](https://millionrounds.com/company/grasswire)** Seed · US **$650K** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Chatbooks](https://millionrounds.com/company/chatbooks)** Seed · US **$750K** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Qzzr](https://millionrounds.com/company/qzzr)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[QuotaDeck](https://millionrounds.com/company/quotadeck)** Seed · US **$400K** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Dealstruck](https://millionrounds.com/company/dealstruck)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Cotopaxi](https://millionrounds.com/company/cotopaxi)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 7 others
- **Jul** **[Insikt, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/insikt-inc)** Series B · US **$17M** With 13 others
- **May** **[Lucid Software Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucid-software-inc)** Series A · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[EcoScraps](https://millionrounds.com/company/ecoscraps)** Series B · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Kerros Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/kerros-health)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Fingi](https://millionrounds.com/company/fingi)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Rocketmiles](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocketmiles)** Series A · US **$6.5M** With 6 others
- **Jan** **[EquityMetrix](https://millionrounds.com/company/equitymetrix)** Venture · US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Micro Benefits](https://millionrounds.com/company/micro-benefits)** Series B **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2013** 17 rounds
- **Dec** **[Artemis Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/artemis-health)** Seed · US **$1.2M** With 2 others
- **Dec** **[Content Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/content-analytics)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 7 others
- **Dec** **[RentLingo](https://millionrounds.com/company/rentlingo)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Markkit](https://millionrounds.com/company/markkit)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Therapydia](https://millionrounds.com/company/therapydia)** Series A · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Carlypso](https://millionrounds.com/company/carlypso)** Seed · US **$1.2M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[DropThought](https://millionrounds.com/company/dropthought)** Series A · US · venturebeat.com **$2.5M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Vacatia](https://millionrounds.com/company/vacatia)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$5.0M** With 8 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **13 named**

BC **Ben Capell** Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

BS **Brandon S Cope** Officer and Director of Peterson Partners, Inc., Manager of General Partner i Filing they signed

BS **Bret Stohlton** Executive Officer, Director i Filing they signed

BS **Brett Stohlton** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

CP **Clint Peterson** CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PRESIDENT, MANAGING DIRECTOR AND TREASURER OF MANAGER OF GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

CR **Clinton Randall Peterson** Chief Executive Officer, President, Managing Director i Form ADV

DS **Daniel S. Peterson** Officer and Director of Peterson Partners, Inc., Manager of General Partner i Filing they signed

ED **Eric David Noble** CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND SECRETARY OF MANAGER OF GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

JC **Joel C Peterson** Executive Chairman of the Board and Managing Director of the Manager of the Issuer's Partner i Filing they signed

MF **Marc Fuller** VICE PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MANAGER OF GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

MD **Matthew Day** VICE PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MANAGER OF GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

MA **Max Artz** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

RH **Robert Hansen** VICE PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MANAGER OF GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

We also hold **22** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$2.6B** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** Peterson Partners, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 159450

Funds on its Form ADV

**31** private funds, **$1.8B** in gross assets · filed Mar 2024

Private equity **20** Venture **11**

- Peterson Private Equity VIII, L.P. *Private equity* 60 investors $244M
- Peterson Private Equity IX, L.P. *Private equity* 186 investors $226M
- Peterson Real Assets, LLC *Private equity* 30 investors $216M
- Peterson Packsize Coinvest, L.P. *Private equity* 29 investors $180M
- Peterson Venture Partners II, L.P. *Venture* 61 investors $131M
- Peterson ES Coinvest, LLC *Private equity* 49 investors $104M
- Peterson Private Equity X, L.P. *Private equity* 226 investors $71M
- Peterson Venture Partners III, L.P. *Venture* 99 investors $63M
- Peterson Breeze Coinvest, LLC *Private equity* 48 investors $61M
- Peterson Search Partners I, L.P. *Private equity* 83 investors $55M

And 21 more on the filing.

Who backs their funds

## 1 LP on record in Peterson Partners's funds

- **Funds:** 1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: fund news.

- [**NorthSands** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northsands) Fund Vintage Committed Peterson Partners Peterson Kelso Coinvest, LP - -

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all**

**[Rocketmiles](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocketmiles)** Bought by Priceline **$20M** Feb 2015

**[Identified](https://millionrounds.com/company/identified)** Bought by [Workday](https://millionrounds.com/fund/workday) **Undisclosed** Feb 2014

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$453M**

raised in Sept 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.5M**

Led 3 of 58 rounds **5%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 16 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Feb 2026
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *31*
- Series A said *12*
- Series B said *6*
- Venture *3*
- Growth *2*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) 13
- [Pelion Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners) 6
- [Aaron Skonnard](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-skonnard) 3
- [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) 3
- [Brendan Wallace](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brendan-wallace) 3
- [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Peterson Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Kickstart Seed Fund** VC firm **13** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund)[**Pelion Venture Partners** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners)[**Aaron Skonnard** Angel **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaron-skonnard)[**Battery Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures)[**Brendan Wallace** Angel **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brendan-wallace)[**Felicis** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures)[**Forerunner Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures)[**Maveron** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron)[**Accelerator Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accelerator-ventures)[**Atlas Venture** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlas-venture)[**BYU Cougar Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/byu-cougar-capital)[**Bee Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bee-partners)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Peterson Partners put money into.

[**Glowbar** $10M · Jan 2023](https://millionrounds.com/company/glowbar)[**Tundra** $12M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/tundra)

## Books by the people here

One book written by people at Peterson Partners: [Joel Peterson](https://millionrounds.com/person/joel-peterson).

- The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds That Make a Business Great Joel Peterson · 2016 3.77 from 168 ratings on Goodreads About the book Trust is the glue that holds an organization together. It turns deflection into transparency, suspicion into empowerment, and conflict into creativity. With it, a tiny company like John Deere grew into a worldwide leader. Without it, a giant corporation like Enron toppled. In… On AmazonListen on Audible
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## Quick answers about Peterson Partners

### What does Peterson Partners invest in?

Peterson Partners invests most often at Seed and Series A (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Consumer, Packaging and Security.

### How active is Peterson Partners?

58 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Feb 2026.

### What has Peterson Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Jump (Series B, Feb 2026), Glowbar (Growth, Jan 2023) and Blue Matador (Seed, Jul 2019).

### How big are Peterson Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

### Does Peterson Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 3 of its 58 investments on record (5%).

### Where does Peterson Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Peterson Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Peterson Partners invest alongside?

Most often Kickstart Seed Fund (13 rounds together), Pelion Venture Partners (6 rounds together) and Aaron Skonnard (3 rounds together).

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