About
Peter Franz co-founded Shoreline, where he serves as a Partner and member of the Investment Committee, focusing on evaluating and executing investment transactions, managing portfolio companies, and overseeing the firm's back-office operations. He has more than 30 years of transactional experience and has sat on dozens of private company boards. Before Shoreline, he was Co-Managing Partner of Florida Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, and worked in leveraged finance and investment banking; he holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and an M.B.A. from Northwestern's Kellogg School.
Colleagues at Shoreline
Andy Bedenk
Principal, Portfolio Operations at Shoreline
Anna Hennessy
Associate, PSG at Shoreline
Ben Klein
Senior Associate at Shoreline
Catherine Moore
Executive Assistant at Shoreline
Dan Giddens
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Shoreline
Ian Garland
Managing Director at Shoreline
Jacob Van Brunt
Associate, TAA at Shoreline
Jon Wood
Vice President, Portfolio Initiatives and Integration at Shoreline
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Peter Franz work?
- Peter Franz is Partner, Co-Founder at Shoreline.








