Tom Peterson
InvestorVenture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
Menlo Park, California
Writes $100K β $7M checks Β· typically $3.5M
About
Veteran early-stage technology investor focused on enterprise software and infrastructure who joined Rally at its inception in 2012. He was a founding member of El Dorado Ventures and holds an MBA from UCLA and a BS from Iowa State University.
Experience
- Rally VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2012 β presentMenlo Park, CA
- El Dorado VenturesGeneral Partner1986 β 2023
- Union Venture CorporationInvestment Officer1984 β 1986
- Hewlett-Packard CompanySystem Manager1980 β 1983
- General Electric CompanyManufacturing Management1978 β 1980
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of ManagementMBA1983 β 1985
- Iowa State UniversityBSEE1974 β 1978
Skills & more
Venture Capital63Venture Financing14Corporate Venture Capital4Angel Investing26Growth Capital13Private Equity6Corporate Development27Capital Formation2Start-ups23Early Stage Companies5Deal Sourcing5Mergers
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Principal InvestingVCCapital RaisingStart-up VenturesImpact InvestingEntrepreneurshipDeal ExecutionFinancial TechnologyMergers & AcquisitionsEmerging Growth CompaniesIPONew VenturesFrom Tom's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Iowa State University30
Raghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundAndrei IancuVenture Partner at Prime Movers LabSteve HansonFmr CEO, Baptist Health Kentucky at Empactful CapitalRekha Pai KamathInvestment Committee Member at Silicon ValleyVivek MehraPartner Emeritus at August CapitalJeff CowanManaging Partner at Brightstone Venture Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at El Dorado Ventures5
Also worked at Hewlett-Packard Company212
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzBill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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Also worked at General Electric Company160
Karim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Alex ConstantinopleChief Marketing Officer at GreycroftSaket SrivastavaInvestor at Foundation CapitalEric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersMatthew StoneCOO at FJ LabsAndy LeaverOperating Partner at Notion Capital
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Colleagues at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
Ben Fried
Venture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
Charles Beeler
Co-Founder at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
Greg Blasko
CTO in Residence at Rally Ventures at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
Holly Wilde
Finance Manager at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
James Gibson
Associate at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
Jeff Hinck
Managing Director at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
Jessi Howard
Chief People Officer at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
Justin Kaufenberg
Managing Director at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
Network2
Bruce TaraginScout
Managing Director at Blumberg Capital
Charles BeelerScout
Co-Founder at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
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