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CSF Board Chair and Founder, Dry Creek Ventures, Healdsburg, CA
Peter is a founder of Dry Creek Ventures. Dry Creek Ventures is based in Sonoma County and invests start-up companies that are innovators in producing clean energy, clean food and clean water. In addition to equity capital, DCV partners offer extensive operational and finance experience, coupled with the willingness to invest significant time and effort to helping young companies develop and grow. Among DCV’s core beliefs is that producing adequate supplies of clean energy, clean food and clean water will require new technologies and new business models.
Before founding Dry Creek Ventures, Peter spent 25 years in technology investment banking, where he specialized in computer hardware and software. Peter has extensive research and corporate finance experience, and was a member of the teams that underwrote many leading technology companies, including Dell Computer, Symantec, and Intuit.
Peter received a BA in Anthropology from UC Berkeley and an MBA in Finance from New York University.
In addition to serving on the boards of several of DCV’s portfolio companies, Peter is a member of the board of directors of the Sonoma Land Trust.
