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Donald L. Lucas - Donald L. Lucas was one of the first practicing venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. Some of Don's investments include Oracle, Macromedia (acquired by Adobe), Intuitive Surgical, Cadence Design, and nQuire (acquired by Siebel, which was acquired by Oracle). Don was Founding Chairman of National Semiconductor and has been a director of Oracle since March 1980 where he currently serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee. Don is a director of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., and Chairman of the Board of DexCom, Inc., and 51job. view full bio
Jared Hutchings - Prior to PEER, Jared was the Founding Managing Director of the University Venture Fund starting in 2001. UVF raised institutional capital in a new type of venture fund that combined university talent and traditional venture capital. Jared led UVF to a series of 14 investments in technology companies, Omniture (OMTR), Infinera (INFN) among them. view full bio
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Advisory Board Members
Joel Peterson - Joel Peterson is the co-founder of Peterson Partners, a private equity group with $300 million under management. Between 1973 and 1991, Mr. Peterson was treasurer, CFO, Director, and ultimately CEO of Trammell Crow Company, one of the world's largest real estate development firms. Mr. Peterson is currently a director of several companies, including JetBlue Airways, Franklin Covey and Asurion. Mr. Peterson is a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and recently was elected by students to receive the Distinguished Teacher Award, an annual honor awarded by students to an outstanding teacher. view full bio Larry Cook - Larry Cook is a partner at Peterson Partners, a middle market private equity fund. Mr. Cook is also a partner of Peterson Ventures, a sister fund focused on seed and venture investments in early stage companies. Prior to joining Peterson Partners, Mr. Cook worked in the mergers & acquisitions group of the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City. Mr. Cook sits on the boards of Quality Mechanical, Golden West Sanders, Reyburn Landscaping, True North AR, TodaysMama.com, and Modyo.com. view full bio
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