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Peter Herz

General Partner @ 1st Course Capital | Venture Capital, Sustainability

Redwood City, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2019

    An early stage venture capital firm focused on food system innovation.

  • Co-founder, CFO & Member, Board of Directors

    2014

    Accelerating the transition to a just and regenerative food system. As regenerative agriculture has become more of a household name over the last decade, there’s been a robust discussion about what it would take to transition our food system to better-align with its principles. Whether it is consumers changing their purchasing patterns, major food companies changing their sourcing practices, or government entities offering new technical assistance programs, there is one part of the dialogue that is often forgotten: how – and more importantly, who – will finance the regenerative revolution?

2004 - 2017

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2004 - 2017

2011 - 2013

  • CEO

    2011 - 2013

    Building a scalable solution for scientists & researchers worldwide that accelerates discovery by eliminating experiment replication, codifying institutional knowledge, and maintaining full compliance for protection of intellectual property.

2009 - 2010

  • President

    2009 - 2010

    Illuminating human biology through modeling & simulation.

  • VP Business Development

    2000 - 2004

1997 - 2000

  • President & CEO

    1997 - 2000

  • Director of North American Applications

    1996 - 1997

1993 - 1996

  • Director of Consulting

    1993 - 1996