Peter Relan Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 7

  • Portfolio
  • 2

  • Exits
  • 6

Exits

Peter Relan General Information

Description

Mr. A. Peter Relan is the Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer at YouWeb Incubator. Mr.Relan served as Chairman at OneFold. He is a Co-Founder and serves as a Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Got-It AI. He co-founded and served as Chairman at Spaceport.io. He served as Board Member at Chapter Apps. He also served as a Board Member at Discord. Before founding YouWeb, he was the founder and CEO of Business Signatures and CTO of Webvan in addition to a host of roles spanning a 30-year career. He became an angel investor, and started his own company, Business Signatures, in 2001, shortly after Sep 11. He worked with his co-founders who were ex-Oracle colleagues and Dr. Jennifer Widom at Stanford to build a query engine for processing clickstreams, and the company applied the technology to online fraud detection and was acquired by Entrust, a public company, in 2006. In 2007, he started his incubator YouWeb, with the mission of helping, young technical entrepreneurs start their companies, even if they did not have an idea. He is also a Board Member at Hammer & Chisel. He also serves as an Advisor at ThreatMetrix. He co-founded Openkit. He serves as Chairman at OneFold. He also serves as Executive Chairman at Got It AI. He holds an MS in Engineering Management from Stanford University and a BS in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • San Francisco, CA
  • United States

Peter Relan Investments (7)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
CarbonBuilt 07-Aug-2024 Early Stage VC Raw Materials (Non-Wood) Generating Revenue
Optivolt 17-May-2022 Alternative Energy Equipment Generating Revenue
Optivolt 23-Aug-2019 Alternative Energy Equipment Generating Revenue
Butterfleye 23-Dec-2014 Electronics (B2C) Generating Revenue
YouWeb Incubator 03-Sep-2013 Other Financial Services Generating Revenue
Pluto Media 29-Jan-2013 Seed Round Educational Software Out of Business
Spaceport.io 01-Jan-2008 Seed Round Entertainment Software Generating Revenue

Peter Relan Exits (6)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
YouWeb Incubator 01-Jan-2023 Secondary Transaction - Private
Butterfleye 14-Dec-2017
Pluto Media 01-Jul-2015
Agawi 01-Sep-2014
Spaceport.io 24-Apr-2013 Merger/Acquisition
Aurora Feint 21-Apr-2011 Merger/Acquisition

Peter Relan Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Peter Relan Co-Investors (17)

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Peter Relan FAQs

  • Who is Peter Relan?

    Peter Relan is an angel Investor who has made 7 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Peter Relan?

    Peter Relan is an angel investor.

  • What does Peter Relan do?

    As an angel investor, Peter Relan invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • What has Peter Relan invested in?

    Peter Relan has made numerous investments in companies like CarbonBuilt, Optivolt, and Butterfleye within the Raw Materials (Non-Wood), Alternative Energy Equipment, and Electronics (B2C) industries.

  • What has Peter Relan invested in recently?

    Peter Relan's latest investment was on 07-Aug-2024 in CarbonBuilt, a company within the Raw Materials (Non-Wood) industry.

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