Investing Profile

Peter Sonsini(1)

Angel
Investor
Menlo Park, California
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Networks Peter is a member of
University of California, Berkeley Network
258 CONNECTIONS
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management Network
96 CONNECTIONS
Hewlett-Packard Network
21 CONNECTIONS
VMware Network
18 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Angel
Investment Range
$5K - $50K
Sweet Spot
$25K
Investments On Record
73

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Peter Sonsini's Investments On Record (27)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Perplexity
Series UnknownJul 2025$100M
Series BJan 2024$74M
Series AMar 2023$26M
$770M
Co-investors: Cack Wilhelm (IVP), Auren Hoffman (Flex Capital), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Joshua Müller (DTCP), Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures), Sara Thomas Deshpande (Maven Ventures), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Pieter Abbeel (AIX Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Bob Muglia, Guillermo Rauch, Tobias Lutke, Stanley Druckenmiller, Jeff Bezos, Dylan Field, Balaji Srinivasan, Amjad Masad, Shane Neman, Yann LeCun
Forethought
Series DMay 2025$25M
Series CDec 2021$65M
Series BOct 2020$17M
Series ADec 2018$9M
$120M
Co-investors: Manu Kumar (K9 Ventures), Alex Kolicich (8VC), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Robert Downey Jr (Footprint Coalition), Ben Casnocha (Village Global), Erik Torenberg (Village Global), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Suranga Chandratillake (Balderton Capital), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Axiom Partners), Alexa von Tobel (Inspired Capital), Brianne Kimmel (WorkLife Ventures), Christopher Manning (AIX Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Trevor McFedries, Gwyneth Paltrow, Baron Davis, Andy Coravos, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Mathilde Collin, Yan-David Erlich
Arcade.dev
SeedMar 2025$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Mike Volpi (Hanabi Capital), Chip Hazard (Flybridge)
Instabase
Series DJan 2025$100M
Series CJun 2023$45M
Series BOct 2019$110M
Series AJun 2017$23M
SeedAug 2015$4M
$280M
Co-investors: Sarah Cannon (Index Ventures), Jerry Chen (Greylock), Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz), William Reed (Spark Capital), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital)
AI Squared
Series AApr 2024$14M
SeedJun 2022$6M
$20M
Co-investors: Greg Papadopoulos (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Andrew McMahon (Ridgeline Partners), Allan Jean-Baptiste (Ansa Capital)
Granica
Series AJun 2023$45M
$45M
Co-investors: Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Frederic Kerrest
Antimatter
Series AMar 2022$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Greg Papadopoulos (New Enterprise Associates (NEA))
Anyscale
Series CDec 2021$100M
Series BOct 2020$40M
Series ADec 2019$20M
$260M
Co-investors: Ben Horowitz (Andreessen Horowitz), Nick Washburn (Intel Capital), David George (Andreessen Horowitz), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund)

Peter Sonsini's Experience

Senior Director, Strategic Alliances VMware2001 - 2005
Director of Product Management Mirapoint1998 - 2001
WW Product Marketing Manager Hewlett-Packard1996 - 1998

Peter Sonsini's Education

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management MBA
University of California, Berkeley BA Political Economy of Industrial Societies