Jake Kastan

I could not verify a current public Peterson Partners or Peterson Ventures team biography for Jake Kastan. The current Peterson team page does not list Jake Kastan, and web searches did not surface a reliable current LinkedIn profile, headshot, education history, or career chronology that could be tied to him with confidence.

The firm associated with the supplied stub, Peterson Partners, is an independent investment firm based in Salt Lake City. Peterson states that it has backed more than 300 companies over more than 20 years and operates across private equity, venture capital, and search strategies.

Peterson Ventures, the firm’s venture arm, invests at pre-seed and seed. Its public venture page says the firm offers capital and support to startup entrepreneurs, typically investing $250K-$2.5M and reserving follow-on capital. A 2022 Crunchbase News profile reported that Peterson Ventures had raised $140 million across its fourth fund and first opportunity fund, and that the seed practice focused heavily on Utah companies and companies coming out of Stanford Graduate School of Business.

• Peterson Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed companies, with average investment size listed by the firm as $250K-$2.5M.
• The firm’s stated industry focus areas are FinTech, SaaS, digital commerce, healthcare, and consumer tech.
• Peterson’s own framing is people-first: “People make all the difference, and who we back is our primary investment question.”
• The firm says it typically participates for a 5-10 year “chapter of growth” and works as a coach and advisor around brands, systems, human capital, and growth.
• Crunchbase News reported that Peterson Ventures likes to lead or co-lead and is comfortable investing pre-revenue or even pre-product.
• Crunchbase News also reported that the firm’s strategy evolved from direct-to-consumer investing into e-commerce enablement, digital health, future of work, and related software/service categories.