Peterson Partners

About Peterson Partners

Peterson Partners is an independent investment management firm with assets under management across a variety of alternative asset classes.

The core of who we are is in our name: ‘Partners.’ We seek to be a true value-add partner to the entrepreneurs we back, and we look for entrepreneurs who desire more than just capital from an investment partner.

For over 15 years, Peterson Partners has been partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs. We have invested in over 200 companies, primarily in the US, but also Canada, Europe, Mexico, Brazil, and India. 

We were founded by Joel Peterson, a teacher of entrepreneurs, a long-time backer of entrepreneurs, and an entrepreneur himself. After helping to build Trammell Crow Company into a multi-billion dollar enterprise, eventually as Managing Partner, Joel left to teach at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and founded Peterson Partners, with the mission of helping entrepreneurs achieve their dreams. Since then Peterson Partners has grown into a professional, independent investment management firm with funds allocated across several disciplines: Private Equity, Seed Stage Venture, Search Funds, and Real Estate. 

Each business has a differentiated strategy, but the foundation of each remains the same as those first investments – we seek to be a true partner to outstanding entrepreneurs.

Team

Joel Peterson

Joel is the Founding Partner and Chairman of Peterson Partners.  Joel has a long history of successful growth capital investments in a variety of industries.  He currently teaches Entrepreneurial Management at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, is the Chairman of the Board of Overseers at the Hoover Institution at Stanford as well as the Chairman of the Board at JetBlue Airways, and serves as a Director of Franklin Covey.  He served formerly as Managing Partner of Trammell Crow Company.  He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.  Joel is the author of The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds that make a Business Great.

Board Directorships:

  • JetBlue

  • Franklin Covey

  • Packsize

Clint Peterson

Clint is a Partner at Peterson Partners.  Prior to Peterson Partners, Clint was a Senior Principal with TowerBrook Capital Partners, a London and New York-based investment management firm with approximately $8 billion AUM.  Before working with TowerBrook, Clint was an Associate at Soros Private Equity in London.  Clint received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Stanford University.

Board Directorships:

  • Azul (Observer)

  • Basic Research

  • BenefitGuard

  • Blue Raven Solar

  • Brazil Fitness Corporation (Velocity)

  • EquityMetrix

  • Glenfarne Group

  • Interior Define

  • International Education Partners

  • Rev360

  • Si Señor

  • Vigzul

Max Artz

Max is a Principal at Peterson Partners.  Prior to joining Peterson Partners, Max worked as Chief of Staff at Flow Commerce.  Prior to joining Flow, Max was the General Manager of China at The Aromatherapy Company, a New Zealand home goods company, based in Shanghai.  Max began his career with The Royal Bank of Scotland in the International Banking division.  Max received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.S. from Babson College.

JR De Agostini

JR is a Principal at Peterson Partners.  Prior to joining Peterson Partners, JR was an investment banking associate with J.P. Morgan’s healthcare group in San Francisco.  Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, JR served as a Navy SEAL team leader.  JR received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Utah.