Gaingels
Peter has honed his expertise in website UX/UI, human-computer interaction, user analytics, SEO and online communities for 25 years. following a 4.5 year run at online pioneer aol (where he co-created some of the world’s first online personal ads) he then headed up product development at Zagat, moved on to Vindigo, spent a year at the CIA, and then joined nascent startup meetup as one of their very first employees.
From 2003 to 2006, he led meetup’s product through two vital evolutions: ensuring every meetup group had a self-appointed organizer (therefore dramatically improving the attendee experience) and then implementing a monthly fee for organizers (thereby establishing a sustainable business model).
Subsequently, he co-founded flashlight worthy books and headed product (and served as interim CTO) at food52. He's been a venture investor since 2007, all the while raising two sons with his wife. With his children past their seed stage, he made his exit to assume a managing member role with Gaingels at the beginning of 2019.
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Gaingels is the leading venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT community and its allies. Through their 700+ individual members and family offices, they have invested over $50,000,000 into 120+ companies since 2016, with 80% of that since January 2019. Gaingels invests in companies with LGBT founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams. The Gaingels network actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments. Gaingels regularly co-invests with select VC leads across a variety of sectors, from technology to B2B, healthcare and consumer, in competitive and over-subscribed rounds from Seed to Growth/pre-IPO.