Bio
Peter A. Boyce II is the Founder & Managing Partner of Stellation Capital, a pre-seed & seed venture capital firm headquartered in Brooklyn. Current investments include: Block Party, Hearth Display, Hopscotch, Chill Pill, Honeycomb, and The Vendry.
Prior to founding Stellation, Peter spent eight years as a Partner at General Catalyst, a venture capital firm that invests in powerful, positive change that endures.
In joining General Catalyst in 2013 as one of the first two investment professionals based in their NYC office, he has worked closely with portfolio companies including: Ro, Atom Finance, Hellosaurus, Clay, Summer, Macro, Cadre, Mark43, Outdoor Voices, Great Jones, Jet.com (acquired by Walmart), Rebag, Major League Hacking, Wanderlog, and Workflow (acquired by Apple).
In addition to his work at GC, he also co-founded & advises Rough Draft Ventures: a program to support technology entrepreneurship on college campuses. Through his work with universities, he supports a portfolio of over 275 early stage startups founded by students & recent graduates, including: Instabase, FreeWill, Spring Health, Ribbon Health, Snackpass, Parade, Fireflies, Reverie Labs, Getaway, Cobalt Robotics, LogRocket, Pavlov (acquired by Coinbase), and Legalist.
Prior to his time at GC, he worked for online education marketplace Skillshare, helped launch GoGirl Finance, and co-founded two students groups while at Harvard: Harvard Ventures & HackHarvard.
Peter is a graduate of Harvard University, earning a B.A. in Applied Mathematics and a Secondary in Computer Science, with focus on Behavioral Economics & Network Theory. He grew up in New York City, where he graduated from Stuyvesant High School. He is proud to be a Ron Brown Scholar.
Outside of his time investing, Peter is proud to serve as a non-profit board member to support communities he is passionate about: The Shed, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The New Museum, NEW INC, and the Harvard College Fund - Executive Committee. He is also a Rock Venture Capital Partner at Harvard Business School and Program Advisor for the HBS MS/MBA Program.
Board Emeritus: Stuyvesant High School Alumni Association, AMANDA+JAMES, Harvard in Tech, Code Nation, MIT Sandbox, and former Vice Chair of Harvard 2013's 5th Year Reunion Committee.