Peakview Capital, a Menlo Park, CA-based technology focused hybrid venture capital fund and investor in many of the top U.S venture capital firms, has closed its latest fund, bringing total AUM to more than $500M.
The firm will aim to invest a majority of the new capital in a portfolio of top-tier VC managers’ funds along with select inflection-stage direct investments. The fund has already backed several of the industry’s leading venture capital funds.
Led by Erik Lassila, Managing Partner, Peakview Capital specializes in investing and deploying capital in concentrated portfolios of top performing VC firms and makes direct investments in technology startups across various industries.
The firm recently added Tyler Hartsock and Kevin McQuillan as Partners.
Hartsock has been a VC fund of funds veteran since 2009 when he served as an early employee of Greenspring Associates. More recently he was a partner at Next Play Capital, where he served on the investment committee and led its fund partnership investment practice and emerging manager strategy. Prior to Next Play, Hartsock co-led Northgate Capital’s flagship VC fund of funds. He will help manage the firm’s investment practices and fundraising initiatives.
McQuillan has been an active VC investor for decades, co-founding two VC firms. He was Co-Founder and General Partner at Focus Ventures. McQuillan brings his experience and expertise to help inform Peakview’s fund and direct investments.
Peakview has also added Nicole de Moulpied as Director of Marketing. De Moulpied has held various sales and marketing positions at Ansys, Inc., Clearstone Venture Partners and several international startups, and heads the firm’s marketing initiatives.
