Investor profile
Jim Peyser
Accelerator, Private equity & Academic Visitor at Harvard University VPAL, Senior Adviser at Bellwether
Jim Peyser is an Academic Visitor at Harvard University VPAL, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI ApplicationsBankingDiagnosticsFinancial InclusionLendingMicrofinanceUniversity Grantmaking
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Academic Visitor at Harvard University VPAL, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- Autonomo Technologies
- DigiBuild
- Giant Magellan Telescope Organization
- Upsolve
- Duniya Healthcare
- Gaia AI
- MejorCDT
- Anthem
- Whist
Senior Adviser at Bellwether, whose known portfolio counts 7 companies
- Jana Small Finance Bank
- Equitas Small Finance Bank
- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
- Trident Microfin
- Arohan Financial
- Chetna Organic Agriculture Producer Company
- Sonata Finance
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, Education, FinTech and Healthcare, and focus areas AI Applications, Banking, Diagnostics and Financial Inclusion. Startups operating in these areas may find Jim Peyser relevant.
Harvard University VPAL appears in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Jim Peyser matches their raise.
Colleagues
Carl Bradford Byers
Adjunct Lecturer
Boston, United States
Trevor Fetter
Senior Lecturer
Boston, United States
Spencer Rascoff
Visiting Lecturer
Los Angeles, United States
Debi Kleiman
Director
Boston, United States
Tom Manning
Founding Director, Harvard ALI Lab
Evanston, United States
Akhil Gupta
Investor
New York, United States
Jeffrey Beir
iLab Founding Mentor
Boston, United States
Samir Mitragotri
Professor
Cambridge, United States
Greg Verdine
Erving Professor of Chemistry
Boston, United States
Krish W. Ramadurai
Guest Lecturer
San Francisco, United States
Shilpa Yarlagadda
Investor
San Francisco, United States
Peter Sands
Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland
Henry Louis Gates
Professor
Cambridge, United States
Fabio Filocamo
Managing Director
Rome, Italy
Brian Trelstad
Investor
Boston, United States
Thu Le
Principal
Wichita, United States
Andrew Chung
Executive Fellow, Venture Translation & Innovation
Jackson, United States
Ray Wu
Mentor - Harvard Blockchain Accelerator
San Francisco, United States
Mark Inkster
Investor
Singapore
Frequently asked questions
Who is Jim Peyser?
Jim Peyser is an accelerator partner and private equity investor based in Milton, Massachusetts, United States, listed as Academic Visitor at Harvard University VPAL. The known portfolio of that firm counts 9 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Jim Peyser personally.
What does Jim Peyser invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Education, FinTech and Healthcare; listed focus areas include AI Applications, Banking, Diagnostics and Financial Inclusion. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Jim Peyser invest at?
Harvard University VPAL appears in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Jim Peyser is listed there as Academic Visitor. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Jim Peyser listed at?
Jim Peyser is listed as Academic Visitor at Harvard University VPAL. 19 other people in the database share a firm with Jim Peyser.
How do I contact Jim Peyser?
An email address and a LinkedIn page are on file for Jim Peyser. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no phone number for this profile.
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