FROM DORM ROOMS TO PUBLIC COMPANIES: STUDENT STARTUPS & VENTURE CAPITAL’S EVOLUTION

Join the School of Design for the third talk in the Spring series of Entrepreneurship Speaker Series.

Peter Boyce II will share his insights around student startups and venture capital. He has extensive experience and knowledge in this space and any and all members of the Pratt Community who are interested in benefiting from Peter’s knowledge and experience should feel free to join.

Everyone is welcome!

Please register to attend.

Peter A. Boyce II is the Founder & Managing Partner of Stellation Capital, a pre-seed & seed venture capital firm headquartered in Brooklyn. Prior to founding Stellation, Peter spent eight years as a Partner at General Catalyst(GC), a venture capital firm that invests in powerful, positive change that endures.

In addition to his work at GC, he also co-founded & advises a (aka Rough Draft Ventures): a program to support technology entrepreneurship on college campuses. Through his work with universities, he has supported a portfolio of over 300 early stage startups founded by students & recent graduates.

Peter is a graduate of Harvard University, earning a B.A. in Applied Mathematics and a Secondary in Computer Science. 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 Engineering Sciences Program.

E-mail us at sod@pratt.edu if you have any questions.