Peter Herz

Peter Herz is a serial entrepreneur and the General Partner at 1st Course Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Redwood City, California. In this role, he directs initial investments ranging from $25,000 to $200,000 into prototype, early revenue, and scaling stage companies operating across the agricultural and food supply chain. He actively serves as a board member and advisor to portfolio startups, providing strategic guidance on go-to-market execution, operations, corporate finance, and executive talent development. Prior to his current venture capital career, he built a foundational background in technology and quantitative analysis by earning a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University. Herz currently focuses on funding business model and technology innovations designed to improve the environmental, human, and social health of the global food system.