Peter Olcott

Peter Olcott is a Principal at First Star Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Holding a PhD and bringing over twenty years of professional experience, he specializes in deep tech investments across pre-seed, seed, and Series A funding rounds. At the firm founded in 2014, Olcott evaluates frontier technologies such as advanced compute, digital biology, and cyberphysical systems alongside partners Drew Volpe and Millie Liu. His recent firm investment activity includes backing Blumen Systems in a one million dollar seed round in April 2023 and participating in a three million dollar financing for Salient in June 2023. Operating within a broader investment ecosystem that frequently co-invests with established institutions like Munich Re Ventures and Bain Capital Ventures, Olcott maintains a primary focus on commercializing transformative artificial intelligence and computational biotechnology innovations.