Tanner Larsen

Tanner Larsen is an Associate at Peterson Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm founded by Joel Peterson. The firm recently raised $140 million across its fourth flagship fund and its first opportunity fund to back early-stage startups. In his current role, Larsen evaluates seed investments across a variety of sectors, including software-as-a-service, direct-to-consumer brands, e-commerce enablement, digital healthcare, and the future of work. Peterson Ventures maintains a strong investment focus on companies emerging from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Utah technology ecosystem, having previously backed notable consumer and enterprise brands such as Allbirds, Bonobos, Cotopaxi, and Lucid. The broader firm portfolio also includes successful investments in growing companies like Loop Returns, Nomi Health, and SmartAsset. Larsen currently focuses on identifying and supporting high-growth seed-stage enterprises within these core regional and academic networks.