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PLG Ventures

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PLG Ventures is a Santa Monica-based venture capital firm that focuses on investing in pre-seed and seed stage technology-enabled startups.

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founded date

01.01.2015

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IPO status

Private

Description

PLG Ventures has invested in a number of startups, including ASYSTEM, Ready, Set, Food!, Cube, Zone7, Fernish, AvantStay, MindMate, Blast, KitSplit, and Scatter. They have a preference for startups that are 2-3 years old and operate in the finance and marketing sectors. PLG Ventures typically invests in rounds with 5-6 participants and has been active in 2-6 deals per year, with a particularly high activity in 2017. Despite being based in the United States, they have also been involved in funding rounds alongside other venture capital firms such as Techstars, Right Side Capital Management, and SOSV.
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Peter Goldberg
Peter Goldberg

Peter Goldberg

Peter Goldberg is the founder of PLG Ventures based in Santa Monica. Since 2015, Peter has been one of the most active early stage investors in SoCal. Prior to PLG, Peter held various executive positions in the banking industry including being the president and CEO of AmTrust Bank and it's holding company which included the insurance and securities/brokerage divisions. AmTrust was at one point the largest privately held bank in the US with assets of approximately $20 billion, loan originations of over $200 billion and over 3000 employees. During that career, Peter led dynamic teams of senior level executives, held director positions at the bank, it's holding company, one of Coldwell Banker's largest real estate franchises and served on advisory committees of Fannie Mae and various mortgage insurance companies. Peter has an Economics degree from The Ohio State University, an MBA focused on organizational behavior from Baldwin Wallace and is a graduate from the International Executive Leadership Programme from INSEAD in Fountainebleau, France.

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PLG Ventures
PLG Ventures

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Peter Goldberg

Employee Profiles
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Elaine Russell

Elaine Russell

Venture Partner

Peter Goldberg

Peter Goldberg

Founder, Partner

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