Peter Boyce II, co-founder of Rough Draft Ventures, invests exclusively at the pre-seed stage in student-founded. See sector focus and contact routes.
Peter Boyce II, co-founder of Rough Draft Ventures, invests exclusively at the pre-seed stage in student-founded technology startups, typically providing $10,000–$25,000 in simple convertible notes to help them build initial products. His distinctive thesis focuses on identifying the “best and brightest” product-focused founders on university campuses across sectors including software, robotics, healthcare, and consumer tech, with the goal of nurturing them into ventures that secure follow-on seed or Series A funding. Notable portfolio companies from Rough Draft include Notion, WHOOP, Snackpass, Pavlov (acquired by Coinbase), and Workflow (acquired by Apple), with over 275 teams backed collectively raising more than $225 million in subsequent capital.
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