Peter Lehrman is the Founder and CEO of Axial, a New York-based financial technology platform. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Peter Lehrman is the Founder and CEO of Axial, a New York-based financial technology platform for middle-market M&A and capital raises, and previously worked in private equity at SFW Capital Partners and was part of the founding team at Gerson Lehrman Group. As an angel investor, he has made 26 personal investments, typically at the pre-seed and seed stages, with a focus on information services, internet, SaaS, analytics, mobile, financial services, B2B, and big data companies in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Silicon Valley, and Massachusetts. His typical check size is not publicly specified for his angel investments, though Axial’s platform facilitates deals ranging from $2.5 million to $50 million, and he is known to invest personally rather than lead large institutional rounds. Notable portfolio companies include Artsy, Emissary, and Rebag, all of which are listed as his recent and prominent investments. Lehrman’s distinctive point of view centers on creating an online capital marketplace for the middle market—companies outside Silicon Valley’s limelight—to connect entrepreneurs with lenders, acquirers, and investors for financing or exit events. He
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