Peter Relan is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who founded the YouWeb Incubator in Silicon Valley. See sector focus and contact routes.
Peter Relan is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who founded the YouWeb Incubator in Silicon Valley, where he has nurtured young companies for over 15 years after earlier careers at Hewlett-Packard and Oracle. His investment thesis centers on early-stage technology companies, with a distinctive focus on mobile, social gaming, wearables, and the Internet of Things, often described as a “wrist first” approach to innovation. Relan typically invests personal capital as an angel investor, though specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not publicly detailed in available sources. Notable portfolio companies include Discord, which he engaged with in its early stages, and AuroraFeint, a social gaming company acquired by GREE for $104 million. He also holds an early investor role in Discord and serves as chairman of GotIt!. Relan’s public writing and interviews emphasize mobile industry dynamics, including his 2011 analysis that Facebook would struggle to win in mobile due to its architecture.
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