Peter Parker

Peter Parker is a Managing General Partner based in our Cambridge office. He focuses on new investments in life science tools, therapeutics, and drug delivery as well as overall management of the firm. He is currently a board member at Alessa, Mitokinin, Mediar, PhotoSwitch BioSciences, Comet and Arclight Therapeutics. For the past three decades, Peter has focused on early-stage company formation, funding, and growth and has been an equity investor and board member in over 35 life science companies. He was previously a General Partner at Ampersand Ventures from 1989-2006 and co-led the establishment of their life sciences franchise. For the past 10 years, Peter has played a major role in the greater Boston/Cambridge start-up ecosystem. At MassChallenge, he was the first healthcare/life sciences ‘Champion’ from 2012-2017. He also co-founded LabCentral with Johannes Fruehauf. In 2014, Peter was appointed to the Board of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center by Governor Deval Patrick.

Prior to Ampersand, Peter was head of worldwide R&D for AMAX Inc, a Fortune 50 industrial company. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University.