Investing Profile

Ilana Stern

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General Partner at Peterson Ventures
petersonventures.comSan Francisco Bay Area
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Networks Ilana is a member of
NewCo Network
1585 CONNECTIONS
Sm4rt Predictive Systems Network
290 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania Network
223 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
186 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
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Current Investing Position
Peterson Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $2.5M
Sweet Spot
$1.4M
Investments On Record
3
Current Fund Size
$140M

Ilana Stern is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ilana Stern's Investments On Record (3)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Casca
Series AAug 2025$29M
$37M
Co-investors: Jared Friedman (Israel Defense Forces), Tobias Lutke
Synthpop
SeedJun 2024$6M
$24M
Co-investors: Medha Agarwal (Redpoint Ventures), Andrew Vigneault (Flexcap Ventures), Marco DeMeireles (TCG (The Chernin Group))
Grain
SeedApr 2020$4M
$37M
Co-investors: Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Guillaume Cabane (Sequoia Capital), Taylor Barada (SignalFire), Micah Rosenbloom (Founder Collective), Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures), Jason Spinell (Slack Fund), Brian Balfour (Long Journey Ventures), Zach Weinberg (Flatiron Health), Scott Belsky (A24), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Eli Rubel (Offline Ventures), Shane Mac (Squared Away), Sandhya Hegde (Unusual Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Dalton Wright (Kickstart Fund), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Kearny Jackson), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Asad Khaliq (aCrew Capital), Lauren Kolodny (aCrew Capital), Vishal Harnal (500 Global), Fareed Mosavat, Sahil Lavingia, Gabriel Jarrosson

Ilana Stern's Experience

Advisor PassportPresent
Investor Cascading AI (YC S23)Present
Lecturer In Management Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessPresent
Guest Lecturer Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessPresent
Board Of Directors, Director Tava HealthPresent
Board of Directors, Observer TrendsiPresent
Board of Directors, Observer NomadPresent
Investor LoopPresent
Investor GriptapePresent
Investor Rising TeamPresent
Investor CambioPresent
Investor NyquistDataPresent
Investor GritWellPresent
Investor GrainPresent
Angel Investor RoutablePresent
Angel Investor DarkstorePresent
Angel Investor RinsePresent
Board Of Directors, Director David's BridalPresent
Founder, CEO and Board Director NewCoPresent
Summer Associate Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Present
General Partner Peterson VenturesPresent
Investor, Board Of Directors Tava HealthPresent
Investor, Board of Directors Cascading AI (YC S23)Present
Investor, Board of Directors Synthpop - Healthcare AIPresent
Investor, Board of Directors (Observer) NomadPresent
Investor Sora FinancePresent
Investor TrendsiPresent
Founder, CEO and Board Director Weddington Way (Acquired by Gap Inc.)Present
Intern BonobosPresent
Summer Associate Boston Consulting GroupPresent
Buyer Bloomingdale'sPresent
Investor, Board of Directors Cascading AIPresent
Investor NyquistAIPresent
Lecturer In Management Stanford UniversityPresent
Investor SoraFinancePresent
Investor Grain IntelligencePresent
Investor Loop ReturnsPresent
Guest Lecturer Stanford UniversityPresent
Founder, CEO and Board Director Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Advisor AtomicPresent
Founder, CEO and Board Director Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present

Ilana Stern's Education

University of Pennsylvania BA International Relations