Peter Bisgaard is a managing director at Pivotal Life Sciences and a managing partner at Pivotal bioVenture Partners. He previously held senior roles at Novo Ventures and worked at McKinsey & Co.

What Peter can write

Writes checks of$3M to $30M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%, 10-12%At first check
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Pivotal bioVenture Partners writes $3M to $30M checks, larger than 93% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. McKinsey & Co.
  2. Novo Ventures
    2001
  3. Novo Holdings/ Novo Ventures (US) Inc. · Senior Partner
  4. Pivotal Life Sciences · Managing Director
    2017
  5. Pivotal bioVenture Partners · Managing Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

Ra PharmaNevroAlder BiopharmaceuticalsMaplightEngrialAddition

Focus

Venture Capitallife sciences

Education

Technical University of Denmark, M.Sc. in EngineeringEuropean Consortium for Mathematics in the Industry, post-graduate degree in Mathematical Modelling in Economics

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Who is Peter Bisgaard?

Peter Bisgaard is a managing director at Pivotal Life Sciences and a managing partner at Pivotal bioVenture Partners. He previously held senior roles at Novo Ventures and worked at McKinsey & Co.

How much does Peter Bisgaard invest?

Peter Bisgaard invests through Pivotal bioVenture Partners, which writes checks of $3M to $30M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Peter Bisgaard?

A warm intro from a founder Pivotal bioVenture Partners backed works best.

What did Peter Bisgaard do before Pivotal bioVenture Partners?

McKinsey & Co.; Novo Ventures; Senior Partner at Novo Holdings/ Novo Ventures (US) Inc.; Managing Director at Pivotal Life Sciences.

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