Peter Rip

Peter Rip brings over 22 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur, private venture investor, and institutional investor. He has focused exclusively on early stage technology companies.

Before becoming a venture investor, Peter co-founded Silicon Compiler Systems, a major IC design automation company acquired by Mentor Graphics in 1991. He began venture investing in 1992, investing in several early stage companies acquired by AOL, Microsoft, HNC Software, and Infoseek. Prior to co-founding Leapfrog Ventures in 2000, Peter was the Managing Director of Knight Ridder Ventures, the venture capital subsidiary of Knight Ridder, Inc.

Peter has a Ph.D. in Marketing from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. from Brandeis University. He has also been a member of the marketing faculty of the University of Chicago GSB.