Andrew Peterson
Andrew Peterson is an Investor at Mallory and Founding GP at Aviso Ventures. He was CEO and Co-Founder of Signal Sciences and Signal Sciences Co-Founder at Fastly, which acquired the company for $825 million. He was Group PM/GM at Etsy. He is also an Investor at Sublime Security, SpecterOps, Kindo, Quandri and Dreadnode, Investor and Advisor at Impart Security Inc., and Investor and independent board member at DryRun Security.
Patrick Thompson: Consider Talking Yourself Out of Founding a Startup — Andrew Peterson Says Some Ignorance Helps
Patrick Thompson argues many people should reconsider starting a company because the realities are brutal and require a degree of willful ignorance; he cites entrepreneur Andrew Peterson, who says some naivety (or masochism) helps founders begin despite knowing how hard it is.
Seattle Startup Certiv Raises $4.2M to Secure AI Agents on Employee Devices, Led by Jason Needham
Seattle startup Certiv secured $4.2 million in funding to develop security software that monitors and controls AI agents on employee computers, led by CEO Jason Needham. Founded in June 2025, Certiv's technology enforces company policies to prevent unauthorized actions by AI agents and has already begun enterprise pilot deployments.
Organizations
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Mallory Investor 2025–present · current
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Aviso Ventures Founder · current
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Dreadnode Investor 2023–present · current
Education
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Stanford University Bachelor of Arts, Science, Technology and Society
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business Summer Institute
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Cisco Networking Academy Network Associate Program Graduate
