Peter Mueller

Peter Mueller

Investor at Cielara AI
Seattle, Washington, United States

Peter Mueller is currently an investor at Borderless AI, CalmWave, Cielara AI, and Cimba.ai, and founder and venture partner at Breakwater Ventures. He previously held roles at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Carta, Concert Golf Partners, and SeaChange Fund.

From Angel to Grown-Up Ventures with Peter Mueller, Breakwater Ventures

In this episode of Sound Investments, host Ed Barker interviews Peter Muller, founding partner of Breakwater Ventures, to explore his unique journey from Merrill Lynch to the launch of his venture capital firm in Seattle. They discuss Peter's career transitions, the Seattle startup ecosystem, and dive into key areas of interest like AI, fintech, and marketplaces. The conversation covers the challenges and opportunities in Seattle's venture capital scene, the firm's investment philosophy, and promising sectors. Peter also shares insights into raising capital in a tough environment and the necessary characteristics of successful founders. 00:00 Introduction 01:05 Meet Peter Mueller 05:59…

#71 Peter Mueller Founding Partner Breakwater VC about Pre Seed Investing in Seattle Tech Startups

In this episode Nataraj talked to Peter Mueller who is the founding partner of Breakwater ventures investing in early stage tech startups in Pacific Northwest and Wester Canadian Startups. The conversation includes: - how to think about angel investing & pre-seed investing? - Seattle pre-seed ecosystem - learnings from Seachange fund - thesis for breakwater - Whats making Western Canada an interesting place to invest? - investing in AI - long tail opportunity in AI & more. Follow peter on twitter here - https://twitter.com/pjsmueller Follow Nataraj on twitter here - https://twitter.com/natarajsindam Follow 100 Days of AI here - https://thestartupproject.io/100-days-of-ai/

Organizations

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  • Cielara AI Investor 2025–present · current
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    Stealth startup Investor 2025–present · current
  • KredosAI logo
    KredosAI Board Member 2021–present, Director 2024–2026 · current

Education

  • Pacific Lutheran University Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance

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