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Our Team

 

The 1st Course Capital team has a deep network of investors, corporations, and other stakeholders that we bring to bear to support our portfolio companies.

 
 

We bring together the resources for strategy, marketing, sales, operations, finance, people, and anything else an entrepreneur needs to maximize their chance of success.

 
 
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Peter Herz

GENERAL Partner

  • Serial entrepreneur

  • Board member & Advisor to early stage companies

  • BS Electrical Engineering & Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University

 
 
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Renske Lynde

GENERAL PARTNER

  • Veteran leader in food, agriculture and nutrition policy & regulatory arenas

  • Board member & investor in early stage food system companies

  • BA, Boston University; MPP, University of California, Berkeley

 
 
 

Doug Koob

General Partner

  • Founder, Circle Alliances - Growth strategist for scaling innovative brands

  • Senior leadership team roles for several leading U.S. restaurant concepts

  • Various U.S. & international roles at Starbucks for 23 years

 
 
 

Michiel Bakker

ADVISOR

  • President, Culinary Institute of America

  • Global leadership roles at Google

  • Starwood Hotels & Resorts

  • MBA, University of Bradford, UK; Executive Msc University of Denver; MS HOA, UNLV