Peter Cowen

Sutton Capital

Peter Cowen is a technology investment banker and a mentor and angel investor in tech-enabled outsourced companies. Peter is the Founder and Managing Director of Sutton Capital, a Los-Angeles based technology investment bank that advises on mergers, acquisitions and large capital raises. He has led dozens of deals totaling over $500 million in value. Peter has been an angel in over 50 early stage deals and an LP in a half dozen seed VC funds. His investments include MindBody (NSDQ: MB), Style Haul (sold to Bertelsmann), Cognition (sold to Nuance NSDQ: NUAN), Pulse Biosciences (NSDQ: PLSE), Winc, ESalon, and Joany. He also currently serves on the board of 3 venture-backed firms: Leaseville, 17Hats and ShipHawk. Peter founded the largest annual SoCal tech conference focused on educating entrepreneurs in understanding deep customer engagement called the Recurring Revenue Conference, with over 600 attendees in 2018. He has also been on the UCLA Anderson faculty for the past 10 years teaching the fully-employed and executive MBAs. Previously, Peter co-founded three companies that were sold to public companies or a strategic partner: one in computer networks, one in biometrics and one in logistics optimization. Peter has an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Articles by Peter Cowen

Zero → 100: The Exact Steps We Took to Close Our First 100 Paying Customers

Going from zero customers to 100 in just four months sounds impossible—unless you’re a founder willing to roll up your sleeves and hustle relentlessly. I’m Gaurav Bhattacharya, co-founder of Jeeva.ai,...

Unblocking Startup Growth: Best Practices for Sales Discovery & Qualification with Richard Harris

Startups are in a constant race against time and resources, navigating complex sales environments with lean teams and limited margins for error. In a recent session from the Mucker Growth...

The LinkedIn Playbook: How Startup Founders Can Stand Out & Scale

This LinkedIn Playbook is based on insights from a recent one-time Mucker Growth Session webinar featuring LinkedIn growth experts Alec Paul (Founder of SalesBrand) and Kyle Williams (Founder of Brickstack)....

DeepSeek vs OpenAI: Comparison Breakdown and What It Means For Your Tech Startup With Dan Cleary

In this recent webinar of our Mucker Growth Series, we discussed the evolving AI landscape with Dan Cleary, founder of PromptHub. He provided an in-depth breakdown of DeepSeek vs. OpenAI,...

Building Product Without Knowing Code With Adam New Waterson

In a deep dive into AI-driven product development, Adam New-Waterson, a former CMO turned Chief Product Officer and now solopreneur, shared how non-technical founders can harness the power of AI...

How To Build An Automated Sales Outreach Engine For Startups with ColdIQ

Many B2B startups (and even larger organizations) are unable to be successful with their outbound sales strategy because they take a lazy, “batch-and-blast” approach. In a recent Mucker Growth Series...