Peter Sellis
About Peter Sellis
Peter Sellis is a product executive based in Los Angeles. According to Lenny's Newsletter, he was the first product manager at Snapchat and spent seven years there. He later served as Head of Product at Discord and has since left that role.
Crunchbase lists him as a former Senior Vice President of Product at Discord and a former Snap product vice president. It also lists a past role as COO at HelloSociety. A Mesh profile says he worked as an investment professional at Science Inc. before Snap. Mesh is a secondary source.
Crunchbase lists five personal investments: Read AI, Product Science, GOALS, Eigen and District. The earliest dated one is the Read AI seed round in September 2021, where TechCrunch named him among the angels as a Snapchat product VP.
Crunchbase also records him in Product Science (January 2023), GOALS (Series A, April 2023), Eigen (April 2026) and District (May 2026). Crunchbase also lists him as an advisor to Ivee since 2018.
On the Lounge deals desk, he is recorded in two recent AI rounds: Eigen's $15M seed (April 2026) and District's $14.7M seed (May 2026). Fortune describes District as an AI-powered platform that helps online sellers build stores and marketplaces. Andreessen Horowitz and Kindred Ventures led that round.
Read AI, which TechCrunch covered in 2021, is an earlier AI-related company in his portfolio. It makes a virtual meeting dashboard. Its $10M seed was led by PSL Ventures, according to TechCrunch.
His recorded rounds are seed and Series A. Tracxn lists his investment locations as the United States and Sweden. The Lounge deals desk records only seed rounds in the AI category. His public investments cluster around consumer products, product tooling and commerce.
He has not published a check size, fund size or an investment thesis that we could find, so none is stated here.
- Eigen: seed round of $15M, April 2026 (Lounge deals desk).
- District: AI-powered commerce platform for independent sellers. He joined its $14.7M seed round in May 2026, per Fortune and Crunchbase.
- GOALS: Series A of $20M, April 2023, per Tracxn.
- Product Science: seed round, January 2023, per Crunchbase.
- Read AI: meeting analytics startup. He invested in its $10M seed round in September 2021, per TechCrunch.
- crunchbase.com/person/peter-sellis
- tracxn.com/d/people/peter-sellis/__VIbJcp9AWkwEMSQIf7PKCTNw-vvowkBZbdF
- techcrunch.com/2021/09/29/read-ai-raises-10m-creates-virtual-meeting-d
- fortune.com/2026/05/06/district-snap-seed
- citybiz.co/article/842672/district-raises-14-7m-seed-round-led-by-andr
- lennysnewsletter.com/p/90-minutes-of-unfiltered-product
- me.sh/profile/peter-sellis
Investing activity
Peter Sellis appears in 2 AI deals tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $30M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $15M. The most recent are District (Seed, $14.7M, May 2026) and Eigen (Seed, $15M, Apr 2026).
Peter Sellis most often invests alongside SV Angel, Kindred Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Maria Raga, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Peter Sellis
Has Peter Sellis invested in AI startups?
Yes. The Lounge deals desk records him in the Eigen seed ($15M, April 2026) and the District seed ($14.7M, May 2026). He was also an angel in the Read AI seed round in 2021.
What is Peter Sellis's background?
Lenny's Newsletter describes him as the first product manager at Snapchat and a former Head of Product at Discord. Crunchbase also lists a past COO role at HelloSociety.
What stage does Peter Sellis invest in?
His recorded investments are seed rounds and one Series A (GOALS, 2023). He has not published a stage preference.
What is Peter Sellis's check size?
No check size is public. Round totals on this page are the size of the whole round, not his own investment.
How can founders contact Peter Sellis?
He is public on LinkedIn, on X as @petersellis and at pjs.lol. He has not published pitch instructions.
Who invested alongside Peter Sellis in District?
Andreessen Horowitz and Kindred Ventures led the seed. Fortune names other angels including Maria Raga, Gokul Rajaram and Imran Khan.
Is Peter Sellis an angel investor?
Yes. Peter Sellis invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Peter Sellis invested in?
Peter Sellis's AI investments include District and Eigen. The 2 rounds on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Peter Sellis invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Peter Sellis has invested at Seed, with a median round of $15M.
Who does Peter Sellis co-invest with?
Peter Sellis's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are SV Angel (2 deals), Kindred Ventures (1 deal), Andreessen Horowitz (1 deal), Maria Raga (1 deal) and 20VC (1 deal).