Peter Boboff

Partner at Transmedia Capital. Most interested in tech, food, wine, skiing & fly-fishing.

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

Having a hard time sleeping? Check out @eightsleep. Awesome product - 9 years in the making!

[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and many of your favorite athletes all sleep on an @eightsleep.

I loved the product so much, I begged Matteo and Alex to let me invest.

Today they launch the latest version of their product. Sleep fitness improving lives.

[Matteo Franceschetti @m_franceschetti]

BREAKING NEWS: Introducing Pod 4 Ultra. A complete redesign of the fan-favorite @eightsleep Pod, now available in over 28 countries worldwide.

✅2x the cooling power
✅40% quieter
✅Controlled without a phone
✅10x more comfortable
✅And now with snoring detection and mitigation

Get yours today: https://t.co/lg6mxNDj8W

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

This is huge! Before we know it we will be on a Regent craft in Hawaii & worldwide. @billythalheimer and team @regentcraft are flying!!!

[Billy Thalheimer @billythalheimer]

It is a truly monumental day for @regentcraft – I’m ecstatic to announce our $60M Series A!

From our earliest days, we were told this round may be the hardest money we ever raise. I wont go as far to say its “easy” to build a sub-scale, proof-of-concept demonstrator, but many companies have done it. In the early days, we raised our Seed Round off a business plan, some clever use of physics and regulatory pathways, and a ¼ scale uncrewed prototype that proved it was possible.

But then came the big jump: full-scale, human safe systems. They’re (very) expensive. They’re difficult. They take years to design. When they break, there’s no reversion to the last stable branch of code – its months of repair and delays on program goals.

Most importantly, human life is on the line. Systems must be redundant. Tested to the edge of their operating envelope and beyond. It is a whole new ballgame.

Unsurprisingly, the world of interested investors quickly dwindled when we first tested the waters of a $60M raise to build a human-carrying prototype. And if the ask wasn’t grand enough, as an economic backdrop, it was the worst fundraising market of the last decade.

We of course understood the general sentiment. After all, what could be a more capital intensive, more risk-on, more long-lead than investing in a human-carrying flying machine? Investors existing and prospective alike challenged us on our approach. “Why build the full scale? Is there anything else you can do that’s less money, time, or risk?”

We stood steadfast because we knew: if we wanted to bring seagliders to market on the timeline we promised, this was the next step. Full scale, with humans onboard.

So we remained undeterred, and we chipped away. We began forming strategic commercial partnerships and took investment from @JAL_Official_jp, Yamato Transport, and others (soon to be announced!). We leaned in on dual use - on the growing need for distributed maritime transport to our armed forces - and brought on @LockheedMartin.

And at this intersection of defense and sustainability, we met 8090 Industries - who’s ethos and hustle perfectly complimented our own. With a lead check from 8090, and co-leadership from @foundersfund , our earliest backer, the Series A was on.

We gathered support from investors who understood what we were doing. Who didn’t recoil at the goal of a full-scale human-carrying prototype, but rather embraced it. They saw the prize – the promise of $8B in commercial preorders waiting on our development, a capability perfectly in line with an existential capability gap in national defense strategy, and a mode of transportation that will service the billions of people that move along coastlines every year.

When the dust settled, we raised an oversubscribed $60M round that funds us all the way through human flight of our full scale prototype, and we were able to do it all without slowing down the engineering one bit.

The year ahead will be the most exciting year in REGENTs history (I suppose that isn’t saying much as we’re only 3 years old – but it will be truly exciting!) as we fly humans on a seaglider for the first time in history.

Besides our amazing investors, I’m thankful for our steadfast customers, our partners, my co-founder and best friend @Mikeklinker, and my wife who has provided unwavering support through the years of founder grind.

Could not be more proud of this amazing team and more humbled to be a part of it. And you can bet, this round has not gone to our heads. We know we’re still a long way from our goal of global seaglider operations and we’re full force ahead on making history next year!

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

Huge congrats to founders Daniel & Dillon and the @HelloPaperspace team. #proudinvestor https://t.co/PwqPj3cECF via @techcrunch

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

Huge congrats to @DavidReidEase & @courtneyguertin & @Ease Team. Still recall the initial anti-Zenefits pinch back in March 2015. #proudinvestor #longterminvesting.

https://t.co/Wrdf86jS6D

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

Heads up startup founders!!!

Don't file your Delaware Franchise Tax.
Let @fondocom file for you for $1 🤩

https://t.co/ubNRaPAcgN

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

@vanessasierra00 What brings you to rotto?

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

Check @SceneryCo collab-video editing app. Very cool app & new funding to boot. Congrats @mfolgs and team. #proudinvestor

[Mike Folgner @mfolgs]

News! @SceneryCo has raised a $14.6M Series A led by @GreylockVC with @craft_ventures, @Figma Ventures and others participating & we're opening https://t.co/RjVudPg1Iu public beta!

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

YC Demo Day - Winter 22. 400+ startups. ⁦@ycombinator⁩

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

If your a startup ya need checkout @abstractops #StartupSpace

[AbstractOps @AbstractOpsCo]

Excited to unveil AbstractOps: the Scaling System for Companies.

We unify data & workflows across Legal, HR, Finance, Compliance, so that founders and execs focus on what matters: product & customers.

https://t.co/ri3nOUs3ok

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

These 3 brothers crushed it! Huge congrats to @YahyaMokh & Haroon & Idris & @truebill team. What a journey! #proudinvestor

https://t.co/tE8SPBcbFM

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

Atomic Invest takeoff!! Congrats to team @atomicinvest & @davidndindi on the official launch today. https://t.co/8cL8cPARP1

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

Huge growth for team @apolloio https://t.co/hXa9wkHXDz via @techcrunch

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

Excellent work by @thebev & team @TLM. Apple now supporting The Last Mile.

[Beverly Parenti @thebev]

The Last Mile @tlm is thrilled to have Apple support our mission. https://t.co/WuDAvXpMz9

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

YC Demo Day S21. Huge growth at YC over the years. #YCombinator #startup

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

Great work at Team Lively. Checkout their market leading HSA. Hit 500M in AUM. @ShobinU @alexcyriac1 https://t.co/Cdy0Spaw7h

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

Great FinTech App & Great Company! Congrats @YahyaMokh
and team @truebill on Series D.
https://t.co/PHghGn6rcP via @crunchbasenews

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

Great work David Reid & Courtney Guertin & @ease Team https://t.co/YIlE5PQRJF

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

YC Demo Day W21 - 319 Companies. #startup #YCombinator

[Peter Boboff @peterboboff]

Great work from @bobbymarhamat & @TryRaydiant Team closing Series A - Checkout their new Workplace Experience Platform! https://t.co/MI3ggRMOKW via @crunchbasenews #startups