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Alan Gould

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Smart Money Rating: 83 out of 100

Co-Managing Director, Peak Opportunity Partners

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Peak Opportunity Partners
Title
Co-Managing Director
Role
Managing partner
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Record updated 20 September 2026

About

Founder and Co-CEO of IAG Research (acquired by the Nielsen Company, lead investors include Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners).  Following the sale of IAG, Alan became a venture partner with Greycroft and served on the Board of Directors of AppAnnie, VIZU, WorkFusion, Netsertive and Harris Interactive.  Alan and Eric formed Peak Opportunity Partners in 2011.  Investments prior to PEAK include Maker Studios (acquired by Disney Studios), VIZU (acquired by Nielsen) and App Annie.​ Alan is an expert in marketing as well as enterprise and SAAS sales. Op-ed's by Alan have been published in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

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Background

Education
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, BSFS Harvard Kennedy School, MPP NYU School of Law, JDSource (opens in a new tab)

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