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Erik Lassila

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Managing Partner, Peakview Capital (+1 more)

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Peakview Capital, ZGC Peakview US
Title
Managing Partner
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Managing partner
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Record updated 17 September 2026

About

Erik Lassila is Managing Partner of Peakview Capital. His twenty plus years of venture capital experience and industry knowledge uniquely give Erik an insider’s view of the ingredients that make venture firms succeed. Erik has invested with three firms including Mayfield Fund, Charter Ventures and Clearstone Venture Partners, and has served on sixteen boards of directors with VCs from a large number of today’s leading venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Benchmark Capital, Greylock Partners, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and New Enterprise Associates.

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Education
engineering degree from Iowa State University and operating experience in semiconductor companies, experience further shaped by a Stanford MBASource (opens in a new tab)

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