Partner
Peter Shannon
Founder, Managing Director, Radius Capital
- Firm
- Radius Capital
- Title
- Founder, Managing Director
- Role
- Managing partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 18 September 2026
About
Peter is an investor focused on the aerospace domain and its application for positive impact across the economy. In this capacity, he is active in the aviation community around issues critical to enabling high-scale adoption of aerospace systems. Peter co-authored a national strategy for Advanced Air Mobility as a member of the Committee on Urban Air Mobility Research and Technology through the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. He serves as an advisor on NASA’s Aeronautics Research and Technology Roundtable. He is also a standing member of the Transportation Research Board’s New Users of Shared Airspace Committee. Earlier, Peter was at Firelake Capital and Atlas Venture, investing in transportation and sustainability technologies.
Background
- Education
- Peter holds an MBA, with High Honors, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in Systems Engineering, with distinction, from the University of Virginia.Source (opens in a new tab)
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