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About Me — DC Palter
Everything you don’t need to know about me
Hi there! Thank you for reading my articles.
I write primarily about startups and venture capital with advice for startup founders, but also write about Japan and am co-editor of Japonica magazine.
After building and exiting two companies of my own, I’ve been an angel investor for 15 years, mostly focusing on energy sustainability. I’ve invested in over 150 early-stage startups and mentored hundreds more. My aim is to provide founders with the knowledge to pitch their startups to investors.
To see the blow-by-blow of my college degrees and somewhat random career, please connect with me on LinkedIn.
Although I was originally a research engineer and later a marketing specialist and startup founder, my love is literature. My wife often accuses me of loving books more than her, which is completely untrue but when I’m lost in a good novel, I have trouble refuting her or even hearing what she says.
Besides reading, I also write mystery novels about Silicon Valley. My first novel was To Kill a Unicorn, a mystery about a startup claiming to be developing teleportation, and the hacker, Ted Hara, looking for his missing friend, a scientist at the company.
