About Me — DC Palter

Everything you don’t need to know about me

Sawanotsuru Sake Brewery in Nada, Kobe. Bad photo of author by Satsuki Palter. Reprinted in exchange for making breakfast.

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 over a decade, mostly focusing on sustainability. 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, To Kill a Unicorn, was recently release by Pandamoon Publishing. It’s the story of a startup willing to go to any length to become a unicorn, and the hacker looking for his missing friend who after discovering their secrets, has to stop them.