Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Peter A. Sheinbaum is the Founder and CEO of The Mandelbrot Project, Inc. a Foundry Group backed stealth startup based in Boulder, Colorado. Peter Sheinbaum is also the former CEO of DailyCandy, Inc. In 2000, DailyCandy hired Peter Sheinbaum to assist with the launch and development of DailyCandy.com. In 2003, he was named COO of DailyCandy and in 2005 named CEO. After a successful sale of DailyCandy to Comcast Interactive Media in 2008, Pete guided the Company though the transition before departing in May of 2009.

Prior to DailyCandy, Peter Sheinbaum held the following positions: Director & CRM Practice Leader for Empower Solutions (ERP & CRM software consulting and implementation), COO of AlexBlake.com (retail e-commerce), and Manager of E-Commerce for E! Television Networks. Additionally, Peter Sheinbaum has served on several boards and advisory committees including IdealBite.com, TravelPost.com (sold to Sidestep), and TotalBeauty.com as well as investing in, and mentoring, a variety of technology startups.

Peter Sheinbaum holds a BA in Economics from Colgate University and an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA. Prior to graduate school he worked as a financial analyst and associate in both commercial banking (Chemical Securities) and private equity (Lehman Brothers), respectively. Peter Sheinbaum grew up in Westport, CT and currently lives in Boulder, CO with his wife and two children.