Hugo Peterson came to venture after nearly a decade in public and private markets, including work as a liquidity provider in complex equity derivatives at Square Global Markets, before shifting into backing physical-world companies like Rainmaker, Poseidon Aerospace, Project Omega, and Flow Engineering in areas like weather modification, aerospace, and nuclear energy. At Starship Ventures he goes beyond typical investing work into capital formation, fundraising strategy, and long-term company-building, while also publicly convening the frontier-tech community and describing spent nuclear fuel as a strategic asset for future U.S. energy leadership.