Peter Lasinger's path combines a PhD in business informatics, self-taught coding, a SaaS founder stint, Accenture experience in IT strategy and M&A, and university teaching, which he pairs with a focus on companies built on strong data and algorithms rather than marketing, plus a specific view that Central and Eastern European founders are often technically strong but undersell themselves compared to US peers. He keeps his portfolio small so he can stay closely involved with each founder, cares about founders keeping real ownership in their companies after funding, and brings personal interests like martial arts, piano, and topics such as DNA and biotech into how he talks about growth and learning.