Radius Capital, Managing Director
Peter Shannon is Managing Director at Radius Capital.
Peter is an investor focusing on transportation technologies, with current focus on advanced aerial mobility and its application toward positive impact for transportation across the economy.
Peter is active in the aviation community around issues critical to enabling high-scale adoption of aerial mobility systems. Peter is an appointee to NASA’s Aeronautics Research and Technology Roundtable, a part of the National Academies of Sciences. Peter works on the FAA’s UASIPP and sits on committees developing standards for UTM, certification, and UAM.
Earlier, Peter was at Firelake Capital and Atlas Venture, investing in transportation and sustainability technologies.
Peter holds an MBA, with High Honors, from the University of Chicago Booth and a BS, with Distinction, in Systems Engineering from UVA. Peter started flying when he was 19 and actively maintains a Private Pilot Certificate with Instrument Rating.
Peter is an Eagle Scout, avid skier, kite surfer, and mountain biker.