Stephen C. Peterson

Stephen Peterson is a member of the Foresite Capital investment team. Stephen has more than nine years of investment analysis experience in both equity and debt securities. Prior to joining Foresite Capital in 2011, Stephen was the Founder and President of SCP Capital Advisors, a sub-advisor for money management firms and early-stage companies. Prior to founding SCP, Stephen worked as an analyst for Palo Alto Investors, a fundamental long/short equity hedge fund in Silicon Valley. Stephen started his career as an analyst with Wells Fargo. In addition to his work with Foresite Capital, Stephen is the Co-founder and Board Member of Yuwa, an Indian-based non-profit organization. He has also served as a guest lecturer on financial modeling and investment analysis at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business, UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and San Francisco State University. Stephen is a CFA Charterholder. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of San Francisco. Stephen graduated from the University of Denver with a B.S.B.A. in finance and accounting.