Pete Soderling

Pete Soderling, General Partner at Zero Prime Ventures

Pete Soderling is a former software engineer, repeat founder, and investor in more than 40 data-oriented startups. He is the founder of Data Council, an international event series that bridges the gap between data engineers, scientists, analysts, AI researchers, and technical product managers.13 Soderling is also the founder of Zero Prime Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in Day 0 engineer-founders focused on data technologies, developer tools, and internet & blockchain infrastructure.24

As a community builder, Soderling has worked actively in supporting technical founders around the globe since 2013. His lifetime goal is to help 1,000 engineers start successful companies.13 Previously, he founded Hakka Labs (a social network for software engineers), Stratus Security (an early cloud-based API platform), and mechanikal (a software development agency in NYC).23

Soderling graduated from New York University and has spoken at events such as TEDx, O'Reilly Strata, and QCon.23 He is an advisor and angel investor in various startups, largely at the intersection of data infrastructure, developer tools, and web3.2