Basil Peters is a Canadian 🏷️#venture-capitalist, 🏷️#author, and early-exit strategist best known for his work helping technology entrepreneurs sell their companies in the under-$30 million "early exit" window.
Peters built his early career as the founder and CEO of Nexus Engineering, which he and his team grew to over 600 people before its sale, and as the manager of one of Canada's first technology venture funds. He is the author of Early Exits: Exit Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors But Maybe Not Venture Capitalists (2009), which has become a recurring reference for founders and angels weighing acquisition offers against further capital raises, and he speaks regularly to angel groups, accelerators, and university programs on the mechanics, timing, and emotional realities of selling a company.