23mile Podcast

How Eric Peck Piloted Swoop to a $100m Offer, Crashed, and Took Off Again


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He raised $30M. He got a $100M acquisition offer... and turned it down.

When a second M&A deal that could have saved his company was rejected by the board, it crashed.

But like a true pilot, Eric managed a "soft landing." He restructured and split the company, finding new owners specifically to save his team's jobs, before walking away.

This is the story of a founder who turned a dream into incredible achievements including the very first company in the world to deliver life-saving vaccines by drones.

Eric endured the "pressure sandwich" of being a CEO and battling burnout but he's found the strength to "take off again" as co-founder of an AI startup Vissibl.

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23mile PodcastBy Kayode Odeleye