# Peter MacDonald

> Peter MacDonald is co-founder and CEO of Wunderite, a Boston insurtech that turns the paperwork of commercial insurance submissions (ACORDs, supplementals, PDFs) into structured, shareable, autofilled digital forms. A former agent from a family agency on Cape Cod, he holds CPCU, CRM, CIC, and LIA credentials plus an MBA with distinction from Boston College, and started Wunderite on Valentine's Day 2018 after building internal tools that got 30,000 hits in a year.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Wunderite
- **Organizations:** Wunderite, Murray and MacDonald Insurance Services, Techstars Boston, IIABA, Boston College Shea Center for Entrepreneurship
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, Data Analytics (with distinction, Dean's Scholar), Boston College - Carroll School of Management, BS Mathematics, Cum Laude, Wheaton College (Illinois), Study abroad, Swedish Culture, Uppsala University, Study abroad, Chinese Culture, Tsinghua University
- **Known for:** Raised $10.25M in total funding for Wunderite, including a $7.2M Series A, Earned CPCU, CRM, CIC, and LIA insurance credentials, Boston College MBA with distinction, Dean's Scholar (top 10% of class)

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Joins Murray and MacDonald Insurance Services as an insurance consultant/producer
- **2017** — Enrolls in Boston College's MBA program; meets co-founder Joe Schnare on day one
- **2018** — Incorporates Wunderite on Valentine's Day, February 14
- **2018** — Launches Wunderite Alpha in the fall
- **2019** — Completes MBA at Boston College with distinction
- **2020** — Wunderite participates in Techstars Boston
- **2023** — Wunderite closes a $7.2M Series A round

## Achievements

- Raised $10.25M in total funding for Wunderite, including a $7.2M Series A
- Earned CPCU, CRM, CIC, and LIA insurance credentials
- Boston College MBA with distinction, Dean's Scholar (top 10% of class)
- Represented independent insurance agents to lawmakers in Washington, D.C. with the IIABA
- Moderated CEO panel at IndieTech featuring the CEOs of Vertafore, Applied, Zywave, Ivans, and PIA
- Selected for Techstars Boston 2020 cohort
- Featured speaker at IIABA National Leadership Conference and Agents Council for Technology

## Latest updates

- **2023-01** — Wunderite closes $7.2M Series A round
- **2023-09** — Moderates CEO panel at IndieTech with the CEOs of Vertafore, Applied, Zywave, Ivans, and PIA

## Links

- Website: https://wunderite.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petemacdonald/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/wunderite
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/wunderite

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