Meet the Team
The strength of Atlas St. Ventures comes from the people behind it. Decades of entrepreneurial experience, c-suite operational leadership, and principal investing, shape the way we advise, partner, and invest.
Our Mission
To help founders, families, and stakeholders navigate complex business transitions with experienced guidance, operational expertise, and patient capital.
Our Values
We believe strong relationships come before transactions. We earn trust through honest advice, patient partnership, direct involvement, and a long-term commitment to every business we support.
Peter Saladino
Founder and Principal
Thirty years in the construction industry. Peter took controlling interest in Charter Construction in 2008. Sixty days later, the 2008 recession hit taking with it hundreds of millions of dollars in construction backlog. Peter weathered the disruption, made hard choices, kept the company intact.
As CEO and Chairman, Peter scaled Charter into a nine figure revenue stream, 220 employees and, multi-state operations across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Restructured as an ESOP in 2016. Sold to American Restoration Operations in 2022, making many of the Charter employees millionaires.
Peter was a founding inner circle investor in Nuuvera, an international medical cannabis company that sold to Aphria in 2018 in a deal valued at $826 million. He was also a founding inner circle investor in EMMAC Life Sciences, which grew into Europe’s largest independent medical cannabis company before its 2021 sale to Curaleaf in a deal valued at $286 million. Peter continues to hold Curaleaf stock. Peter is the second largest equity holder in Seed Innovations Limited, a publicly traded company recently recapitalized around artificial intelligence and robotics, following an earlier exit that built a vertically integrated medicinal cannabis business spanning Australia and Europe.
Peter is an entrepreneur at heart and has started, invested and sold numerous other companies along the way, both as a general partner and limited partner.
Marcus Charles
Entrepreneur in Residence | Special Situation Advisor
Principal | Fiduciary
Marcus has served as principal in dozens of transactions, nearly all with his own capital at risk, across roles as Principal Operator, General Partner, CEO, CSO, and Limited Partner. He co-founded JUJU Joints and served as its CEO. JUJU Joints produced the first disposable cannabis oil vaporizer in the world, building distribution across Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, and Canada before being acquired by Canopy Growth, then the largest cannabis company in the world.
He opened and sold several hospitality brands, including Local 360, and led the investor group that purchased and reopened The Crocodile in Belltown, serving as general partner through its first years back in operation before transitioning to a limited partner role as new management took over day to day operations. He grew Capitol Hill Block Party from a neighborhood party into one of Seattle’s signature summer festivals before selling his share, and co-founded what is now Marymoor Live through the operating company Seattle Event Solutions, which started as the concessionaire and ultimately displaced AEG Live as promoter of record at the property.
In 2020, Marcus sourced The Crocodile’s current building at 2505 1st Avenue and negotiated the lease ahead of the venue’s 2021 relocation and expansion. In 2026, the venue entered court supervised receivership by its new management, and ownership passed to an ownership group from out of state. Marcus’s direct involvement in that process now informs his advisory work with founders in transition and with creditor controlled businesses.
At Atlas St. Ventures, Marcus is the primary point of contact for sourcing, advisory, and transaction activity. He advises independently within the firm, and not every engagement involves Peter Saladino directly.
Anna Mair
Project Manager
Project manager with experience leading cross-functional initiatives across marketing, communications, branding and events. At Atlas St. Ventures, Anna manages internal initiatives and client-facing projects, helping drive priorities from planning through execution while supporting the firm’s brand, communications, and strategic growth.
Her background spans creative operations, nonprofit organizations, consumer brands, and live events, where she led multidisciplinary teams, managed strategic campaigns, and delivered complex projects. She brings a collaborative, detail-oriented approach to every engagement, combining creative problem-solving with strong organizational execution.