Peter van Hemert was also active in the Danish Asiatic Company in which he owned up to 50 shares.

The company was in this period hit by a scandal in which a group of high-ranking employees embezzled it for close to DKK 500,000.

In the end, after a number of meetings and prolonged negotiations, the directors agreed to pay a certain compensation to the company.

[1] Hemert bought the copper and brass works at Brede, Nymølle and Fuglevad from Povl Badstuber's bankruptcy estate but he had troubles paying down his debt.

In 1784, he bought the canvas manufactory at Vodroffgård in auction but his attempts to revive the venture failed and he later had to pledge it to the government.