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Pear VC

Pear VC

Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

Menlo Park, California 55,915 followers

About us

We’re specialists in pre-seed and seed. The startups we back go far. Best-in-class founders do not come around every day. When they do, we jump at the opportunity to work together. Our approach is to work with just a small number of best-in-class founders so we can dig in and go deep.

Website
http://www.pear.vc
Industry
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Menlo Park, California
Type
Partnership
Founded
2013
Specialties
Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Mentorship, and Resources

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  • View organization page for Pear VC

    55,915 followers

    PearX applications for W26 are open until 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭:𝟱𝟵𝗣𝗠 𝗣𝗦𝗧. Apply now: https://lnkd.in/dW88qzwc 🚀

    View profile for Pejman Nozad

    Founding Managing Partner at Pear

    🚀 Applications for PearX are open! At Pear, we’ve always believed that early-stage founders deserve deep attention, not just capital. That’s why our PearX program is intentionally small — up to 25 teams per batch. Here’s what makes PearX different: - Working closely with senior investors who have been founders and early operators with deep domain expertise - Up to $2M in funding - Hands-on recruiting support to help you build your early team. - Office space in San Francisco — alongside other founders who are building the future. - Demo Day with 200+ top GPs and 1,000+ investors online — and because only few teams present, investors pay close attention. If you’re building at the earliest stage and want a partner who rolls up their sleeves with you, we’d love to hear from you. 👉 Apply now at pear.vc/pearx

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  • We're <1 week away until applications for PearX W26 close. Apply here by October 8th: https://lnkd.in/dW88qzwc Every company accepted into PearX, our pre-seed accelerator, is matched with a dedicated investment partner — a former founder or operator — who stays deeply involved throughout their 12-week journey, from kickoff at Camp Pear to well beyond Demo Day. Pear partners meet weekly (usually more!) with founders, providing feedback on product direction, GTM strategy, hiring, or whatever else they need most at the time. In our latest blog post, Pear partner Kathleen Estreich explains how we work side by side with founders to help shape their products, bring them to market, and build strong teams. Link in comments 👇

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    Congrats to Neura Health on their Series A! Elizabeth Burstein and team are on a mission to make high-quality neurological care accessible to all, and we're proud to continue backing them.

    View profile for Elizabeth Burstein

    CEO and Co-Founder of Neura Health

    For the 145 million Americans who suffer from a neurological condition. For the millions enduring the invisible agony of migraine, often dismissed or misunderstood. For the millions living with epilepsy, managing seizures that disrupt daily life. For the millions discharged from the ER after a concussion, with no follow-up and no roadmap. For the millions living with dementia, and the caregivers who shoulder their pain in silence. For the millions struggling with chronic pain every single day, searching for answers. This is for you. Neura Health was built for you. I know this pain firsthand. During the pandemic, I was sidelined by a trapped nerve that spiraled into a two-and-a-half year odyssey. I saw over 40 specialists. I had no quarterback guiding me, no system connecting the dots. I endured 10 failed injections, spent thousands of dollars, and eventually faced a six-month wait just to see a neurologist. When we or our loved ones are forced to navigate the healthcare system like this, we are jolted awake by how broken it is. Why can’t healthcare be as seamless as ordering an Uber or an Amazon delivery? Why can’t we harness the power of AI and connected data so that—with the tap of a button—we can access the right specialist, the right care, at the right time? That is why Neura exists. To flip the script on what healthcare should be. To ensure no one has to wander in the dark alone. Today, I’m humbled to share that Neura Health has raised our Series A and we are honored to partner with American Heart Association Ventures to fuel this mission. Neura’s $11.4M financing round is the first investment out of the new Go Red For Women Venture Fund, focused on conditions that disproportionately impact women. We are thrilled to partner with Lisa Suennen and Tracy Warren. We’re also excited to welcome our new investors, Esplanade Ventures and E12 Ventures, to the Neura Health family. We’re equally grateful to our existing investors — Norwest, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Pear VC, and Correlation Ventures — for their continued belief in our mission and unwavering support. Our journey is only beginning, but our vision is clear: to bring compassionate, on-demand, specialist care to every person and family living with the heavy burden of neurological conditions. This is for you. And we won’t stop until the system works for everyone. Thank you Gabriel Perna from Modern Healthcare for sharing our story. https://lnkd.in/eWR6tdqz. #SeriesA #HealthcareInnovation #Neurology #DigitalHealth #AIForGood

  • ICYMI: We've added a late application deadline for PearX W26. Apply here by October 8th: https://pear.vc/pearx/ In addition to funding, office space, hands-on support from Pear partners, platform services like in-house hiring and GTM support, and Demo Day with 200+ GPs in the room and 1000+ investors online, PearX puts you in the heart of our founder community. Here's a sneak peek of our recent PearX speaker series featuring founders from DoorDash, Gusto, and Vercel.

  • View organization page for Pear VC

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    Fundraising is complex, high-stakes, and one of the hardest parts about being a founder. At Pear, we believe founders shouldn’t have to go through that process alone. That’s why PearX, our 12-week accelerator program, is designed to give founders the structure and hands-on support to not only build their product and early team, but also raise capital. Pear partners work side by side with every founder to validate their ideas, shape the narrative, and prepare a pitch deck that can stand up to investor scrutiny. The results speak for themselves. Today 80–90% of PearX companies go on to raise successful rounds from institutional investors, and our alumni have collectively raised over $2B. If you’re interested in joining PearX, applications are now open through October 8th. You can apply now at https://lnkd.in/dW88qzwc And if you want to learn more about how we help with fundraising, check out our latest blog post from Pear partner Ajay Kamat. Link in comments!

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    🚀 Founders: Your personal brand can be your company's unfair advantage. Join us at Pear Studio SF on October 2 for a networking event and workshop with John Hu and Vitalii Dodonov, co-founders of Stan. Over the last five years, they've grown their audiences to over 200K by building in public on YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok—all while scaling their business from $0 to $30M ARR. You’ll learn: ✨ How to attract investors through authentic storytelling ✨ How to turn visibility into paying customers ✨ How to recruit top 1% employees through your brand RSVP today. Link in comments!

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  • Congrats to Cardless (PearX S19) on their $60M Series C! We're excited to be with you on this journey Michael Spelfogel Scott Kazmierowicz. 🚀 ✨ 🍐

    View profile for Michael Spelfogel

    Founder & President at Cardless | Forbes 30 Under 30

    🚀 Big news: Cardless has raised a $60M Series C led by Spark Capital to transform the co-branded credit card industry. What started as a dorm-room dream between Scott and me has grown into a company with $170M+ raised, 10x revenue growth, and major customers like Bilt, Coinbase, and more. We’re now poised to transform and capture a $200B industry. Cardless is building the infrastructure for a new era of financial products—allowing companies to build and ship credit cards like any other product, and design embedded experiences that only they could imagine. We started this movement, and now we’re leading it. With a world-class team, we’re ready to meet our hypergrowth moment. Thank you to Emily Mason at Bloomberg for covering our story, to William at Spark Capital for leading this round, and to our partners at Activant CapitalIndustry VenturesPear VC, and others for the continued support. Here’s to the next six years—I can’t wait to show you what we’ll accomplish together.

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    View profile for Ajay Kamat

    Partner at Pear VC, Formerly CEO of Wedding Party

    We closed PearX W26 applications last week and were blown away by the energy and enthusiasm from founders rushing to get their apps submitted in time. We received an overwhelming number of emails and messages from founders and have decided to add a late deadline of Wednesday, October 8. Pear is proud to partner with founders from day 1, often before an idea becomes real. We like building alongside you in the trenches and share your vision and grit. As a reminder to those considering applying…here’s what you get being part of PearX: Funding from $250K–$2M Hands-on support from Pear partners, all of whom are former founders or operators and experts in their verticals Platform services: in house hiring, and go-to-market support A 6-month home base in Pear Studio SF A community of repeat founders and future unicorns And a Demo Day with 200+ GPs in the room and 1000+ investors online Apply by October 8 at pear.vc/pearx. We’d love the chance to meet you!

  • Pear VC reposted this

    Checkout the Inside PearX series that tells the story of ResiQuant and gives a deeper look into our Pear VC pre-seed accelerator. We just announced that we’ll be accepting late applications until October 8th at 11:59 PM PST.   https://lnkd.in/gZumUmtc Looking forward to hearing from all founders. https://lnkd.in/gpBzTsGt

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