Pear VC
We're specialists in pre-seed and seed.
Palo Alto, United States · Founded 2013 · $718.0M raised
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, California
- Employees
- 11–50
- Founded
- 2013
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- pear.vc
- Total Funding
- $718.0M
- Last Round
- $432.0M Venture RoundMay 2023
- Rounds
- 4
About
Pear VC is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson, headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm partners with founders at the earliest stages — before product-market fit — providing capital, in-house recruiting, and go-to-market coaching to help build category-defining companies. Notable early investments include DoorDash, Dropbox, Gusto, and Affinity. Pear also runs PearX, a 12-week accelerator program for pre-seed companies, and raised its fourth fund of $432M in 2023.
Summary
Pear VC is an Education company based in Palo Alto, United States, founded in 2013. It has raised $718.0M in total across 4 rounds, most recently a $432.0M Venture Round round in May 2023.
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Funding History
May 2023
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