Overview

What they do
Pear is an early-stage venture fund founded by Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson. Their co-founding managers have historically seeded very early stage tech start-ups such as Doordash, Guardant Health, Gusto, Viz.ai, Dropbox, Lending Club, Zoosk, Addepar, Path and many others. Their motto is simple: they invest in exceptional founders who are building amazing companies. They utilize every resource they have to assist their founders and entrepreneurs shape the future.
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What they look for
Pear VC's philosophy is first and foremost to bet on people.
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Stage
Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
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Sectors
AI, Climate, Consumer, Deeptech, SaaS, Fintech, Healthcare
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Based
Menlo Park, US
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Sources

2026-08-26pear.vcPear VC - We’re specialists in pre-seed and seed.
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2026-08-26pear.vcAjay Kamat Partner Alex Gao Engineer Aparna Sinha Advisor Arash Afrakhteh Partner Eddie…

Portfolio, cheque size and the rest

The 3 companies they have backed that we can see, the cheque they write, and whether they are deploying right now.

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