Pear VC

Pear VC is a venture capital firm that specializes in pre-seed and seed investments, focusing on partnering with founders at the earliest stages to help turn great ideas into category-defining companies. Founded in 2013 by Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson, Pear VC has backed over 150 companies, including notable successes like DoorDash, Guardant Health, Gusto, and Aurora Solar. The firm’s investment philosophy emphasizes a hands-on approach, providing extensive support in areas such as product-market fit, go-to-market strategies, recruiting, and fundraising. Their check sizes range from $250K to $5M for pre-seed and seed investments, with follow-on investments of up to $10M. Pear VC's focus areas include consumer tech, SaaS, enterprise tech, healthcare, deep tech, fintech, biotech, climate tech, and AI. Pear VC’s team consists of experienced founders and industry experts who bring deep operational knowledge to support portfolio companies. They run PearX, an early-stage bootcamp for high-potential founders, helping them build scalable ventures from the ground up.