VC firm
Pear VC
Also known as Pear Ventures
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-28Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Founded
- 2013
- Assets under management
- $1.2BForm ADV private fund GAV, as of 2026-03-30Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 16
- Check size
- $250K to $6MSource (opens in a new tab)
- Legal name
- PEAR VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC
- pear.vc (opens in a new tab)
- LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
- X (opens in a new tab)
- Team page (opens in a new tab)
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About
Pear VC is a pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm founded by former entrepreneurs and operators. It leads pre-seed rounds (many through its PearX accelerator) and leads/co-leads seed rounds, then supports founders through recruiting, fundraising, go-to-market, and PR/marketing toward Series A. It invests across AI, Consumer, SaaS, Enterprise Tech, Healthcare, Deep Tech, Fintech, Biotech, and Climate Tech, with early checks ranging from $250K to $6M plus up to $10M in follow-on capital. It is based in San Francisco and Menlo Park, California and has seeded companies including DoorDash, Guardant Health, and Gusto.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- We have a mission to take risks on very early-stage startups, to relentlessly seek out truly exceptional founders, and partner with them to build iconic companies.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Leads rounds
- Yes
- Lead policy
- We lead pre-seed rounds. We lead and co-lead seed stage investments.
- Reserves policy
- Up to $10M Follow-on
- Investing status notes
- Active portfolio pipeline and current blog posts announcing new investments (e.g. 'Announcing Piston's $7.5M Seed'); How We Invest page describes present-tense active investing across pre-seed and seed.
Funds
- Pear Ventures Opportunities XII, LLC
- $3.4MVintage 2023, Opportunity, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Pear Ventures II Expansion, L.P.
- $74MVintage 2021, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Pear Ventures Opportunities XI, LLC
- $8.9MVintage 2021, Opportunity, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Pear Ventures Opportunities X, LLC
- $5.2MVintage 2020, Opportunity, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Pear Ventures Opportunities IX, LLC
- $3.4MVintage 2020, Opportunity, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Pear Ventures Opportunities VIII, LLC
- $3MVintage 2019, Opportunity, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Pear Ventures Opportunities VI, LLC
- $3.5MVintage 2018, Opportunity, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Pear Ventures Opportunities VII, LLC
- $2.3MVintage 2018, Opportunity, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Pear Ventures Opportunities V, LLC
- $4.2MVintage 2017, Opportunity, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Pear Ventures II, L.P.
- $75MVintage 2016, Main fund, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Pear Ventures Opportunities IV, LLC
- $725KVintage 2016, Opportunity, Closed, SEC amount sold
- Pear Ventures V, L.P.
- Main fundRaising
- More funds
- 4 more recorded
SEC registration
- Registered adviser
- PEAR VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC
- CRD number
- 170211 (opens in a new tab)
- SEC file number
- 802-110373
- Registration
- Exempt reporting adviser
- Regulatory AUM
- $1.2Bas of 2026-03-30
- Private funds reported
- 15
- Principal office
- MENLO PARK, CA, United States
Locations
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Office
- Menlo Park, CA, United States
Programs
- Accelerator
- PearX (opens in a new tab)
- Founder community
- Female Founder Circles (opens in a new tab)8 weeks in San Francisco.
- Founder community
- Pear Dorm (opens in a new tab)
- Founder community
- Persian Founder Circles (opens in a new tab)Two intensive days (Dec. 11-12) in the Bay Area
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