Pear VC

Pear VC is a founder-led venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups and works alongside them operationally. The firm's team has founded more than 13 companies of its own, and the startups it has seeded have a combined value of over $300B. Pear was involved from the earliest days of DoorDash, Gusto, Vanta and Guardant Health.

Support extends beyond capital. Portfolio companies receive hands-on help with recruiting, fundraising, go-to-market strategy and PR as they work towards product-market fit. The firm describes its approach as roll-up-its-sleeves and long-term, staying with founders through the ups and downs of building a company.

Two programmes sit at the centre of this work. PearX is an accelerator designed to help founders find product-market fit and build category-defining companies. Pear Studio provides office spaces in which founders can work and build. Pear operates across the venture capital, early-stage startup and technology sectors.