About Pear VC
Pear VC is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Apr 2026, Pear VC is an active investor, having invested in 266 companies, with 31 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Insight Health Overall, Pear VC portfolio has seen 5 unicorns, 6 IPOs and 36 acquisitions including key companies like DoorDash, Dropbox and Guardant Health. A lot of funds co-invest with Pear VC, with names like Andreessen Horowitz sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Pear VC has team of 40 people including 9 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 5 more
Portfolio IPOs
Deals in last 12 months
Pear VC's List of Top Investments
Pear VC has a portfolio of 266 companies, including 5 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Siren Snacks and Monet.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Colombia and 9 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 30 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 5 more. Here is the list of top investments by Pear VC:1. DoorDash
Platform facilitating fast, same-day delivery of food, grocery and retail essentials from local stores and restaurants to consumers. The platform allows customers to discover local, on-demand delivery or pickup from restaurants, nearby grocery stores. The application is available on the iOS and Android platforms.
Key facts about DoorDash
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $10.7B as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $2.5B
- Employee Count: 78,668 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Owl Rock, Fidelity Investments and 53 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series H, Jun 18, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Gusto
Provider of a cloud-based platform offering payroll, benefits, and HR solutions. It is a SaaS-based platform offering payroll, benefits, and human resource management solutions for growing businesses, aiming to simplify complex tasks for its clients.
Key facts about Gusto
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $718M
- Employee Count: 4,369 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Glynn Capital, Cross Creek and 83 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, May 13, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Dropbox
Cloud-based enterprise collaboration platform for enterprise file sharing. The product modules include file hosting and security solutions, cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and more. It offers a suite of tools to help users create, share, manage, and track content. It provides features such as a pdf editor, file engagement tracking, compliance management, signature request approval, document scanning, video transcriptions, text and image search, API integration, and more. It is the tool available on the subscription-based pricing model.
Key facts about Dropbox
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $2.55B as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $607M
- Employee Count: 4,034 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: HTIF, Glynn Capital and 62 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jun 08, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Developer of digital sequencing technology for cancer detection. The product Guardant360 offers real-time, biopsy-free tumor sequencing for the analysis and identification of tumor-associated treatment options. Also, it has developed analytical tools, including a tumor response map and a mobile-enabled physician portal.
Key facts about Guardant Health
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Redwood City (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $739M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $557M
- Employee Count: 4,335 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Felicis Ventures, Hone Capital and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Nov 05, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Public
5. Addepar
Addepar is a wealth management solution for investment advisors. It offers solutions for data aggregation, analytics, and portfolio reporting for investment advisors. The product caters to family offices, RIAs, foundation and endowments, global advisories, banks, financial services firms, and wirehouses.
Key facts about Addepar
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Mountain View (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series G
- Total Funding till date: $759M
- Employee Count: 1,421 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: SeedFord Partners, Syren Capital Advisors and 57 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series G, May 13, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Pear VC's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Pear VC has invested in 266 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 14 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 34 investments, while as of Apr 2026, it has made 9 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Insight Health and most recent follow-on round was in Quadric IO.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 8 | 1 | 9 |
2025 | 27 | 7 | 34 |
2024 | 17 | 13 | 30 |
2023 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
2022 | 29 | 10 | 39 |
2021 | 24 | 4 | 28 |
2020 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
2019 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
2018 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2017 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Pear VC's Investments by Stage
Pear VC has made 94 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.93M, 55 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $19.4M and 9 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $33.6M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 94 |
Series A | 55 |
Series B | 9 |
Angel | 1 |
Grant (prize money) | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Pear VC's Investments by Sector
Pear VC has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, FinTech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 234 Tech companies, 177 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 150 Software companies and at least 98 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 83 |
Consumer | 38 |
High Tech | 37 |
FinTech | 30 |
Vertical SaaS | 25 |
Others | 174 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Pear VC's Investments by Geography
Pear VC has made most investments in United States (146), followed by Brazil where it has made 3 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 146 |
Brazil | 3 |
Colombia | 3 |
United Kingdom | 3 |
Canada | 2 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Pear VC's recent investments
Pear VC has made 9 investments in 2026 so far. Insight Health and Nomadic are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Pear VC:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 03, 2026 | United States | Series A | 8046 | [+4] | |
Mar 31, 2026 | United States | Seed | 5239 | [+4] | |
Mar 24, 2026 | United States | Seed | 4961 | [+1] | |
Feb 25, 2026 | Canada | Seed | 3365 | - | |
Feb 20, 2026 | United States | Series A | 7523 | [+2] |
Unicorns in Pear VC's Portfolio
Pear VC has 5 unicorns in its portfolio - Vanta, Addepar, Viz.ai and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Vanta. It became a unicorn in 2022, 3 years before Pear VC first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Pear VC's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
74 | Provider of a platform for automating security and compliance programs | 2018 | San Francisco | Series D | glpwxrr | ||
78 | Wealth management solutions for advisors | 2009 | Mountain View | Series G | es{kxdp | ||
69 | Provider of AI-powered care coordination platform for disease detection and treatment | 2016 | San Francisco | Series D | flljnpx | ||
66 | Provider of software for solar and storage system design and sales | 2013 | San Francisco | Series D | n{zivgn | ||
71 | Cloud based marketing optimization platform for deep linking | 2014 | Palo Alto | Series F | hooqswn |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Pear VC's Portfolio
6 of Pear VC's portfolio companies have become public. BioAge Labs got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Sep 2024 at marketcap of $615M and Senti Biosciences got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ).Here are Pear VC's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 26, 2024 | Jul 28, 2017 | Series A | 4920 | |
Sep 17, 2021 | Feb 23, 2018 | Series A | 5286 | |
Dec 09, 2020 | Sep 30, 2013 | Seed | 3649 | |
Oct 04, 2018 | Apr 22, 2014 | Series B | 4117 | |
Mar 23, 2018 | - | - | 6121 |
Acquired companies in Pear VC's Portfolio
36 companies from Pear VC's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Sudozi in Apr 2026 by Zone & Company Software Consulting.Here are Pear VC's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 09, 2026 | May 12, 2022 | Seed | 1542 | |
Jan 12, 2026 | Jan 07, 2025 | Seed | 9914 | |
Jan 05, 2026 | Jul 28, 2021 | Series A | 4096 | |
Dec 11, 2025 | Jun 02, 2021 | Series A | 9439 | |
Aug 28, 2025 | May 10, 2023 | Seed | 5459 |
Team profile of Pear VC
Pear VC has a team of 40 members including 9 Partners and 3 Principals located in United States and Spain. Pear VC's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Pear VC:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Los Altos | - | ||
Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Partner | Barcelona | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | California | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Berkeley | - | ||
Partner | Los Altos | - |
Co-investors of Pear VC
Over the past 13 years, 969 investors have co-invested in Pear VC's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Pear VC: Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz and 94 others have invested in rounds before Pear VC. There are 9 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Pear VC and 3 companies where Andreessen Horowitz has invested before Pear VC.
- Top Co-investors of Pear VC: 600 investors entered a company along with Pear VC. These include investors like Andreessen Horowitz (11 companies).
- Invested after Pear VC: A total of 273 investors have invested in Pear VC's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Founders Fund (4 companies), Kleiner Perkins (3 companies) and Insight Partners (3 companies).
Recent News related to Pear VC
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Insight Health Raises $11M Series A Led by Standard CapitalBakersfield•Apr 03, 2026•Insight Health, Standard Capital, 43, ElevenLabs and 3 others
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Nomadic Raises $8.4M in FundingFinSMEs•Mar 31, 2026•TQ Ventures, Google DeepMind, Pear VC, NomadicML
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Moda Raises $7.5M to give every professional a design agentTMC•Mar 25, 2026•Pear VC, General Catalyst, Moda, WndrCo and 1 other
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AgentMail Raises $6M in Seed Round for AI Agent Email Servicestartuplog.com•Mar 11, 2026•AgentMail, Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Phosphor Capital and 5 others
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Burst Raises $3m to Help Retailers Maximize FSA/HSA SpendFintech Finance•Feb 25, 2026•Pear VC, Rock Health Capital, Alumni Ventures, Burst
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Listen Labs raises $69M after viral billboard hiring stunt to scale AI customer interviewsVentureBeat•Jan 16, 2026•Listen Labs, Ribbit Capital, Sequoia Capital, Conviction and 2 others
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Quadric Snares $30M Series CVC News Daily•Jan 15, 2026•Silicon Catalyst, Gentree, Volta, Quadric IO and 6 others
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Federato Raises $100 Million Series D Led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternativesintelligence360•Dec 19, 2025•StepStone Group, Goldman Sachs, Caffeinated, Emergence Capital and 2 others
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Bobyard Raises $35M to Transform Construction AIcVentureburn•Dec 11, 2025•Pear VC, Bobyard, 8VC, Primary Venture Partner and 8 others
