About Pillar VC
Pillar VC is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Boston, United States. As of Sep 2026, Pillar VC is an active investor, having invested in 93 companies, with 7 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 $***** Seed round of G5 Labs Overall, Pillar VC portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, 1 IPO and 11 acquisitions including key companies like Circle, Abridge Inc and PillPack. A lot of funds co-invest with Pillar VC, with names like KdT Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Pillar VC has team of 45 people including 33 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 4 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Pillar VC's List of Top Investments
Pillar VC has a portfolio of 93 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Zilla Security and Edgewise Networks.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Germany and 5 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 25 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 4 more. Here is the list of top investments by Pillar VC:1. Circle
Cross-border payment solution for businesses focusing on cryptocurrency. It offers a payments API for payment processing, a payouts API for global payouts solutions, and more. The mobile application is available for Android users.
Key facts about Circle
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $1.51B
- Employee Count: 1,533 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: 2020 Ventures, K2 Global and 57 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Sep 22, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Abridge Inc
Provider of AI-based health record platform. It offers a platform offering solutions for individuals to record health details. The users can communicate with the doctors on the care needs and symptoms. The recorded conversation can be presented to the doctor during the appointment. The app highlights the important points during the conversation. The previous record can be maintained in the app for future reference.
Key facts about Abridge Inc
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Pittsburgh (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $778M
- Employee Count: 684 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: CapitalG, Redpoint Ventures and 36 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jun 12, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Republic
Online alternative fundraising platform to invest in startups, real estate, crypto, and video games. It provides a platform where individuals receive equity in return for their investments. Its features include investment-related services in the private markets, which include a retail investment platform, a blockchain advisory service, a private capital division, and more. It also provides fundraising tools, SEC filing, designs campaign pages, marketing, and more. For investors, it offers portfolio management tools to review financials, and valuation, and read reviews from other investors. It is available on the iOS platform.
Key facts about Republic
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $216M
- Employee Count: 659 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: State Street, Draper Esprit and 194 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Nov 28, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. PathAI
Provider of digital pathology image management system for clinical labs. It offers an AISight is a cloud-native intelligent enterprise workflow solution used by the laboratories and research centers to power their digital pathology workflows and AI applications. It serves as a central hub for case management, image management, and best-in-class artificial intelligence tools to enable multiple histopathology use cases.
Key facts about PathAI
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $255M
- Employee Count: 279 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Deep Learning, General Atlantic and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, May 18, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. JobGet
Online job board platform for hospitality and retail jobs. The platform allows job seekers to create a profile by mentioning skills, education, experience, search for jobs available in the platform, and chat with recruiters and apply for jobs. It allows employers to post jobs, view candidate profiles, chat with candidates, and hire candidates. The product is available in the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.
Key facts about JobGet
Pillar VC's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Pillar VC has invested in 93 companies over the last 10 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 12 investments, while as of Sep 2026, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in G5 Labs and most recent follow-on round was in Addisenergy.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2025 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
2024 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
2023 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2022 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
2021 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Pillar VC's Investments by Stage
Pillar VC has made 40 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $7.86M, 19 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $17.9M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $150M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Seed | 40 |
Series A | 19 |
Series B | 1 |
Series C | 1 |
Series E | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Pillar VC's Investments by Sector
Pillar VC has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Life Sciences, FinTech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 79 Tech companies, 65 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 48 Software companies and at least 26 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
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Enterprise Applications | 35 |
High Tech | 18 |
Life Sciences | 13 |
FinTech | 11 |
Vertical SaaS | 10 |
Others | 98 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Pillar VC's Investments by Geography
Pillar VC has made most investments in United States (55), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 3 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 55 |
United Kingdom | 3 |
Germany | 1 |
India | 1 |
Ireland | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Pillar VC's recent investments
Pillar VC has made 4 investments in 2026 so far. G5 Labs and BoolSi are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Pillar VC:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 15, 2026 | United States | Seed | 4024 | [+2] | |
Jun 18, 2026 | United States | Seed | 9503 | ||
Jun 09, 2026 | United States | Seed | 4420 | - | |
Jan 14, 2026 | United States | Series A | 7085 | [+3] | |
Dec 02, 2025 | United States | Seed | 7860 | [+1] |
Unicorns in Pillar VC's Portfolio
Pillar VC has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Abridge Inc. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Abridge Inc which became a unicorn in 2025, 4 years after Pillar VC first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Pillar VC's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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78 | Provider of AI-based health record platform | 2018 | Pittsburgh | Series E | fdz{cw{ |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Pillar VC's Portfolio
1 of Pillar VC's portfolio company became public - Circle. It got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Jun 2025 at marketcap of $6.22BHere are Pillar VC's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Jun 05, 2025 | May 28, 2021 | Series E | 6515 |
Acquired companies in Pillar VC's Portfolio
11 companies from Pillar VC's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Cimulate in Feb 2026 by Salesforce for $*****.Here are Pillar VC's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Feb 12, 2026 | Dec 18, 2024 | Series A | 7649 | |
Feb 13, 2025 | Aug 12, 2022 | Series A | 9831 | |
Jan 14, 2025 | - | - | 2859 | |
Nov 12, 2024 | Nov 07, 2019 | Seed | 6173 | |
Jul 02, 2024 | - | - | 9858 |
Team profile of Pillar VC
Pillar VC has a team of 45 members including 33 Partners and 3 Venture Partners located in United States and United Kingdom. Pillar VC's team sits on the board of 4 companies.Here is a list of top team members in Pillar VC:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Boston | - | ||
Partner | Denver | PathAI and binx health | ||
Partner | Manchester | - | ||
Partner | United States | - | ||
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Partner | Cambridge | - | ||
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Partner | Boston | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
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Co-investors of Pillar VC
Over the past 10 years, 465 investors have co-invested in Pillar VC's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Pillar VC: Accel, Galaxy Interactive and 35 others have invested in rounds before Pillar VC. There are 2 companies where Accel has invested before Pillar VC and 2 companies where Galaxy Interactive has invested before Pillar VC.
- Top Co-investors of Pillar VC: 299 investors entered a company along with Pillar VC. These include investors like KdT Ventures (4 companies).
- Invested after Pillar VC: A total of 129 investors have invested in Pillar VC's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Spark Capital (2 companies), Alameda Research (1 company) and Coinbase (1 company).
Recent News related to Pillar VC
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Chip Design Startup BoolSi Raises $6 Million Seed FundingSiliconAngle•Jun 18, 2026•BoolSi, Fine Structure Ventures, Coalition, Pillar VC and 1 other
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Pillar Secures Seed Funding Round of €12 Million Led by Earlybird and Base10 PartnersTeleborsa•May 12, 2026•Base10 Partners, Earlybird, Pillar, Pillar VC and 9 others
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Vivere Oncotherapies Raises Over $10M in FundingFinSMEs•Jan 14, 2026•Berkeley, National Cancer Institute, FreeFlow, Pillar VC and 1 other
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Edison Scientific Secures $70M to Develop Autonomous AI Scientists for Scientific ResearchSiliconAngle•Dec 19, 2025•Triatomic, Edison Scientific, Spark Capital, Spark Capital and 5 others
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Addis Energy Secures $8.3M to Scale its Transformative Approach to Low-Cost Ammonia ProductionBusiness Wire•Dec 04, 2025•Addisenergy, Engine Ventures, At One Ventures, Pillar VC
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Metri Bio Raises $5M in Pre-Seed FundingFinSMEs•Dec 02, 2025•Pace Ventures, Pillar VC, Slocum Wealth, Metri Bio
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Skeletalis Raises $8M in FundingFinSMEs•Nov 17, 2025•age1, KdT Ventures, Pillar VC, Skeletalis and 1 other
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Acelab Raises $13.5M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Oct 21, 2025•Transcend Partners, JLL Technologies, Klingenstein Fields Advisors, Acelab and 5 others
