Pear VC is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded by Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson in 2013. Originally named Pejman Mar Ventures, the firm was rebranded to Pear VC in 2016 and partners with exceptional founders from day zero to build category-defining companies.
Deal activity increased 71% year-over-year (29 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $23.1M (across 184 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
147
Fund Size
$432M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
29
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
204 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Federato | Series D | $100M | Sep 2026 |
 Quadric | Seed | $46M | Jul 2026 |
 Quadric Inc | Seed | $46M | Jul 2026 |
| Quadric | Series C | $30M | Jul 2026 |
 Forus | Seed | — | May 2026 |
 Insight Health | Series A | $11M | Apr 2026 |
 NomadicML | Seed | $8.4M | Mar 2026 |
 Moda | Seed | $7.5M | Mar 2026 |
 BURST | Seed | $2.1M | Mar 2026 |
 Amari | Seed | $4.5M | Feb 2026 |
 SnoutID | Series A | $10M | Jan 2026 |
 Listen Labs | Series B | $69M | Jan 2026 |
| Quadric Inc | Series C | $30M | Jan 2026 |
| Forus | Series B | $160M | Jan 2026 |
 Kin Health | Seed | $9M | Jan 2026 |
 Burst | Seed | $2.1M | Jan 2026 |
 Bobyard | Series A | $35M | Dec 2025 |
 Gravis Robotics | Series B | $23M | Nov 2025 |
| PParallax Worlds | Seed | $4M | Nov 2025 |
 Federato AI | Series D | $100M | Nov 2025 |
 OnRamp | Series A | $15M | Nov 2025 |
 Socratix AI | Seed | $4.1M | Oct 2025 |
 SalesPatriot | Seed | — | Oct 2025 |
 Zag Bio | Series A | $80M | Oct 2025 |
| Socratix AI | Unknown | $4.1M | Oct 2025 |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator13 shared
Khosla Ventures13 shared
General Catalyst12 shared
Caffeinated Capital12 shared
Emergence Capital10 shared
Andreessen Horowitz9 shared
Human Ventures8 shared
8VC8 shared
Bloomberg Beta7 shared
Koch Disruptive Technologies7 shared
New Enterprise Associates6 shared
Scale Venture Partners6 shared
Pejman Mar Ventures6 shared
Uncork Capital6 shared
SV Angel6 shared
Neo6 shared
Felicis6 shared
Norwest Venture Partners6 shared
GV6 shared
Mubadala Ventures6 shared
Last updated: 27 September 2026