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Pillar VC is a Boston-based venture capital firm that specializes in pre-seed and seed-stage investments, focusing on scientific and technical breakthroughs with the potential to transform industries and improve lives. Their strategy involves partnering early with founders, often before incorporation, providing active support, and offering investments ranging from $50,000 to $6 million while aligning interests by purchasing common stock.
Their most common stage is series-a (55% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $34.9M (across 10 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
11
Fund Size
$500M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
2
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
11 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Portal Biotech | Series A | $35M | Jun 2025 |
| MMatterworks, Inc. | Series A | — | Jun 2025 |
 Latent Labs | Series A | $47.9M | Feb 2025 |
 Adaptilens, Inc. | Series A | $17.5M | Apr 2024 |
 Higharc | Series C | $53M | Feb 2024 |
 Zilla Security | Series A | $13.5M | Aug 2022 |
 Republic | Series B | $150M | Oct 2021 |
| RRefraction AI | Seed | $4.2M | Mar 2021 |
 Neural Magic | Seed | $15M | Nov 2019 |
| EEntrée | Pre-Seed | $2.5M | — |
| YYard Stick | Series A | $10.6M | — |
Top Co-Investors
8VC2 shared
FirstMark Capital1 shared
Accanto Partners1 shared
Germin81 shared
Tarsadia Capital1 shared
M251 shared
Hustle Fund1 shared
The Community Fund1 shared
Lab Ventures1 shared
Trucks1 shared
Alumni Ventures Group1 shared
Andreessen Horowitz1 shared
Comcast1 shared
NEA (New Enterprise Associates)1 shared
Amdocs1 shared
Valor Equity Partners1 shared
Galaxy Interactive1 shared
Motley Fool Ventures1 shared
HOF Capital1 shared
Last updated: 8 March 2026