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Pillar VC is a Boston-based pre-seed and seed venture capital firm founded in 2016 that invests in scientific breakthroughs and technically brilliant founders at the inception stage, across areas including biotech, healthcare, AI, semiconductors, robotics, and crypto/web3.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 7 prior). Average disclosed round size is $19.5M (across 50 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
44
Fund Size
$175M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Zaineb Al-Chalabi
Workplace & Community Associate
CT
Corey Thomas
CEO, Rapid7 & Founding Pillar
JR
Jason Robins
CEO, DraftKings & Founding Pillar
MS
Mike Salguero
CEO, ButcherBox & Founding Pillar
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
51 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Skeletalis | Seed | $8M | Nov 2025 |
 Portal Biotech | Series A | $35M | Jun 2025 |
 Matterworks | Series A | — | Jun 2025 |
 Latent Labs | Series A | $40M | Feb 2025 |
 Digital MedicineLatent Labs | Series A | $50M | Feb 2025 |
 Rowan | Pre-Seed | $2.1M | Dec 2024 |
 OpenHands | Seed | $5M | Sep 2024 |
| AAll Hands Ai | Seed | $5M | Sep 2024 |
| PPlonts | Seed | $12M | Aug 2024 |
| AAdaptilens | Series A | $17.5M | Apr 2024 |
 Higharc | Series C | $53M | Feb 2024 |
| YYard Stick PBC | Series A | $12M | Nov 2023 |
| YYard Stick PBC | Series A | $10.6M | Aug 2023 |
| ZZilla Security | Series A | $13.5M | Aug 2022 |
 Abridge | Series A | $12.5M | Aug 2022 |
| WWorldSpark Studios | Seed | $3M | Jan 2022 |
| KKula Bio, Inc. | Series A | $50M | Jan 2022 |
 Hometap | Series C | $60M | Dec 2021 |
 Republic | Series B | $150M | Oct 2021 |
 Cake | Seed | $3.7M | Jul 2021 |
 Verve | Series A | $15M | Jul 2021 |
 Verve | Series A | $15M | Jul 2021 |
| KKnox Financial | Series A | $10M | Apr 2021 |
| GGuardian Ag | Unknown | $10.5M | Apr 2021 |
 Refraction | Seed | $4.2M | Jan 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
Lowercarbon Capital5 shared
G20 Ventures3 shared
Pear VC3 shared
Spark Capital3 shared
8VC3 shared
Alumni Ventures3 shared
Menlo Ventures3 shared
Team Europe3 shared
Prelude Ventures3 shared
The Engine3 shared
General Catalyst2 shared
Iconiq Capital, LLC2 shared
American Family Ventures2 shared
Flying Fish2 shared
Radical Ventures2 shared
Sofinnova Partners2 shared
Isomer Capital2 shared
Kindred Ventures2 shared
FirstMark Capital2 shared
Draper Associates2 shared
Last updated: 9 September 2026