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 (3 deals in the last 12 months vs 5 prior). Their most common stage is series-a (41% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $21.1M (across 70 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
54
Fund Size
$175M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Zaineb Al-Chalabi
Workplace & Community Associate
Corey Thomas
CEO, Rapid7 & Founding Pillar
Jason Robins
CEO, DraftKings & Founding Pillar
Mike Salguero
CEO, ButcherBox & Founding Pillar
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Catena | Series A | $30M | May 2026 |
 Skeletalis | Seed | $8M | Nov 2025 |
| TTycho AI | Series A | $10M | Oct 2025 |
 Portal Biotech | Series A | $35M | Jun 2025 |
 Matterworks | Series A | — | Jun 2025 |
 Latent Labs | Series A | $40M | Feb 2025 |
| Latent Labs | Series A | $50M | Feb 2025 |
 Acelab | Series A | $13.5M | Jan 2025 |
| Portal Biotech | Series A | — | Jan 2025 |
 All Hands | Series A | $18.8M | Jan 2025 |
 Rowan | Pre-Seed | $2.1M | Dec 2024 |
 OpenHands | Seed | $5M | Sep 2024 |
| AAll Hands Ai | Seed | $5M | Sep 2024 |
| All Hands | Seed | $5M | Sep 2024 |
| PPlonts | Seed | $12M | Aug 2024 |
 Adaptilens | Series A | $17.5M | Apr 2024 |
 Higharc | Series C | $53M | Feb 2024 |
| Higharc | Series B | $53M | Feb 2024 |
| All Hands | Seed | $5M | Jan 2024 |
| YYard Stick PBC | Series A | $12M | Nov 2023 |
| YYard Stick PBC | Series A | $10.6M | Aug 2023 |
 Guardian | Series A | — | Jan 2023 |
 Zilla Security | Series A | $13.5M | Aug 2022 |
 Abridge | Series A | $12.5M | Aug 2022 |
| WWorldSpark Studios | Seed | $3M | Jan 2022 |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 20 October 2026