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At Pear, we’re people first. Always.

We surround you with expertise.

We have a deep bench of experts and operators. We’ve founded 13+ companies and seeded startups now worth over $170B. We have a team with operational experience across recruiting, sales, and marketing to help you build a company from the ground up.

  • Ajay Kamat

    Partner

  • Alex Gao

    Engineer

  • Ankur Jain

    Investor

  • Annie Ta

    Partner & Head of Founder Ecosystem

  • Aparna Sinha

    Advisor

  • Arash Afrakhteh

    Partner

  • Eddie Eltoukhy

    Partner

  • Emma Krivoshein

    Senior Operations Associate

  • Hannah Berke

    Chief of Staff

  • Harris Stolzenberg 

    Partner

  • Jenny Thai

    Head of Marketing

  • Kathleen Estreich

    Partner

  • Katie Passalacqua

    Finance

  • Khalil Fuller

    Partner & Head of Dorm

  • Laura Wright

    Talent

  • Mar Hershenson

    Founding Managing Partner

  • Maryna Sivaieva

    Talent

  • Matt Birnbaum

    Talent Partner

  • Nate Hirsch

    Talent

  • Payam Banazadeh

    Visiting Partner, PearX

  • Pejman Nozad

    Founding Managing Partner

  • Pepe Agell

    Partner

  • Ryan Sells

    Partner

  • Shravan Reddy

    Partner

  • Tom Glaser

    CFO

  • Warren Shaeffer

    Partner

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