
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.
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Ajay Kamat
Partner
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Alex Gao
Engineer
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Ankur Jain
Investor
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Annie Ta
Partner & Head of Founder Ecosystem
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Aparna Sinha
Advisor
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Arash Afrakhteh
Partner
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Eddie Eltoukhy
Partner
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Emma Krivoshein
Senior Operations Associate
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Hannah Berke
Chief of Staff
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Harris Stolzenberg
Partner
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Jenny Thai
Head of Marketing
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Kathleen Estreich
Partner
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Katie Passalacqua
Finance
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Khalil Fuller
Partner & Head of Dorm
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Laura Wright
Talent
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Mar Hershenson
Founding Managing Partner
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Maryna Sivaieva
Talent
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Matt Birnbaum
Talent Partner
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Nate Hirsch
Talent
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Payam Banazadeh
Visiting Partner, PearX
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Pejman Nozad
Founding Managing Partner
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Pepe Agell
Partner
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Ryan Sells
Partner
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Shravan Reddy
Partner
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Tom Glaser
CFO
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Warren Shaeffer
Partner
