Camp Pear: PearX S24
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PearX is our accelerator for early stage companies and our S24 batch is officially underway. We welcomed 22 companies into PearX’s S24 class at Camp Pear: a 3-day immersive retreat for the entire cohort to come together, learn key company building tactics, and get to know one another. This class of PearX founders is overwhelmingly comprised of AI companies, with 21 of the 22 being AI-first. As is now our tradition, we kicked off the cohort with Camp Pear.
Practical advice from PearX alums
The founders learned from expert speakers about key company building tactics – from hiring to go-to-market to fundraising and more. And they heard from Pear founders who have been in their shoes before – like Ray Zhou, Co-founder of Affinity (PearX S14), Scott Kazmierowicz, Co-founder and CEO of Cardless (PearX S19), Nicole Rojas, Co-founder of Lasso (PearX S22) and Lucia Huang, Co-founder and CEO of Osmind.
The power of community
Camp Pear provides a unique way for founders to build community right from the beginning of each cohort. Through team building activities, bonfire conversations, and shared meals – founders got to know each other on a personal and professional level. Building a company from scratch is really hard, and we believe community plays a key role in the success of an entire cohort.
Kickoff to a fast 14-week company building sprint
PearX starts at Camp Pear, but it’s really just the energizing start to a 14-week program. The 14 weeks between Camp Pear and Demo Day are all about company building. During the cohort, each startup will work closely with the Pear team to get their startup off the ground. This includes weekly 1:1 meetings with their primary Pear Partners, weekly talks from experts across the tech and startup world, hiring help from Nate, founder-led sales training from Ana, fundraising bootcamp from Mar, and loads of fun activities (like our upcoming founder Olympics competition!). It all culminates in Demo Day, where the PearX founders will pitch to thousands of top tier investors – and each batch, 90%+ of our companies go on to raise capital.
We’re so incredibly excited for this S24 cohort of PearX. If you’re interested in learning more about Pear, applications for our next cohort will open August 20th for W25. Stay tuned!