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How We Invest
Companies
Team
Founder Services
News & Events
PearX
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Founder Services

Our team is Your team

300+

Hires made for Pear portfolio companies

2.5

Hires made, on average, per founder we support

80%

of PearX teams raise from top-tier investors after Demo Day

100+

Dedicated desks for founders at Pear Studio

Talent Services

Fundraising

Go-to-market

Marketing & PR

Talent Services

Making the right first hires gives you an early and unfair advantage over your competition. Our best-in-class talent team has recruited top engineers and operators at Uber, Brex, and Facebook—and they’ll bring the same high bar to hiring for your team.
  • Dedicated talent partner who coaches, guides, and directly hires for you
  • 2.5 hires made, on average, per founder we support
  • Weekly 1:1s and as many touchpoints you need to close hires
  • Free access to ATS tools and recruiting resources
Nate Hirsch

Nate Hirsch

Fundraising

Raising capital is one of the most important things you’ll do as a founder. Our fundraising team runs a rigorous, end-to-end process to position your company for success and help you close the best possible round.
  • Pitch deck and story development, from first draft to final deck
  • Investor targeting and warm introductions to our extensive network
  • Meeting prep, mock Q&As, and real-time feedback throughout the process
  • Post-meeting debriefs after every investor conversation
Mar Hershenson

Mar Hershenson

Pejman Nozad

Pejman Nozad

Ajay Kamat

Ajay Kamat

Arash Afrakhteh

Arash Afrakhteh

Shravan Reddy

Shravan Reddy

Ryan Sells

Ryan Sells

Go-to-market

It doesn’t matter how good your product is if the world doesn’t know about it. Our GTM team works closely with yours to help you find your first customers, build a repeatable sales motion, and design a growth engine that scales.
  • Customer discovery and ICP definition to validate and find your earliest customers
  • Sales pitch and pricing strategy support to package your value proposition and win deals
  • Growth and unit economics coaching to help you build a durable, efficient business
  • Customer and partner introductions that grow revenue and elevate your business
Pepe Agell

Pepe Agell

Marketing & PR

Your story is one of your most powerful assets, and getting it right early on sets the foundation for a long-lasting brand. Our team helps you craft your marketing strategy, sharpen your narrative, and get it in front of the right people.
  • Advising on marketing strategy, positioning and messaging, and launches
  • Office hours with expert marketers for tactical advice when you need it
  • PR support for launches and announcements to amplify your story to the right audiences
  • Introductions to trusted partners and agencies to help you execute
Jenny Thai

Jenny Thai

Pear Studio

More than an office space, Pear Studio is the home base for our community of early-stage founders. Across our San Francisco and Menlo Park locations, you’ll find the space, community, and programming to help you build—and make building feel less lonely.

Office space across two locations with 100+ dedicated desks and state-of-the art conference rooms

Fireside chats with iconic founders and leaders like Tony Xu, Dara Khosrowshahi, Vinod Khosla, and Lisa Su

Workshops, hackathons, and founder luncheons throughout the year

Curated dinners and happy hours with engineers, PMs, AI researchers, and top industry talent

“The Pear team has exceeded expectations in their ongoing talent support, making them the ideal strategic partner for a CEO navigating a team scaling.”

Laureen Meroueh

“Pear is an honest, thoughtful guiding light when it comes to strategizing a business’s go-to-market plan. When we felt ready to move from founder-led sales to hiring a sales team, Pear was instrumental in helping us define our hiring process and compensation structure for our sales team.”

Isha Patel

“We assembled a dream team and grew from 2 to 9 people thanks to the talent team. Pear VC feels like a true partner to founders.”

Kiran Gollu

“Pear helped us navigate our strategic decision to move upmarket towards enterprise customers during an intense 6 months. They challenged us with tough questions and provided supportive mentoring to help us grow our ACV 18x.”

Hans Galland