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Pre-Seed Programme·PearX

PearX

Pear VC's pre-seed programme, working with very early teams before conventional seed rounds.

Program Type
Pre-Seed Programme
Headquarters
Menlo Park, California
Focus
Pre-Seed Technical Teams

Overview

PearX is the pre-seed programme run by Pear VC, designed for teams at the stage before a conventional seed round is realistic — sometimes before the product exists.

Cohorts are small by design. The firm's partners work directly with founders on the specific unresolved question holding the company back, rather than delivering a general curriculum.

Program Structure

  • Small cohorts run twice a year
  • Investment at the pre-seed stage in exchange for equity
  • Direct partner engagement rather than a mentor marketplace
  • Emphasis on reaching a fundable milestone by the end of the programme
  • Follow-on investment from Pear's core funds where appropriate

What They Look For

  • Technical founding teams, frequently from Stanford and Berkeley
  • Companies in enterprise software, biotech, and hard technology
  • Founders addressing a problem they understand unusually well
  • Willingness to work in person during the programme
  • Stage early enough that direction can still change
Notable Portfolio

Companies they've backed.

Pear's early-stage investments include Guardant Health, Gusto, and DoorDash, giving the firm an unusually strong record for a pre-seed investor.

PearX companies typically raise a seed round shortly after the programme, which is the milestone the format is built around.

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