# Ajay Kamat

> Ajay Kamat is a seed investor at Pear VC (Palo Alto) backing Credit and FinTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pear VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pejman-mar-ventures)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ajaykam
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ajaykam
- Website: https://x.com/ajaykam
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ajaykam

Ajay Kamat is a seed investor at Pear VC in Palo Alto focused on Credit and FinTech. Ajay Kamat is based out of Palo Alto, California and is a partner at Pear. He previously founded, ran and sold the Pear funded startup Wedding Party. And he attended the University of California, Davis.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Credit | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Payments | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Burst | Burst provides financial services aimed at reducing systemic barriers to healthy household finances. The company focuses on addressing inequities in credit scoring and offers solutions to improve financial health for individuals and families. | $2.1M | Seed | Feb 25, 2026 |  |
| Honey Homes | Honey Homes is a home maintenance firm that offers house maintenance and related services. Through its website and applications, it also offers services such as handyman, electrical, plumbing, interior maintenance, and outside maintenance. | $9.3M | Series A | May 15, 2024 |  |
| Honey Homes | Honey Homes is a home maintenance firm that offers house maintenance and related services. Through its website and applications, it also offers services such as handyman, electrical, plumbing, interior maintenance, and outside maintenance. | $3.1M | Seed | Jun 27, 2023 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Era Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/era-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flybridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flybridge-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rock Health Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rock-health) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Pear VC

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Pear is an early-stage venture fund founded by Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson. Their co-founding managers have historically seeded very early stage tech start-ups such as Doordash, Guardant Health, Gusto, Viz.ai, Dropbox, Lending Club, Vanta, Zoosk, Addepar, Path and many others.Their motto is simple: they invest in exceptional founders who arebuilding amazing companies. They utilize every resource they have to assist their founders and entrepreneurs shape the future.

5 contacts available at Pear VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Addison Leong | Director of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addison-leong |
| Ajay Kamat | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-kamat |
| Arash Afrakhteh | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arash-afrakhteh |
| Arpan Shah | Visiting Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arpan-shah-4 |
| Eddie Eltoukhy | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eddie-eltoukhy-0d42 |

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## FAQ

### What does Ajay Kamat invest in?

Ajay Kamat invests primarily in Credit, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ajay Kamat last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ajay Kamat closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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