# Pear VC

> Pear VC is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 430 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 430
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Fund size: $432M
- Last fund: May 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pear-vc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pearvc
- Website: http://www.pear.vc/
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/pearvc

Pear VC is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$9M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$3.7M |
| Series A | $8M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 82 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 74 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 45 | 10% |
| Health Care | 35 | 8% |
| SaaS | 31 | 7% |

261 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 188 | 44% |
| Pre-Seed | 92 | 21% |
| Series A | 76 | 18% |
| Series B | 23 | 5% |
| Series C | 9 | 2% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 241 | 56% |
| Brazil | 4 | 1% |
| Spain | 3 | 1% |
| Colombia | 3 | 1% |
| India | 2 | 0% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Addison Leong | Director of Engineering | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addison-leong |
| Ajay Kamat | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-kamat |
| Arash Afrakhteh | Partner | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arash-afrakhteh |
| Arpan Shah | Visiting Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arpan-shah-4 |
| Eddie Eltoukhy | Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eddie-eltoukhy-0d42 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maximum | Maximum is a boutique agency that likes to remain small and agile. There are sixty of us, all specialists, and our advanced digital solutions are 100% generated in-house. We have a knowledgeable and sophisticated research presence, especially in the digital arena and with regard to social recruitment. This means we can make things happen for youthat other agencies can't. Giving your organization the edge takes serious research, heavyweight strategy, considered creativity and intelligent use of the digital space. This is why we've developed the Social Recruitment Monitor™ for you, the definitive index on the use of social media for recruitment purposes. | $30M | Seed | Aug 03, 2026 |  |
| Quadric | Quadric develops semiconductor intellectual property and tools for on-device artificial intelligence computing. The company creates the Chimera general-purpose neural processing unit family that supports machine learning inference and traditional data processing in a unified architecture. It provides a software development kit and design resourcesthat help chip designers integrate AI capabilities into custom silicon. Quadric engages with developers and hardware teams to support diverse AI workloads across edge devices, automotive systems, and industrial applications. | $16M | Series C | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Brekfuz | Brekfuz is an AI startup that builds an intelligent coordination platform called The Human API. The system transforms undocumented human knowledge and digital exhaust into structured endpoints to eliminate information bottlenecks. This allows both human teammates and autonomous AI agents to query institutional memory directly without waiting forhuman availability | $525K | Seed | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| Tomo | Tomo is an AI technology company that develops a text-based AI assistant for managing tasks, schedules, reminders, and everyday productivity. | $5M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Portal | Portal is a cell engineering platform firm that enables next generation cell engineering and cell analytics in research and clinical settings. | $9M | Seed | Jun 18, 2026 |  |
| Convey | Convey is an all-in-one platform to train, ship, and manage enterprise-grade AI workers (also called "digital teammates") that work autonomously in the background to automate workflows. | $38M | Series A | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Kin Health | Kin transforms any medical visit into momentum, becoming the default patient AI layer that works in any exam room today: patient-controlled, privacy-forward, and built to make care feel less complex and more manageable in critical moments. | $9M | Seed | May 18, 2026 |  |
| Greatly Health | Greatly Health provides virtual integrative oncology programs for people living with and beyond cancer. The company offers access to integrative medicine approaches that are designed to complement conventional cancer care. Its services focus on areas such as exercise, nutrition, and mind-body practices delivered through an online platform. GreatlyHealth connects members with structured, evidence-informed programs that aim to help manage treatment side effects and support overall well-being. The platform serves patients, survivors, and caregivers seeking integrative support alongside their oncology care. Greatly Health does not itself deliver medical services and encourages users to maintain care with their existing clinical providers. | $4M | Seed | Apr 30, 2026 |  |
| Insight Health | Insight Health provides an AI-driven platform for healthcare that automates common clinical tasks using various specialized AI agents. The platform features AI agents for patient pre-visit intake and follow-ups, AI-based referral processing, phone triage, appointment scheduling, chart preparation, and clinical documentation capture. This enableshealthcare providers to reduce their administrative workload and focus more on direct patient care. | $11M | Series A | Apr 03, 2026 |  |
| Tycoon | Tycoon is an operating system that enables one person to create autonomous businesses that can run on their own. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2026 |  |

10 of 430 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 24 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 23 deals together
- [Ulu Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ulu-ventures) — VC Fund, 18 deals together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 13 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Pear VC invest in?

Pear VC invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 430 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Pear VC's check size?

Pear VC typically joins rounds of $2M–$9M at Seed, $500k–$3.7M at Pre-Seed and $8M–$40M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Pear VC participates in.

### How do I contact Pear VC?

Public channels for Pear VC include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Pear VC?

The team at Pear VC includes Addison Leong (Director of Engineering), Ajay Kamat (Partner) and Arash Afrakhteh (Partner), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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