Pear VC is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2013 by Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson, the firm specializes in partnering with entrepreneurs from their earliest days to build category-defining companies. Pear VC has invested in notable companies such as DoorDash, Gusto, Branch, Guardant Health, Aurora Solar, Vanta, and Affinity.

In May 2023, Pear VC closed its fourth fund at $432 million, marking one of the largest seed funds raised in recent years by a non-multistage firm.

The funding is intended to support pre-seed and seed investments, particularly in competitive areas like artificial intelligence, and to expand programs such as PearX, Pear's early-stage bootcamp for founders, Pear's Female Founders Circle, and Pear Dorm, which supports student builders.

In December 2023, Pear VC opened a 30,000-square-foot collaborative workspace called Pear Studio in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood. This space serves as a hub for early-stage founders to work, learn, and grow, hosting events like fireside chats with tech leaders, hackathons, and office hours with the Pear team across various verticals.

Pear VC's team comprises founders and operators who have founded, scaled, and sold companies to organizations like Cisco, Instacart, and Medium. They offer in-house recruiting services, having made over 175 hires for Pear companies, and provide tailored playbooks and 1:1 coaching to help founders navigate the market and drive sustainable growth.