Crafting the perfect customer pitch — Pear’s Partner, Pepe Agell, learned the importance of mastering sales during his entrepreneurial journey with Chartboost, a mobile advertising company. Pepe led Chartboost and built sales and go-to-market strategy for the company from its earliest days to its acquisition by Zynga in 2021. He is now a Partner at Pear…

Preparing for a customer meeting and leading it effectively — Pear’s Partner, Pepe Agell, learned the importance of mastering sales during his entrepreneurial journey with Chartboost, a mobile advertising company. Pepe led Chartboost and built sales and go-to-market strategy for the company from its earliest days to its acquisition by Zynga in 2021. …

Mastering a customer-centric sales approach and outreach strategy — Pear’s Partner, Pepe Agell, learned the importance of mastering sales during his entrepreneurial journey with Chartboost, a mobile advertising company. Pepe led Chartboost and built sales and go-to-market strategy for the company from its earliest days to its acquisition by Zynga in 2021. He is now a Partner at Pear…

We are extremely excited to announce Eddie Eltoukhy as our latest Partner, heading up our investments across Biotech and life sciences. As a firm, Pear has already made some big investments in Biotech, including Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH), Senti Bio (Series B, led by Bayer LEAPS, and going public soon)…

Quick Note: We’ve recently migrated our tactical startup content to blog.pear.vc! Please visit and bookmark for the latest content. We are excited to announce that Anand Iyer is joining our investment team as a Visiting Partner. Prior to Pear, Anand was the founder of Trusted, a child care marketplace. Trusted…

The new Pear Fellows have completed the first stage of our training program, and they are already imbuing our team with energy and fresh ideas. The Pear Fellows program is an early-stage VC apprenticeship. Fellows work directly with Pear’s investment partners to discover founders, make investment decisions, and support startups…

We are overjoyed to announce that Pedram Keyani has joined the Pear team as our newest Visiting Partner! Pejman met Pedram in 2000 as he was pursuing his Masters in Computer Science at Stanford. …

He’s contributed so much already that we almost forgot that he hasn’t always been here… — Quick note: We’ve recently migrated our tactical startup content to blog.pear.vc! Please visit and bookmark for latest content. Fun Fact: Keith loves writing fiction and returned to his English major roots while at HBS, enrolling in a fiction workshop in Harvard’s English department, where he had taken several workshops in…

Quick note: We’ve recently migrated our tactical startup content to blog.pear.vc! Please visit and bookmark for latest content. We believe that great founders are made not born. Great founders surround themselves with people who help them grow. Great founders are constantly learning how to be better builders and better storytellers. …