Healthcare company-building profile
PearX
Pear VC
AcceleratorVC-backed programInvestor backedActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- VC-backed program
- Organization
- Pear VC
- Organization type
- Investor backed
- Location
- San Francisco, California
- Company stage served
- Pre-seed to Seed
- Cohort or participation model
- 12 weeks; approximately 20 teams per cohort with a maximum of about 25; two cohorts per year (winter and summer); in person in the SF Bay Area
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Pear invests between $500K and $2M per company; equity terms not published
- Equity or fee model
- Equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
Public description
About the program
PearX is Pear VC's 12-week pre-seed accelerator, running two cohorts a year (winter from January to April and summer from July to October). Each cohort opens with a three-day immersive retreat called Camp Pear and ends in Demo Day, and relocation to the San Francisco Bay Area is required. Health and bio companies participate through the general program; Pear has backed digital health companies including Viz.ai and Valar Labs. Third-party directories describe a PearX Health track.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Digital healthBiotechAIEnterprise software
- Category: VC-backed program
- Program structure: 12 weeks; approximately 20 teams per cohort with a maximum of about 25; two cohorts per year (winter and summer); in person in the SF Bay Area
- Published terms: Pear invests between $500K and $2M per company; equity terms not published
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Notable alumni named in public materials
- Viz.ai; Valar Labs; Federato; Nova Credit; Cardless; Glide
Sources
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