Pear VC x PhD Summit

​Join us on May 1st for the Pear VC x PhD Summit, a half-day gathering for PhDs and researchers who are curious about entrepreneurship.

​For over a decade, Pear VC has partnered with PhD founders from Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, and other universities at the earliest stages of company building. These founders all started with research—and a hunch that their work could be something bigger.

​Spots are limited. Request to join below.

​Who it's for

​PhDs, post-docs, professors, and researchers across CS, engineering, biotech, and adjacent fields who are actively exploring a startup idea or curious what the leap looks like.

​What to expect

• ​Fireside Chats: Hear Founding Managing Partner Mar Hershenson's journey from PhD to three-time founder and Midas List VC, an off-the-record AMA with Pear partners, and a panel with PhD founders on building from research.

• ​Workshops: Hands-on sessions to sharpen your idea, plus office hours with Pear partners for direct feedback.

• ​Community: Meet and connect with other PhDs and researchers who are thinking about making the leap from academia to entrepreneurship.

• ​Lunch!

​About Pear VC

​Pear VC is a pre-seed and seed stage VC firm that partners with entrepreneurs from their earliest days to build category defining companies. Pear has backed iconic companies such as DoorDash, Guardant, Gusto, Branch, Vanta, Aurora Solar, and more at the earliest stages. We're company builders, with Partners having founded 15+ startups. We help companies find product-market fit, recruit their first engineering hire, and overcome other critical business challenges.