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Heap attracts $27 mln Series BHeap, an analytics infrastructure company, has secured $27 million in Series B financing. Menlo Ventures and New Enterprise Associates led the round with participation from Initialized Capital and Pear VC.
- Machine learning startup Solvvy pulls in $4.5 mln seed
Palo Alto, California-based Solvvy, a machine learning startup, has secured $4.5 million in seed funding. True Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Pear Ventures, Carnegie Mellon University, Signatures Capital and Investment Group of Santa Barbara.
Pear closes larger fund, adds to team as LP interest in seed growsSeed-focused Pear ups its fund size by 50 percent and adds two partners
- Seed-focused Pear raises $75 mln for Fund II
Palo Alto, California-based Pear, which focuses on seed-stage deals and is known for hosting its community events, has closed an oversubscribed second fund with $75 million in commitments. The fund is 50 percent larger than the $50 million the firm raised for Fund I, which closed in 2013 and was raised mostly from the fortunes of Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson, the founding managing partners.
- Pejman Mar Ventures files to raise new $75 mln fund
Pejman Nozad and Mar Hershenson, co-founders of Pejman Mar Ventures, have filed to raise a new fund. Pear Ventures II LP is targeting $75 million in capital commitments and has not reported a first close, according to an SEC document https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1667210/000166721016000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml Founded in 2013, Pejman Mar https://medium.com/@pejmannozad/tech-s-most-unlikely-venture-capitalist-bb002488f297#.8jr4cckdy is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm has backed companies including Branch Metrics, Guardant Health and Door Dash.
- Pear Therapeutics scores $20 mln
Boston and San Francisco-based Pear Therapeutics, a maker of digital therapies, has raised $20 million in funding. 5AM Ventures, Arboretum Ventures and JAZZ Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Bridge Builders Collaborative.
- Branch Metrics pulls in $15 mln Series A
Palo Alto, California-based mobile linking platform Branch Metrics has raised $15 million in Series A funding. New Enterprise Associates and Ben Narasin led the round with participation from Pejman Mar Ventures, Zach Coelius, Cowboy Ventures and TriplePoint Capital.
- PEAR Sports raises second funding round
PEAR Sports has raised a second round of funding reaching $5 million. Existing investors Innovate Partners and Nordic Ventures. PEAR Sports is a designer of innovative and personalized coaching technologies.