Investing Profile

Pejman Nozad(216)

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Founding Managing Partner at Pear VC
pear.vc/pejmanPalo Alto, California
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41 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 38 other investors on Signal.

Networks Pejman is a member of
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Current Investing Position
Pear VC Managing Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.5M
Investments On Record
39
Current Fund Size
$160M

Pejman Nozad is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Pejman Nozad's Investments On Record (35)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Tycoon
Pre SeedApr 2026$1M
$1M
SellScale
SeedDec 2022$3M
$3M
Thena
Pre SeedMay 2022$2M
$7M
Co-investors: Mar Hershenson (Pear VC), Meka Asonye (First Round Capital), Hemant Mohapatra (Lightspeed India Partners), J Zac Stein (Craft Ventures), Michael Katz (mParticle)
SoundHound
Post Ipo EquityApr 2022$110M
$230M
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Shankar Chandran (Walden Catalyst Ventures), Larry Marcus (Marcy Venture Partners), Jay Eum (GFT Ventures), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital)
Maker Wine
Pre SeedDec 2020
$2M
Co-investors: Neil Rimer (Index Ventures), Nikil Viswanathan (Alchemy Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC), Matthew Kaness (Flexsteel Industries Inc.), Mariam Naficy (Heretic Ventures), Drew Taggart (Mantis VC), Alex Pall (Mantis VC), Brigette Lau (Firework Ventures), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), James Beshara, Henry Davis, Chris Fanini, Odell Beckham Jr., Daniel Kan
Fieldbook
SeedApr 2016$2M
SeedNov 2014$730K
$2.7M
Co-investors: Steven Sinofsky (Andreessen Horowitz), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC), Kai Gradert (Good Party), Mike Greenfield (TeamRankings.com), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Eric Ries (Long-Term Stock Exchange), Idris Mokhtarzada (Pioneer Fund), Haroon Mokhtarzada, John Collison
Guardant Health
Series DJan 2016$100M
Series BApr 2014$30M
$550M
Co-investors: Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Matthew Rizzo (OrbiMed), Sujay Jaswa (WndrCo LLC), Ling Wong (Highbury Group), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital), Kyle Kurpinski (Tencent Holdings), Chris Schaepe, David Chen, Laszlo Bock, Farzad Nazem
Philz Coffee
Series BFeb 2015$15M
$30M
Co-investors: Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures), Brendan Wallace (Fifth Wall Ventures), Calvin Broadus (Casa Verde Capital), Mike Schroepfer (Gigascale Capital), Brett Rochkind (SoftBank Investment Advisers), Steven Denning (General Atlantic), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), Maynard Webb (Webb Investment Network), Nasir Jones (QueensBridge Venture Partners), Shervin Pishevar (ACME Capital), David Spector (ThirdLove), Greg Goldfarb (Summit Partners), Tina Sharkey (ACME Capital), Philipp Stauffer (Fyrfly Venture Partners), Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures), Raj Sandhu (Great Oaks Venture Capital)

most interested in

API E-Commerce Education Enterprise Fintech Food and Beverage Future of Work Gaming Government Technology Hardware Health and Wellness Healthcare/Medtech Industrial Internet and Mobile IoT Life Sciences Productivity Proptech/Real Estate Robotics SaaS Social Supply Chain/Logistics Transportation Travel/Hospitality

Pejman Nozad's Experience

Founding Managing Partner Pear VC2013 - Present
Editor in Chief and Publisher Footballmedia2005 - Present
General Partner Amidzad2000 - Present
Member International Sports Press Association1990 - Present
Editor in Chief and Publisher NewCoPresent
Member NewCoPresent
General Partner NewCoPresent
Board Member NewCoPresent
Investor SoundhoundPresent
Investor Branch MetricsPresent
investor ZooskPresent
Investor Gusto!Present
Board Member Olympic Children Games 2008 San FranciscoPresent
Investor DropboxPresent
Investor DoorDashPresent
Editor in Chief and Publisher Top-PatentsPresent
Member Top-PatentsPresent
General Partner Top-PatentsPresent
Investor Webs.comPresent
Board Member Top-PatentsPresent
Investor BranchPresent
Investor GustoPresent
investor Zoosk Inc.Present
Editor in Chief and Publisher Self-EmployedPresent
Investor SoundHound AIPresent
Member Self-EmployedPresent
General Partner Self-EmployedPresent
Editor in Chief and Publisher Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Member Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
General Partner Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Editor in Chief and Publisher The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Member The Grameen Creative LabPresent
General Partner The Grameen Creative LabPresent
Member Olympic Children Games 2008 San FranciscoPresent
Editor in Chief and Publisher Olympic Children Games 2008 San FranciscoPresent
General Partner Olympic Children Games 2008 San FranciscoPresent
Member BHP DevelopmentPresent
Editor in Chief and Publisher BHP DevelopmentPresent
General Partner BHP DevelopmentPresent
Board Member BHP DevelopmentPresent
General Partner Robyn FrankelPresent
Investor branchPresent
Board Member Robyn FrankelPresent