Accelerator · Pear VC
PearX
- Monitor
- Monitor
Assessment & status
- Recommendation
- Monitor
- Priority
- Monitor
- Preference Alignment
- Unknown
- My Status
- Not started
- External Status
- Open now
Funding & terms
- Investment Terms
- $500K–$2M investment per company, sized to stage and capital needs
- Company Funding
- $500K–$2M
- Cash / Benefit Type
- Upfront investment
- Credits or Perks
- $1M+ in cloud credits from providers including Microsoft Azure and OpenAI
- Estimated Credit Value USD
- 1000000
- Funding Timing
- On acceptance
- Funding Before Full-time
- Yes
- Economic Caveats
- Check size ranges $500K–$2M negotiated per company; no published standard instrument or equity figure.
Eligibility
- Stage Accepted
- Idea, Prototype, MVP, Traction
- Traction Requirement
- None
- Sector or Thesis
- General
- Region
- United States
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Format
- In-person
- Solo Eligibility
- Yes
- Company Required
- Can be unincorporated
- Cofounder Support
- Available
- Visa or Work Rights
- Relocation to the SF Bay Area is required for the program duration; no visa or work-rights support is mentioned on the site.
- Relocation Required
- Temporary relocation
Commitment & support
- Can Keep Job
- No
- Full-time Expected
- During program
- Weekly Load
- Full-time
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Commitment Details
- 12-week cohort capped at ~25 teams; Camp Pear 3-day kickoff retreat; weekly group check-in plus dedicated partner meetings (~2 hours of group programming per week); Demo Day finale (in-person to GPs, then virtual to a wider investor audience); SF Bay Area relocation required for the program duration; Pear Studio office access.
- Mentorship Depth
- High-touch
- Structure or Accountability
- High
- Personal Support
- Dedicated PearX partner per company plus platform team for hiring, GTM, and fundraising
- Customer or GTM Support
- Strong
Application
- Deadline
- 2026-10-04
- Application Timing Notes
- W27 applications open; regular deadline October 4th. Two cohorts per year: winter runs January–April, summer runs July–October; funding decisions are made year-round.
- Application Requirements
- Open written application reviewed by an investor, followed by one interview and a partner-meeting pitch if selected
- Application Effort
- Medium
- Primary Value
- Funding, Mentorship, Network, Customers, Fundraising, Workspace, Community
- Brand Value
- Strong
- Next Action
- Evaluate fit — added from owner suggestion; no assessment yet.
Notes & provenance
- Why or Decisive Note
- Added from owner suggestion. Small-batch pre-seed accelerator with $500K–$2M checks, $1M+ cloud credits, ~90% of companies raising a subsequent round per the site.
- Original Inventory
- Pear VC — PearX (pear.vc/pearx)
- Legacy Commitment Signal
- Fits paid full-time
- Newly Discovered
- Yes
- Evidence Quality
- Official current
- Website Status
- Active
- Last Verified
- 2026-09-26
Appears in decision views
00 — All Opportunities · 02 — Brand & Prestige · 05 — Full-time After Funding · 10 — Application Tracker · 14 — Deadline Calendar · 15 — Priority Board
Imported 2026-09-26 from the Funding & Accelerators workspace (rebuilt 2026-08-02). Assessments are this portfolio's judgment, not the program's claims; verify against the official source before relying on them.