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Pillar VC

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 82 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund, Mar 2024VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AAIBiotechHealthtech

Deploying now
59%of best year13cheques in 12 months, 82 on record
Since the last cheque61days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$8.3MCheque size, as they say$50K – $5.0MRounds led0 of 82Sole investor8 roundsMostly inUnited States, 90%
Pitch Pillar VC

Pillar VC highlights

  1. 01

    13 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 58% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $5.0M

What they do

Pillar VC is a pre-seed and seed venture capital firm that invests in technical breakthroughs and exceptional founders.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$50K – $5.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
AIBiotechHealthtech
Based in
Boston, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first82 appearances

  1. 2026

    6 rounds

  2. Sept
    G5 LabsSeed · US$14MWith 2 others
  3. Jun
    BoolSiSeed · US$6.0MWith 1 other
  4. Jun
    MesowarePre-seed · US$1.5MSole investor
  5. May
    Verve MotionVenture · US$13MWith 3 others
  6. Feb
    Day AISeries A · US$20MWith 6 others
  7. Jan
    Vivere OncotherapiesSeed · US$10MWith 2 others
  8. 2025

    20 rounds

  9. Dec
    Addis EnergySeed · US$8.3MWith 3 others
  10. Dec
    Metri BioPre-seed · US$5.0MSole investor
  11. Dec
    HometapGrowth · US$50MWith 4 others
  12. Nov
    SkeletalisSeed · US$8.0MWith 1 other
  13. Nov
    Kula BioSeries A · US$16MWith 3 others
  14. Nov
    OpenHandsSeries A · US$19MWith 5 others
  15. Nov
    MiraSeed · US$6.6MWith 4 others
  16. Oct
    Tycho AISeries A · US$10MWith 1 other
  17. Oct
    JobGetDebt · US$1.0MWith 1 other
  18. Sept
    AcelabSeries A · US$17MWith 3 others
  19. Jun
    Portal BiotechSeries A · GB · We Venture Capital$35MWith 9 others
  20. Jun
    HaloPre-seed · US$1.0MWith 3 others
  21. Jun
    MatterworksSeries A · US · Firms' own news pagesUndisclosedWith 6 others
  22. May
    Catena LabsSeed · US$18MWith 4 others
  23. Mar
    Trellis AirSeed · US$6.6MWith 1 other
  24. Mar
    LightSourceSeries A · US$33MWith 4 others
  25. Feb
    Latent LabsSeries A · GB$40MWith 4 others
  26. Feb
    Modern SynthesisSeed · GB$5.5MWith 2 others
  27. Jan
    T33 DentalGrant · US$275KWith 1 other
  28. Jan
    VideaHealthSeries B · US$40MWith 4 others
  29. 2024

    20 rounds

  30. Dec
    Scripta InsightsSeries B · US$17MWith 1 other
  31. Dec
    Cimulate AISeries A · US$28MWith 3 others
  32. Dec
    RowanPre-seed · US$2.1MSole investor
  33. Nov
    LightblocksSeries A · IL$5.0MSole investor
  34. Oct
    Amplifyer BioVenture · US$7.1MSole investor
  35. Oct
    Simbe RoboticsSeries C · US$50MWith 3 others
  36. Sept
    GALYSeries B · US$33MWith 3 others
  37. Sept
    ShimmerSeed · US$25KWith 5 others
  38. Jul
    CakeSeed · US$125KWith 4 others
  39. Jul
    GRO BiosciencesSeries B · US$60MWith 4 others
  40. Jun
    Cache EnergySeed · US$4.0MWith 5 others
  41. May
    Nabla BioSeries A · US$26MWith 6 others
  42. Apr
    SciPhiPre-seed · US$500KWith 2 others
  43. Apr
    BoolSiVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named

JAJames A. GoldsteinManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
SASarah Ashley Mccabe HodgesManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 3 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$825Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Pillar Companies Management, LLC
SEC number
CRD 284053

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

1 of 2 we have independently watched raise

EncodePillar Events

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Pillar VC. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Pillar VC put money into.

Quick answers about Pillar VC

What does Pillar VC invest in?

Pillar VC invests most often at Seed and Series A (58% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Biotech and Healthtech.

How active is Pillar VC?

82 investments on record, 13 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

What has Pillar VC invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: G5 Labs (Seed, Sept 2026), BoolSi (Seed, Jun 2026) and Mesoware (Pre-seed, Jun 2026).

How big are Pillar VC's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.3M. It says it writes cheques of $50K to $5.0M.

Does Pillar VC lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 82 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Pillar VC invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (90%) and the United Kingdom (8%).

Is Pillar VC investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 13 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Pillar VC invest alongside?

Most often Alumni Ventures (6 rounds together), MassChallenge (5 rounds together) and Andreessen Horowitz (4 rounds together).

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