# Pillar VC: portfolio, investments and team

> Pillar VC is a vc firm based in United States. 82 investments on record, 13 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Pillar VC

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 82 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund, Mar 2024 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A AI Biotech Healthtech

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**59%** of best year **13** **cheques in 12 months**, 82 on record

Since the last cheque **61** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$8.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$50K – $5.0M** Rounds led **0 of 82** Sole investor **8 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 90%**

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## Pillar VC highlights

- 01 13 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 58% of its rounds
- 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-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** AI Biotech Healthtech
- **Based in:** Boston, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **82 appearances**

- **2026** 6 rounds
- **Sept** **[G5 Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/g5-labs)** Seed · US **$14M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[BoolSi](https://millionrounds.com/company/boolsi)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Mesoware](https://millionrounds.com/company/mesoware)** Pre-seed · US **$1.5M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Verve Motion](https://millionrounds.com/company/verve-motion)** Venture · US **$13M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Day AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/day-ai)** Series A · US **$20M** With 6 others
- **Jan** **[Vivere Oncotherapies](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivere-oncotherapies)** Seed · US **$10M** With 2 others
- **2025** 20 rounds
- **Dec** **[Addis Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/addis-energy)** Seed · US **$8.3M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[Metri Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/metri-bio)** Pre-seed · US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Dec** **[Hometap](https://millionrounds.com/company/hometap)** Growth · US **$50M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Skeletalis](https://millionrounds.com/company/skeletalis)** Seed · US **$8.0M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Kula Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/kula-bio)** Series A · US **$16M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[OpenHands](https://millionrounds.com/company/openhands)** Series A · US **$19M** With 5 others
- **Nov** **[Mira](https://millionrounds.com/company/mira)** Seed · US **$6.6M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Tycho AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/tycho-ai)** Series A · US **$10M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[JobGet](https://millionrounds.com/company/jobget)** Debt · US **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Acelab](https://millionrounds.com/company/acelab)** Series A · US **$17M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Portal Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/portal-biotech)** Series A · GB · We Venture Capital **$35M** With 9 others
- **Jun** **[Halo](https://millionrounds.com/company/halo)** Pre-seed · US **$1.0M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Matterworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/matterworks)** Series A · US · Firms' own news pages **Undisclosed** With 6 others
- **May** **[Catena Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/catena-labs)** Seed · US **$18M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Trellis Air](https://millionrounds.com/company/trellis-air)** Seed · US **$6.6M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[LightSource](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightsource)** Series A · US **$33M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Latent Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/latent-labs)** Series A · GB **$40M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Modern Synthesis](https://millionrounds.com/company/modern-synthesis)** Seed · GB **$5.5M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[T33 Dental](https://millionrounds.com/company/t33-dental)** Grant · US **$275K** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[VideaHealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/videahealth)** Series B · US **$40M** With 4 others
- **2024** 20 rounds
- **Dec** **[Scripta Insights](https://millionrounds.com/company/scripta-insights)** Series B · US **$17M** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[Cimulate AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/cimulate-ai)** Series A · US **$28M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[Rowan](https://millionrounds.com/company/rowan)** Pre-seed · US **$2.1M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Lightblocks](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightblocks)** Series A · IL **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Amplifyer Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/amplifyer-bio)** Venture · US **$7.1M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Simbe Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/simbe-robotics)** Series C · US **$50M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[GALY](https://millionrounds.com/company/galy)** Series B · US **$33M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Shimmer](https://millionrounds.com/company/shimmer)** Seed · US **$25K** With 5 others
- **Jul** **[Cake](https://millionrounds.com/company/cake)** Seed · US **$125K** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[GRO Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/gro-biosciences)** Series B · US **$60M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Cache Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/cache-energy)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Nabla Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/nabla-bio)** Series A · US **$26M** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[SciPhi](https://millionrounds.com/company/sciphi)** Pre-seed · US **$500K** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[BoolSi](https://millionrounds.com/company/boolsi)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 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 registration **2 named**

JA **James A. Goldstein** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

SA **Sarah Ashley Mccabe Hodges** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing 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

**$825M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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

[Encode](https://millionrounds.com/company/encode) Pillar 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.

New fund on file

**Raised**

a new fund in Mar 2024

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$8.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$5.0M**

Led 0 of 82 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $50K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 8 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *26*
- Series A said *19*
- Venture *16*
- Series B said *7*
- Pre-seed said *6*
- Grant *3*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 6
- [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) 5
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 4
- [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) 4
- [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) 4
- [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) 4

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## 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.

[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**MassChallenge** Accelerator **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Founder Collective** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[**National Science Foundation** Government **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno)[**Wing Venture Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wing-venture-capital)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**8VC** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc)[**Borderless Capital** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/borderless-capital)[**Lowercarbon Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lowercarbon-capital)[**BoxGroup** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Pillar VC put money into.

[**BoolSi** $6.0M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/boolsi)[**Mesoware** $1.5M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mesoware)[**Verve Motion** $13M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/verve-motion)[**Day AI** $20M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/day-ai)[**Vivere Oncotherapies** $10M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivere-oncotherapies)[**Addis Energy** $8.3M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/addis-energy)

## 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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