# Pillar: portfolio, investments and team > Pillar is a hedge fund based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest Dec 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/pillar (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Pillar Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in May 2026, closing $510M. Last cheque observed Dec 2019. Quiet New fund $510M, May 2026 Hedge fund Seed Series A Information Technology & Services Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **2511** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$6.8M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Pillar ## Pillar highlights - 01 6 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds ## What they do > Filed 1 private fund offering with the SEC, the most recent in 2021-04 From their own website - **Type:** Hedge fund (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** Information Technology & Services - **Based in:** Millbrae, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2019** 2 rounds - **Dec** **[Hometap](https://millionrounds.com/company/hometap)** US · Hometap **$100M** With 4 others - **Sept** **[VideaHealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/videahealth)** US · TechCrunch **$5.4M** With 2 others - **2018** 2 rounds - **May** **[Hometap](https://millionrounds.com/company/hometap)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$12M** With 2 others - **Feb** **[Algorand](https://millionrounds.com/company/algorand)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$4.0M** With 1 other - **2017** 2 rounds - **Dec** **[Asimov](https://millionrounds.com/company/asimov)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$4.7M** With 2 others - **Jun** **[Talla](https://millionrounds.com/company/talla)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$8.3M** With 3 others 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 **15 named** AS **Adam Stern** Managing Member of General Partner i Filing they signed BW **Brendan W. Lake** Managing Member of General Partner i Filing they signed CC **Cody C Biggs** Cody Biggs is the Sponsor and Fund Manager of Pillar 2016 LS Fund, LLC. i Filing they signed EA **Edith A. Conyers** Director i Filing they signed JG **James Goldstein** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed JB **John Brown** Director i Filing they signed MA **Malcolm A. Mitchell** Officer of Conyers Corporate Services (Bermuda) Limited which serves as Corporate Secretary i Filing they signed MY **Manuel Ybarra** President i Filing they signed MC **Michael C. Sapnar** Director i Filing they signed MB **Milan-Jae Burgess** Officer of Conyers Corporate Services (Bermuda) Limited which serves as Corporate Secretary i Filing they signed PA **Philip A. Lotz** Director i Filing they signed RW **Russ Wilcox** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed SH **Sarah Hodges** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed SA **Stephen A. Velotti** Director i Filing they signed TA **Tara A. Railton** Director i Filing they signed We also hold **22** 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. New fund on file **$510M** raised in May 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Median round joined **$6.8M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Dec 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed *2* - Series A *2* Cheques by year Led Joined 2017 2019 Often in the room with - [American Family Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-ventures) 2 **Pitching Pillar?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Pillar. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**American Family Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-ventures) ## Recently backed The latest companies Pillar put money into. [**Hometap** $100M · Dec 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/hometap)[**VideaHealth** $5.4M · Sept 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/videahealth)[**Asimov** $4.7M · Dec 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/asimov)[**Talla** $8.3M · Jun 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/talla) ## Quick answers about Pillar ### What does Pillar invest in? Pillar invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Information Technology & Services. ### How active is Pillar? 6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Dec 2019. ### What has Pillar invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Hometap (Undisclosed round, Dec 2019), VideaHealth (Undisclosed round, Sept 2019) and Algorand (Seed, Feb 2018). ### How big are Pillar's cheques? The median round it joins is $6.8M. ### Does Pillar lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Pillar invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Pillar investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2019. ### Who does Pillar invest alongside? Most often American Family Ventures (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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