# Mar Hershenson: investor profile > Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner at Broadway Angels,Pear Ventures. 2 investments on record. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/mar-hershenson (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Los Altos, US · Partner # Mar Hershenson Founding Managing Partner at [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) Latest rounds - **Sensor Tower** Venture · $1M Aug 2013 - **EagerPanda** Seed · $3.4M Aug 2013 Backs *Advertising & Adtech* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 2 last Aug 2013 - **Filings:** 7 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 5 +5 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them - ✓ **On filings** 7 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Pear VC - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=mar-hershenson)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=mar-hershenson) ## The firm [**Pear VC** VC firm · US **50** cheques in 12 months **250** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 2 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $4.4M - **Active:** 2013 2013 - [Sensor Tower](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensor-tower) *Venture* **$1M** *US* Aug 2013 Joined · +7 investors · historical - [EagerPanda](https://millionrounds.com/company/eagerpanda) *Seed* **$3.4M** *US* Aug 2013 Joined · +13 investors · historical By stage - Seed **1** - Venture **1** What they backed Advertising & Adtech **1** Alongside - [Pejman Mar Ventures *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pejman-mar-ventures) - [Pejman Nozad *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amidzad-partners) - [Ariel Poler *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ariel-poler) - [Ben Narasin *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ben-narasin) - [Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1745-ventures) - [Charlie Cheever *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-cheever) - [Dan Rose *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dan-rose) - [Formation 8 *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/formation-8) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Exporta Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/startup/exporta-technologies) - [Fieldbook](https://millionrounds.com/startup/fieldbook) - [Sensor Tower](https://millionrounds.com/startup/sensor-tower) - [Seven Starling](https://millionrounds.com/startup/seven-starling) - AspireIQ - EagerPanda ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc)** Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer since 2025 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Jutiso, Inc.** Director since 2024 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Sudozi, Inc.** Director since 2022 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Nitrio, Inc.** Director since 2016 - SEC Form D · Company raising **PreNav, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2016 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Pejman Mar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pejman-mar-ventures)** Managing Director of the Manager of the Issuer on 11 filings · since 2014 - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Pejman Mar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pejman-mar-ventures)** Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer on 9 filings · since 2013 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Pear VC - [**Pejman Nozad** Founding Managing Partner *20 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/pejman-nozad-2) - [**Ajay Kamat** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ajay-kamat) - [**Arash Afrakhteh** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/arash-afrakhteh) - [**Ashwini Iyer** Female Founder Circle *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashwini-iyer) - [**Debby Schilling** CFO *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/debby-schilling) - [**Eddie Eltoukhy** Venture Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/eddie-eltoukhy) - [**Ian Taylor** Ecosystem & Platform Analytics *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ian-taylor) - [**Keith Bender** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/keith-bender) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 21 Jun 2023 · 1h 3m StoneAlgo's Devin Jones on "Zillow for diamonds" + Mar Hershenson on the art of picking | E1766 With [Mar Hershenson](https://millionrounds.com/person/mar-hershenson) About this episode This Week in Startups is presented by: iConnections is a platform to connect and meet with elite capital allocators through their online platform and bespoke events. The first 25 VC funds to sign up for iConnections Miami 2024 event in January of next year will receive a 20% discount! Head to… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Latitud Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/latitud) · 11 Apr 2023 · 49 min #138 – Successfully teaching, creating, founding, and investing: Mar Hershenson, Pear VC With [Mar Hershenson](https://millionrounds.com/person/mar-hershenson) Mentions [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) About this episode Mar Hershenson has done it all. She's been a VP of product development and a co-founder of three successful startups. With 14 patents under her belt and a passion for teaching, Mar has joined us today to share her insights on: What it takes to succeed in the startup world, Experience as a… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 20 Feb 2023 · 35 min 371. Are Founders Born or Made?, What it Takes to Raise a Series A in 2023, and Weighing the Balance of Unit Economics vs Growth (Mar Hershenson) With [Mar Hershenson](https://millionrounds.com/person/mar-hershenson) Mentions [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) About this episode Mar Hershenson of Pear VC joins Nick to discuss Are Founders Born or Made?, What it Takes to Raise a Series A in 2023, and Weighing the Balance of Unit Economics vs Growth. In this episode we cover: Path to Pear and The Forbes Midas List Data on The DNA of Entrepreneurs Generative AI Hype Raising… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [All-In](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/all-in) · 30 May 2022 · 38 min #AIS: Pear VC's Mar Hershenson on making successful founders With [Mar Hershenson](https://millionrounds.com/person/mar-hershenson) Mentions [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc) About this episode This talk was recorded LIVE at the All-In Summit in Miami and included slides. To watch on YouTube, check out our All-In Summit playlist: https://bit.ly/aisytplaylist 0:00 Pear VC Founding Managing Partner Mar Hershenson gives a talk on making successful entrepreneurs: can great founders be… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 24 May 2017 · 26 min 20VC: The Biggest Indicators Of Success In Founding Teams, How To Balance Both Vision and Operations & Taking Money From "The Man At The Rug Store" with Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner @ Pear.vc With [Mar Hershenson](https://millionrounds.com/person/mar-hershenson) Mentions [Pejman Nozad](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pejman-nozad) About this episode Mar Hershenson is a Founding Managing Partner @ Pear.vc alongside Pejman Nozad. After earning a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1999, Mar had developed a ground-breaking technique for optimizing the design of analog semiconductors. Having combined a hardware/software… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Mar Hershenson in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Alt Goes Mainstream](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/alt-goes-mainstream) · 19 Sept 2023 · 50 min How "tech's most unlikely venture capitalist," Pear VC's Pejman Nozad, has built a seed investing powerhouse Mentions [Pear VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc)[Pejman Nozad](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pejman-nozad)[Mar Hershenson](https://millionrounds.com/person/mar-hershenson) About this episode Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Startup stories are often stuff of dreams, and today’s podcast is a story about one of tech’s most unlikely venture capitalists. Journalist and professional soccer player turned immigrant turned self-proclaimed "best carwasher in San Jose" turned… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 6 Apr 2023 · 6 min Investor Stories 290: What's Next (Andelman, Hershenson, Pruden) Mentions [Alex Pruden](https://millionrounds.com/person/alex-pruden)[Jim Andelman](https://millionrounds.com/person/jim-andelman)[Mar Hershenson](https://millionrounds.com/person/mar-hershenson) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jim Andelman Mar Hershenson Alex Pruden Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. The host of The… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 30 Mar 2023 · 5 min Investor Stories 289: Post Mortems (Schlacks, Hershenson, Zullo) Mentions [Mar Hershenson](https://millionrounds.com/person/mar-hershenson)[Rick Zullo](https://millionrounds.com/person/rick-zullo) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Willy Schlacks Mar Hershenson Rick Zullo Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General Partner of New… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 23 Mar 2023 · 6 min Investor Stories 288: Strange & Unusual (Eylath, Ross, Hershenson) Mentions [Kristi Ross](https://millionrounds.com/person/kristi-ross)[Mar Hershenson](https://millionrounds.com/person/mar-hershenson)[Nadav Eylath](https://millionrounds.com/person/nadav-eylath) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Nadav Eylath Kristi Ross Mar Hershenson Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General Partner of New… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 9 Mar 2023 · 6 min Investor Stories 286: Why I Passed (Lefcourt, Hershenson, Viswanathan) Mentions [Jenny Lefcourt](https://millionrounds.com/person/jenny-lefcourt)[Mar Hershenson](https://millionrounds.com/person/mar-hershenson)[Ravi Viswanathan](https://millionrounds.com/person/ravi-viswanathan) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jenny Lefcourt Mar Hershenson Ravi Viswanathan Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran, General… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=mar-hershenson). ## Find people like Mar Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)