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Known is a dating service that uses voice-based onboarding to suggest matches and organise in-person dates.
$9.7MSeed
ParticipantPV
Pear VC
Activity from announced rounds
Activity in this selectionUnited States · Dec 31, 2025 · Dec 1, 2025
Pear VC invests at the earliest stages and operates PearX, a 12-week programme for pre-seed founders with investments of $500,000 to $2 million per company.
PearX teams relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area for the programme and work with a partner matched to their sector. Two cohorts run each year, while funding and work with accepted teams can begin before the cohort starts.
Pear’s talent and go-to-market teams help with first hires and customers. Fundraising preparation and investor introductions sit alongside one-to-one partner work, giving a founding team support for the operating milestones leading into its next round.
- Rounds participated in
- 1
- Confirmed lead rounds
- 0 All roles disclosed
- New companies
- 1 First participation on record · 0 follow-on
- Funding in participating rounds
- $9.7M 1 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share