Event Horizon Labs (Why We Invested)
There are roughly 1,200 companies in the world that generate more than $1 billion in annual profit. About one in ten of them exists solely to trade securities (think Jane Street and Citadel). Trading firms have historically been exceptionally good businesses. They have also been extraordinarily difficult to build. Two barriers stand out: infrastructure and […]
Andrea Coravos
Chief of Staff
Boston, MA Chief of Staff Apply Now About Pillar VC Pillar VC is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Boston. We invest in engineers, researchers, and scientists building solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. We are currently investing out of Pillar IV, a $175M fund. We’re entering a golden age with unmatched potential for […]
BoolSi (Why We Invested)
Most software in the world runs on general-purpose chips. CPUs, for example, are built to run almost any program you hand them. But that flexibility comes at a cost: power efficiency, latency, and raw computing power all suffer. When a workload demands more than a CPU can deliver, teams increasingly turn to custom silicon, also […]
Mesoware (Why We Invested)
Robotics has spent the last decade getting dramatically better. The robots are more capable. Sensors are cheaper. Models are smarter. The software stack is improving quickly. And yet, for most companies, getting robots into the real world still feels painfully hard. The bottleneck is not usually the robot. It is everything around the robot. Roughly […]
Investing Analyst
Boston, MA INVESTING ANALYST Jump to: Apply Now Top Who We Are Pillar VC is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Boston. We invest in engineers, researchers, and scientists building solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. We are currently investing out of Pillar IV, a $175M fund. We’re entering a golden age with unmatched […]
Workplace and Community Associate
Boston, MA WORKPLACE & COMMUNITY ASSOCIATE Jump to: Apply Now Top Who We Are Pillar VC is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Boston. We invest in engineers, researchers, and scientists building solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. Our firm is co-founded by 32 leading CEOs, including the founders of Abridge, DraftKings, Wayfair, Iora […]
Vivek Farias
