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Pillar VC Fund IV

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $175M
Focus: AI/ML
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Pillar VC Fund IV

Pillar VC Fund IV is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Technical scientist-founder at inception, deep tech or bio-AI

deep tech

AI/ML

healthcare & bio

seed stage

technical founders

Bullish Signals

Abridge: $300M raised, $5.3B valuationexternal

PathAI: $750M raised, 100+ health systemsexternal

Neural Magic acquired by Red Hatexternal

Asimov: $200M raise, $1B valuationexternal

Latent Labs: $50M seed, DeepMind founderexternal

Free founder templates: pitch deck, cap tablewebsite

Backs founders from day zero / inceptionwebsite

Golden age for technical breakthroughs becoming companieswebsite

AI reduces drug discovery from decades to monthswebsite

Partner at inception with technically brilliant dreamerswebsite

Global research networks connect scientists instantlywebsite

Contrarian Signals

Very niche: science/deep-tech founders onlyexternal

Early-stage only — no growth dealsexternal

Founder Do's

Be a technical founder (PhD/research background)

Show breakthrough science, not just software

Come pre-product or at inception

Connect to biotech, AI, or health systems

Reference prior research credentials

Founder Don'ts

Avoid non-technical co-founder-only teams

Don't pitch incremental SaaS plays

Skip if post-seed or Series A stage

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$175M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Jamie Goldstein, Sarah Hodges

Nir ShavitFounder (Neural Magic portfolio)

Andy BeckCo-founder (PathAI portfolio)

Dr. Shivdev RaoCo-founder (Abridge portfolio)

Alec NielsenCo-founder (Asimov portfolio)

Raja SrinivasCo-founder (Asimov portfolio)

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