Pillar VC Fund IV

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.

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

Contrarian Signals

Very niche: science/deep-tech founders onlyexternal

Early-stage only — no growth dealsexternal

No GPs publicly named on sitewebsite

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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Fund Overview

Fund Size$175M

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Key People

Jamie Goldstein, Sarah Hodges