Mar Hershenson
Founding Managing Partner at Pear VC
Mar Hershenson is the Founding Managing Partner at Pear VC (pear.vc), where she leads investments across AI, B2B, and consumer startups. A Stanford PhD in Electrical Engineering with 14 patents, she previously founded three companies and served as VP of Product at Magma Design Automation, bringing deep technical and operating experience to early-stage founders. Mar teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford and has been recognized on Forbes’ Midas List and MIT Technology Review’s TR35. Learn more on her LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mar-hershenson-b21395.
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