Funding

Free

Program dates

TBA

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Pear VC Fellows Program

Pear VC

Application Deadline

August 9, 2026

Official Page

The Pear Fellows Program is an apprenticeship run by Pear VC, an early-stage venture firm based in Menlo Park and San Francisco. Each year a small group of undergraduate, MBA, and PhD students is chosen to work directly with Pear’s partners and investment team. Fellows learn how the firm finds, selects, and supports founders, and they help run Pear’s events and programming on their own campuses. The 2022 cohort selected 14 fellows from hundreds of applicants, drawn from schools including Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard. It is a training ground for students aiming at a career in venture capital.

Benefits & funding

  • Direct group and one-on-one mentorship from Pear’s investment team.
  • Access to the firm’s deal flow, with hands-on company due diligence and sector-thesis work.
  • Ownership of Pear events and programming on campus.
  • Entry to an alumni network whose members have gone on to firms such as Lightspeed, Sequoia, DFJ, and DST Global, and to founding venture-backed startups.
  • This is an experience-based apprenticeship; Pear’s pages state no salary or fee.

Eligibility

  • Open to currently enrolled undergraduate, MBA, and PhD students.
  • Pear looks for proactive, independent thinkers with a strong entrepreneurial network or industry expertise, and a willingness to help build the firm.
  • The program is delivered on US university campuses; fellows to date have come from schools including Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, Penn, and Harvard.

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Application process

  1. 1
    Complete the online application form (hosted on Airtable, linked from the Fellows page).
  2. 2
    Pear reviews submissions and invites selected candidates through its interview process.
  3. 3
    Chosen fellows join the incoming cohort for the academic year.

Program timeline

  1. August 9, 2026

    Application deadline for the 2026–2027 cohort.

  2. Fellowship runs part-time alongside studies.

    2026–2027 US academic year