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Harris Stolzenberg

InvestorFounder

Partner at Pear VC

Boston

FoundedFlok Β· YC

About

Harris Stolzenberg is a Partner at Pear VC based in Boston, focused on the firm's early stage investing on the East Coast. He returned to Pear as a partner after previously serving there as an associate; earlier he worked in investment banking, joined Pear portfolio company Pando, and co-founded and led his own Pear-backed startup, Flok. He also served as Chief of Staff at Pillar VC and studied at MIT, where he played lacrosse and football.

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Harris Stolzenberg @stolzy4

On May 26th, @pearvc is hosting a $100,000 poker tournament in Boston. No buy-in required... Apply below to reserve your seat at the table. We'll be accepting the 50 most promising early stage founders. https://t.co/i2yAOazIyB

Apr 27, 2026 Β· β™₯ 2

Harris Stolzenberg @stolzy4

Said way more articulately than I ever could. Seems like a hypothesis worth testing for Boston https://t.co/dop0NMPowK

Jan 9, 2026 Β· β™₯ 3

Harris Stolzenberg @stolzy4

Great article from @jrkelly this morning. A lot of things I agree with! https://t.co/Gs9pIkhVW1

Jan 7, 2026 Β· β™₯ 4

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Founder at FlokYC W21

Intro paths

YC

Harris went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Harris can intro founders to Flok's investors below.

Flok's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Flok

JHJared Hanson
Jared HansonFounder

Experience

  1. Pear VCPartnercurrent2025 β€” presentBoston, MA
  2. Pillar VCChief of Staff2024 β€” 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  3. FlokCo-Founder & CEO2021 β€” 2023
  4. Pear VCAssociate2020San Francisco Bay Area
  5. PandoChief Of Staff2019San Francisco Bay Area
  6. PandoFinancial Analyst2018 β€” 2019San Francisco
  7. Deutsche BankInvestment Banking Analyst2017 β€” 2018

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management2013 β€” 2017
  2. Pine Crest High SchoolHigh School Diploma2009 β€” 2013

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

+ 843 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Pillar VC30

Ellen RubinPartner at Glasswing VenturesChris FaheySVP, Talent & Human Resources at Volition CapitalJamie GoldsteinFounding/Managing Partner at Pillar VCSarah HodgesGeneral Partner at Pillar VCTony KulesaPartner at Pillar VCParker McKeePartner at Pillar VC

+ 24 more

Also worked at Pear VC48

Arpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalPriscilla RussoAssociate at Redpoint VenturesPatrickBiotech Investment Lead at Hummingbird VenturesAli KashaniVenture Partner at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcKristin BeachCFO at Theory VenturesAnand IyerInvestor and founder in San Francisco

+ 42 more

Also worked at Pando1

Adam AguileraSenior Associate at Kapor Capital

Also worked at Deutsche Bank422

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkFunmi GarrickFinance and Operations at Impact America FundGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesJeppe ZinkPartner at NorthzoneDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalJavier BorreroSenior Director at Inveready Technology Investment Group

+ 416 more

Colleagues at Pear VC

Ajay Kamat
Partner at Pear VC
Alex Gao
Engineer at Pear VC
Aparna Sinha
Advisor at Pear VC
Arash Afrakhteh
Partner at Pear VC
Danielle Jing
Associate at Pear VC
Eddie Eltoukhy
Partner at Pear VC
Emma Krivoshein
Senior Operations Associate at Pear VC
Ian Taylor
Partner at Pear VC