About
Keith Bender is a Partner at Pear VC, a seed-stage fund he joined after earning his MBA at Harvard Business School, where he first connected with the Pear team. He focuses on products users find indispensable and on founders with a continued commitment to learning. Earlier in his career, he worked at Bessemer Venture Partners, advised consumer and energy clients at BCG, and spent a summer with the Arizona Diamondbacks; he holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard College.
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Invests in
ConsumerE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFintechMarketplacesPropTechSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Experience
- Vocation CapitalFoundercurrent2026 — present
- Pear VCFormer Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Pear VCPartner2020 — 2025Palo Alto, CA
- Bessemer Venture PartnersInvestor2019 — 2020Cambridge, MA
- The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Consultant2017 — 2018
- The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Associate2015 — 2017
- Harvard Innovation LabsVenture Incubation2014 — 2015Greater Boston
- The Boston Consulting GroupSummer Associate2014
- Arizona Diamondbacks50/50 Raffle Sales Guy2013Phoenix, AZ
Skills & more
Fundraising5Seed CapitalInvestments1Market Research5Due DiligenceVenture Capital2
From Keith's professional profile.
Investments
Investor
AffinityAurora SolarAxle HealthBioAgeBranchChainpassDoorDashFinkargoGuardant HealthGustoHedgehogInventaMentaMiterNeura HealthPahdo LabsPomeloSudoziUserClouds
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at Pear VC
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Keith Bender?
- Keith Bender is a Partner at Pear VC, a seed-stage fund he joined after earning his MBA at Harvard Business School, where he first connected with the Pear team. He focuses on products users find indispensable and on founders with a continued commitment to learning. Earlier in his career, he worked at Bessemer Venture Partners, advised consumer and energy clients at BCG, and spent a summer with the Arizona Diamondbacks; he holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard College.
- Where does Keith Bender work?
- Keith Bender is Partner at Pear VC.
- What does Keith Bender invest in?
- Keith Bender invests in Consumer, E-commerce, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Marketplaces, PropTech, SaaS, Travel & Hospitality.
- What check size does Keith Bender write?
- Keith Bender typically writes checks of $1M.
- What companies has Keith Bender invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Affinity, Aurora Solar, Axle Health, BioAge, Branch, Chainpass, DoorDash, Finkargo, Guardant Health, Gusto, Hedgehog, Inventa, and 7 more.
- Where did Keith Bender go to school?
- Keith Bender studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Harvard University (Bachelor’s Degree); Brophy College Preparatory.
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