Mar Hershenson Biography

Dr. Mar Hershenson is Pear’s Founding Managing Partner. After earning a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University, she developed a groundbreaking technique of optimizing the design of analog semiconductors. Since then, she has accrued over 13 years of founder experience, co-founding three startups in mobile/ecommerce, enterprise software and semiconductor industries and has registered 14 separate patents. In her role, Dr. Hershenson brings operational and technical expertise to the Investment Team.

Passionate about teaching, she is a lecturer for Stanford University, teaching Lean Launchpad, one of the premier entrepreneurship classes at Stanford. Prior to that, she was a Consulting Professor at Stanford teaching the introductory course in Analog Circuit Design for nearly a decade.

Dr. Hershenson serves on the board of trustees of Harvey Mudd College and the Advisory Board of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University. She is a founder of Equity Summit, the premier conference for connecting URM Venture Capital GPs to LPs, and an initial founding member of All Raise.

Dr. Hershenson has been recognized by MIT Technology Review as a Top Innovator Under 35, named a Champion of Innovation by Fast Company, awarded the Digital Automation Conference’s Marie R. Pistil Achievement Award, and recognized on the Forbes Midas List in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 as well as their 50 Over 50 in 2024.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 01/15/2025.

Mar Hershenson Videos

Mar Hershenson - NYSE

Mar Hershenson - NYSE

Mar Hershenson and Viven Ho join us on "Floor Talk".

Mar Hershenson - Slush 2022

Mar Hershenson - Slush 2022

Fantastic Unicorns and Where to Find Them panel with Mar Hershenson, Pepe Agell & Harry Stebbings

Mar Hershenson - All-In Summit

Mar Hershenson - All-In Summit

Mar Hershenson on making successful founders.

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