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Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Pillar Companies Management, LLC
Pillar Companies Management, LLC
Pillar VC is a pre-seed and seed venture capital firm that invests in technical breakthroughs and exceptional founders.
both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $578M
Importance
50
elevated
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
14
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Boston, MAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 500 BOYLSTON ST, 9TH FLOOR, Boston, MA, 02116adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 857-400-0855adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTPS://PILLAR.VC/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 21 (21 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $825Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 857-400-0855adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
89 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, healthcare, biotech
- Stages
- seed
- Geography
- boston, global
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 89%Other Technology 3%Other 2%Computers 1%Agriculture 1%Other Energy 1%Biotechnology 1%Other Health Care 1%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 89
Funds and vehicles
16 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pillar Iii-A, L.P. | Feeder or parallel | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $137M Mar 29, 2024 | 93 | $0 of $160M | Apr 29, 2021 |
| Pillar Iii-B, L.P. | Feeder or parallel | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $21.9M Mar 29, 2024 | 6 | unknown | unknown |
| Pillar Select Fund I, L.P. | Growth fund | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $21.0M Mar 29, 2024 | 27 | $0 of $25.0M | Jun 29, 2021 |
| Petri Cohort I LLC | Fund | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $5.4M Mar 29, 2024 | 17 | unknown | unknown |
| Petri Cohort II LLC | Fund | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $3.1M Mar 29, 2024 | 23 | unknown | unknown |
| PSF Global LLC | Fund | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $2.8M Mar 29, 2024 | 2 | unknown | unknown |
| Founding Pillar Iii-A, LLC | Feeder or parallel | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $1.3M Mar 29, 2024 | 4 | unknown | unknown |
| Founding Pillar Iii-B, LLC | Feeder or parallel | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $217,065 Mar 29, 2024 | 4 | unknown | unknown |
| Founding Pillar Fund Ii-A, LLC | Feeder or parallel | 2020 adv first reported | Mature | $5.4M Mar 29, 2024 | 4 | unknown | unknown |
| Founding Pillar Fund Ii-B, LLC | Feeder or parallel | 2020 adv first reported | Mature | $1.3M Mar 29, 2024 | 4 | unknown | unknown |
| Pillar I (aiv), L.P. | Fund | 2019 adv first reported | Mature | $70.5M Mar 29, 2024 | 61 | unknown | unknown |
| Pillar Ii-B, L.P. | Feeder or parallel | 2019 adv first reported | Mature | $28.6M Mar 29, 2024 | 8 | unknown | unknown |
| Pillar 2019 Spv-A, L.P. | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2019 name year | Mature | $4.9M Mar 29, 2024 | 12 | unknown | unknown |
| Pillar Ii-A, L.P. | Feeder or parallel | 2018 form d first sale | Harvest | $123M Mar 29, 2024 | 70 | $101M of $101M | Jun 7, 2019 |
| Founding Pillar Fund, LLC | Fund | 2018 adv first reported | Harvest | $8.5M Mar 29, 2024 | 8 | unknown | unknown |
| Pillar I, L.P. | Fund | 2016 form d first sale | Harvest | $144M Mar 29, 2024 | 61 | $47.7M of $75.0M | Apr 21, 2017 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
4 current, 1 departed
Common Stock
Founder or executiveFounder Resources
Founding Pillars
Managing partnerFounding/Managing Partner
James a. Goldstein
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Apr 1, 2016
Sarah Ashley Mccabe Hodges
Managing partnerManaging Member · since Apr 1, 2021
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Russell J. Wilcox · Managing Member · Mar 1, 2017 to Mar 29, 2024 Inference
Investments on record
89 edges, 89 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
40 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
CNK Equity Partners I, LLC 3 shared · recurringUnion Square Ventures 3 shared · recurringHaun Ventures Management LP 2 shared · recurringCollaborative Fund Management LLC 2 shared · recurringScribble Ventures Management, LLC 2 shared · recurringRadical Ventures 2 shared · recurringBling Capital LLC 1 shared · one timeStandard Capital Ventures 1 shared · one timeK50 Ventures 1 shared · one timeEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, LLC 1 shared · one timeK5 1 shared · one timeSquadra Ventures 1 shared · one timeQED Investors, LLC 1 shared · one timeArtisanal Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeMenlo Ventures 1 shared · one timeSuttona Capital LLC 1 shared · one timeKDT Ventures 1 shared · one timePortfolia Venture Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeTVC Capital 1 shared · one timeValor Equity Partners 1 shared · one timeTTV Capital 1 shared · one timeMontage Ventures 1 shared · one timeHummingbird Ventures V US GP LLC 1 shared · one timeDCVC 1 shared · one timeVenrex Investment Management LLP 1 shared · one timeAcrew Capital 1 shared · one timeMastry 1 shared · one timeChemistry Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeCRV, LLC 1 shared · one timeBrightmind Ventures Management LLC 1 shared · one timeValor Growth Management LLC 1 shared · one timeIselect Fund Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeAccel 1 shared · one timePrime Movers Lab LLC 1 shared · one timeAlleycorp Advisers, LLC 1 shared · one timeStrobe Ventures 1 shared · one timeInstitutional Venture 1 shared · one timeAIM Master I (bvi) Ltd. 1 shared · one timeHack Vc Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeMatchstick Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
20 dated events
- Mar 29, 2024Russell J. Wilcox (Managing Member) no longer on Schedule A of Pillar Companies Management, LLC
- Mar 28, 2022Pillar Select Fund I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $25,469,954Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactPillar Select Fund I, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2022Founding Pillar Iii-B, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,163,106Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactFounding Pillar Iii-B, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2022Founding Pillar Iii-A, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $45,926Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactFounding Pillar Iii-A, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2022Pillar Iii-B, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $23,336,437Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactPillar Iii-B, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2022PSF Global LLC first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $220,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactPSF Global LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2022Pillar Iii-A, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $144,730,284Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactPillar Iii-A, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2022Petri Cohort I LLC first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,914,733Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactPetri Cohort I LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2022Petri Cohort II LLC first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,400,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactPetri Cohort II LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 30, 2020Founding Pillar Fund Ii-A, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $445,352Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactFounding Pillar Fund Ii-A, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 30, 2020Founding Pillar Fund Ii-B, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $104,235Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactFounding Pillar Fund Ii-B, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 30, 2020Pillar 2019 Spv-A, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $2,028,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactPillar 2019 Spv-A, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2019Pillar Ii-B, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $19,210,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactPillar Ii-B, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2019Pillar Ii-A, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $80,785,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactPillar Ii-A, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 29, 2019Pillar I (aiv), L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $40,460,723Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactPillar I (aiv), L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Nov 1, 2018Sarah Ashley Mccabe Hodges joined Schedule A of Pillar Companies Management, LLC as Executive Officer
- Mar 29, 2018Founding Pillar Fund, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $806,742Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactFounding Pillar Fund, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jan 1, 2018Russell J. Wilcox joined Schedule A of Pillar Companies Management, LLC as Executive Officer
- Jun 8, 2016Pillar I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Pillar Companies, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $27,625,055Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactPillar I, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 8, 2016Pillar Companies, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 15, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $578M
- Sep 12, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $455M
Evidence
53 observations from 3 sources