Ankur Jain

Ankur is a dedicated investor at Pear VC, focusing on AI applications, developer tools, and infrastructure. He supports founders with a strong passion for building solutions and bold technical visions, reflecting his own background as an engineer and ex-founder. pear+2

As an engineer, Ankur developed tech-enabled solutions to combat opioid addiction at Verily Life Sciences (formerly Google X). His diverse engineering and product management experience spans across major technology companies like Meta and Google, and even a stint at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. pear+1

Ankur demonstrated early entrepreneurial spirit by founding BioPrep, an edtech app that garnered over 70,000 users. He also taught himself iOS app development at the age of 15. pear+1

Academically, Ankur is an alumnus of UC Berkeley's inaugural Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology (M.E.T.) program, where he earned dual degrees in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Business Administration. He also engaged in NLP research at the law school and taught Computer Science. pear+1