Jeff Kearl is a Partner and Managing Director at Pelion Venture Partners. He co-founded Stance and has held leadership roles at Logoworks and HP.

What Jeff can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Best routeA short note on LinkedInA warm intro from a founder they backed works better.

Pelion Venture Partners writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Logoworks · executive vice president
  2. HP · ran strategy and new ventures for the Internet group
  3. Stance · CEO
    2009-2019
  4. Pelion Venture Partners · Managing Director
    Now
  5. Pelion Venture Partners · Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Stance

Investments named in public bios

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Focus

consumer techsoftware

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Questions

Who is Jeff Kearl?

Jeff Kearl is a Partner and Managing Director at Pelion Venture Partners. He co-founded Stance and has held leadership roles at Logoworks and HP.

How much does Jeff Kearl invest?

Jeff Kearl invests through Pelion Venture Partners, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Jeff Kearl?

A warm intro from a founder Pelion Venture Partners backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Jeff Kearl do before Pelion Venture Partners?

executive vice president at Logoworks; ran strategy and new ventures for the Internet group at HP; CEO at Stance.

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