Pear VC

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The company specializes in seed-stage investing and partners with founders at the earliest stages to develop ideas into companies.

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Tomáš Čupr’s new startup **Duvo** secures **$32M in Series A funding** (totaling **$48M**) to deploy AI agents that map undocumented workplace processes—termed the ‘human API’—and automate workflows across enterprise systems. The platform, targeting retailers and consumer goods firms, reduces manual process discovery (traditionally handled by consultancies) from months to weeks while cutting labor costs. Duvo claims **$100M+ in client value unlocked**, including a **70-day to 15-day reduction** in supplier-bonus reconciliation for Notino. It also partners with **Deloitte Central Europe** and offers on-premise AI model deployment to address European data privacy concerns. Čupr, a former Rohlik Group founder, envisions self-deployable enterprise AI, eliminating the need for specialized engineering teams.

Oct 2026 · PathfoundersNews article

Pear VC’s PearX demo day highlights five startups that attract investor attention from its latest 16-company cohort. They include Speridlabs, which builds persistent-geometry 3D models; Saia, which says its flash-based inference chip uses less power than Nvidia’s Jetson; Ren, a privacy-focused AI assistant; Veros, an AI trust planner managing $250 million in assets; and Datum, which indexes 3D designs using geometric fingerprints.

Oct 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Salesforce signs a definitive agreement to acquire Listen Labs, an AI customer-research startup, in a deal reportedly worth about $2 billion, though terms remain undisclosed. Listen Labs uses AI agents to recruit participants, conduct interviews, analyze responses and simulate customer behavior with digital twins; Salesforce says its recruiting network reaches more than 50 million potential participants across over 120 languages. Salesforce plans to use the technology in Marketing Cloud and Service Cloud, and Listen Labs co-founders Alfred Wahlforss and Florian Juengermann will join Salesforce AI Labs. The deal is expected to close in fiscal 2027’s fourth quarter, pending regulatory clearance.

Oct 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article

Piston Technologies raises $15 million in Series A funding led by FPV Ventures to expand its cardless fuel payments network for commercial trucking fleets. Its system uses QR codes to authorize purchases for specific drivers and vehicles, while Piston Guard flags transactions in real time and Piston Analytics Agent helps operators analyze fuel spending. The company says its network serves more than 2,000 gas stations across 48 states, and it aims to reach every U.S. region within 18 months.

Sep 2026 · SiliconAngleNews article