The Pearl Fund

Established in 2018 and headquartered in New York, The Pearl Fund is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments, particularly in B2B SaaS software companies.

Brian Phillips

Founder and Managing Partner

11 past transactions

hellohive

Series A in 2024
Hellohive is a New York-based company that operates a virtual recruiting platform designed to enhance engagement between employers and a diverse community of students and recent graduates. Founded in 2020 by Byron Slosar, the platform leverages technology to facilitate meaningful interactions, allowing candidates to effectively present their backgrounds, experiences, and interests to potential employers. By focusing on creating a more inclusive recruitment process, Hellohive aims to improve the visibility and opportunities for candidates from various backgrounds throughout their job search.

Intros AI

Seed Round in 2024
Intros AI is a platform that enhances community engagement by automating introductions and facilitating direct messaging and interest-group interactions. The company offers a fully white-labeled solution that allows organizations to tailor their own connection experiences and manage member conversations at scale. It tracks interactions and ROI to show how engagement translates into revenue, helping communities stay connected and supported while growing their networks.

AltHub

Seed Round in 2023
AltHub specializes in alternative data and analytics, empowering investment professionals with valuable insights. Initially focused on assisting providers in developing data products, AltHub merged with Invisage in 2021 to launch a platform that enables rapid development, verification, and presentation of data solutions for buyers.

Skilltype

Seed Round in 2023
Skilltype operates an online marketplace offering training content from various providers. Its platform enables access to presentations, videos, articles, and more, aiming to enhance professional skills and drive organizational growth. The company's tools assist managers in identifying expertise within their talent pool for recruitment, reskilling, or succession planning, while also empowering employees to manage their career development.

Raad360

Venture Round in 2023
Raad360 is primarily engaged in the design, development, and production of prepackaged computer software.

Kwant

Seed Round in 2022
Kwant is a technology company that specializes in construction analytics. It develops a platform designed to enhance productivity and safety on construction sites. The platform uses a proprietary low-powered sensor network to automate data collection, providing real-time project management and tracking key performance indicators. This enables clients to mitigate risks associated with cost overruns and time delays, and to make data-driven decisions using predictive analytics.

Skilltype

Seed Round in 2021
Skilltype operates an online marketplace offering training content from various providers. Its platform enables access to presentations, videos, articles, and more, aiming to enhance professional skills and drive organizational growth. The company's tools assist managers in identifying expertise within their talent pool for recruitment, reskilling, or succession planning, while also empowering employees to manage their career development.

Inclusively

Seed Round in 2021
Inclusively is a professional networking and employment platform focused on connecting job seekers with disabilities or chronic illnesses to employers committed to providing workplace accommodations. Its technology-driven approach aims to drive employment within the disability community, aligning human dignity with economic urgency.

driverDOC

Seed Round in 2021
driverDOC is a supply chain software-as-a-service company that specializes in enhancing the driver experience. It develops a logistics management platform aimed at tracking freight and centralizing essential documents. By capturing high-quality document images upfront, driverDOC significantly reduces the time spent searching for paperwork and calculating estimated times of arrival. Additionally, the platform focuses on optimizing driver detention management, enabling clients to digitize their back office processes. This digital transformation helps streamline invoicing and improves overall operational performance for users in the logistics sector.

Micronic Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
The company develops advanced water treatment systems, including Tornadic One-Pass (TOP) and MicroDesalTM, that remove contaminants from any source water in a single pass without chemicals, filters, or membranes. It uses a mechanical evaporation process that creates a tornado of micro-droplets, enabling rapid evaporation under low pressure and heat. The technology reduces waste volume and offers significant savings in capital and operating costs. Applications span drinking water for public, military, humanitarian, and marine use; wastewater treatment and reuse for industrial, oil and gas, and agriculture; and commercial process water for food and beverage, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical sectors. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Bristol, Virginia, the company focuses on delivering efficient, low‑maintenance water purification solutions.

Shyft Auto

Seed Round in 2020
Shyft Auto is a software-as-a-service (SAAS) provider that offers a comprehensive platform for service facilities, enabling them to manage and communicate service appointments effectively. Their solution includes a consumer-facing application, which is free for users and connects them to certified service facilities. The platform facilitates appointment scheduling, pick-up and return services, and enhances communication between consumers and service providers. Shyft Auto's service is designed to streamline operations for auto repair shops, allowing them to focus on their core business while improving customer engagement and retention. By providing a contactless experience, the solution allows consumers to have their vehicles serviced without the need for direct interaction, enhancing convenience and overall customer satisfaction. Service facilities are charged a monthly subscription fee for access to the platform, which aims to improve revenue and customer service scores.
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