
Pear Bio is a biotech company focused on patient-centered cancer precision medicine, delivering functional precision medicine tests and therapeutics for hard-to-treat cancers. They create personalized tests by culturing tumor biopsies into 3D immune-microtumors to test various treatment options and predict patient response, matching patients with effective therapies. Additionally, they develop new cancer therapies by analyzing excess tissue with multi-omic approaches to identify novel targets. Their drug discovery platform includes tissue analysis, target identification, validation screens, drug discovery, and patient stratification, emphasizing smarter combination therapies. Pear Bio collaborates with pharmaceutical companies and hospitals to commercialize their precision medicine platform and drug discovery pipeline, positioning themselves as innovators in personalized cancer treatment and drug development.

Pear Bio is a biotech company focused on patient-centered cancer precision medicine, delivering functional precision medicine tests and therapeutics for hard-to-treat cancers. They create personalized tests by culturing tumor biopsies into 3D immune-microtumors to test various treatment options and predict patient response, matching patients with effective therapies. Additionally, they develop new cancer therapies by analyzing excess tissue with multi-omic approaches to identify novel targets. Their drug discovery platform includes tissue analysis, target identification, validation screens, drug discovery, and patient stratification, emphasizing smarter combination therapies. Pear Bio collaborates with pharmaceutical companies and hospitals to commercialize their precision medicine platform and drug discovery pipeline, positioning themselves as innovators in personalized cancer treatment and drug development.
Focus: Functional precision medicine for hard-to-treat cancers using patient-derived 3D immune-microtumors
Headquarters / Sites: Operations in Natick, MA (U.S.) and a Translation & Innovation Hub in London
Founded: 2017 (company materials) / 2019 referenced in some profiles
Recent financing: Series A announced Aug 22, 2023
Precision oncology; predicting patient response to therapies and discovering new cancer therapeutics.
2017
Biotechnology
Series A announced Aug 22, 2023 (profiles also reference a Series A announced May 15, 2023 in some sources)
“Compound, Crista Galli Ventures, Fly Ventures, Greater London Authority, Hoxton Ventures, Octopus Ventures, RebelBio, SOSV, SoftBank Vision Fund Emerge Program, Wavemaker 360”