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years.</p><p>We’ve been investors and we’ve been investees.</p><p>We’ve had our share of successes and failures.</p><p>We saw that the traditional VC way was broken.</p><p>The term VC itself evokes an evil empire — the dark side — a painful lack of alignment between investors and entrepreneurs. In a business where trust is paramount, the dark side created a world that put us at odds with those we needed to trust most.</p><p>Pillar is fixing that.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb9ecde" data-id="cb9ecde" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7637eb2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="7637eb2" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91e0d0e" data-id="91e0d0e" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e17972c animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="e17972c" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"_animation":"fadeInUp","_animation_delay":200}" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h3 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Our radical hypothesis:</h3> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d5df8fd animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="d5df8fd" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"_animation":"fadeInUp","_animation_delay":200}" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h3 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">If we give founders the investment and support we would have wanted, we'll end up in a really good place.</h3> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-51f99ff animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="51f99ff" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"_animation":"fadeInUp","_animation_delay":600}" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h3 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Crazy.</h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-671239c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="671239c" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8299f24" data-id="8299f24" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-20f74d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="20f74d8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">We're aligning incentives with interests and capabilities with needs.</h2> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-143442a animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="143442a" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"_animation":"fadeInUp"}" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><span style="color: var( --e-global-color-text ); 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