Pioneer Fund

Pioneer Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2017, with its headquarters in Toronto, Canada. The firm focuses on early-stage investments and is particularly tied to the Y Combinator network, comprising over 420 alumni from the accelerator program. Pioneer Fund targets a diverse range of sectors, including consumer products, financial services, information technology, advanced manufacturing, blockchain, life sciences, gaming, artificial intelligence, and education technology, among others. By leveraging its connection to Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund aims to support innovative startups with high growth potential across various industries.

Tamara Bain

Venture Partner

Amitav Chakravartty

Venture Partner

Bryant Chou

Senior Venture Partner

Michael Dilworth

CFO and Partner

James Fong

Operating Partner

Jason Gray

Founder and Managing General Partner

Ranvir Gujral

Venture Partner

Albert Huang MD

Venture Partner

Beth Kolko

Senior Venture Partner

Evan Lodge

Venture Partner

Parthi Loganathan

Venture Partner

Matthew McDonald

Venture Partner

Dave Messina

General Partner

Victor Ng

Venture Partner

Eric Norman

Visiting General Partner

Will Olsen

Venture Partner

Alexander Strunkin

Venture Partner

Jonathan Tang

Senior Venture Partner

Kitch Wilson

Venture Partner

Past deals in Analytics

Further AI

Seed Round in 2025
Further AI is a technology company that specializes in AI-driven workflow automation. Its platform assigns tasks such as quote generation, policy checking, and renewal processing to AI teammates, enabling businesses to enhance efficiency and minimize errors.

Mdhub

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Mdhub is a technology company specializing in mental health. It offers a clinical AI assistant designed for mental health clinicians, automating the creation of structured clinical notes, patient summaries, and treatment plans. This streamlines administrative tasks, potentially saving clinicians up to two hours per day. The platform adheres to HIPAA's data processing and storage protocols, ensuring the security and privacy of patient information. By reducing manual documentation, Mdhub enables clinicians to focus more on patient treatment and care.

Zenbase AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Zenbase AI specializes in streamlining coding processes for developers. It offers a data infrastructure and analytics platform that automates prompt engineering and model selection, enhancing the efficiency of large language models. This allows developers to focus more on coding by automating tasks that would otherwise require manual effort.

Silurian AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Silurian AI specializes in developing advanced artificial intelligence models to simulate Earth's systems, with a primary focus on weather patterns and climate change. Their platform combines cutting-edge regional weather forecasting and Earth system modeling, empowering governments and businesses to anticipate environmental challenges and make data-driven decisions for sustainable operations.

DreamRP

Pre Seed Round in 2024
DreamRP is a technology company that specializes in creating interactive chatbots for creators to engage their fan bases. Utilizing ethical AI, the platform brings characters to life, enabling direct interaction with fans and facilitating new revenue streams for creators.

Unbound Security

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Unbound Security specializes in data protection, offering a browser extension platform that safeguards sensitive information. Its solution provides real-time monitoring and granular access control, ensuring businesses comply with data regulations and maintain security without disrupting employee workflows or requiring additional infrastructure.

XTraffic

Pre Seed Round in 2024
XTraffic is a technology company specializing in embedded software solutions for traffic management. It focuses on enhancing traffic light systems, aiming to improve road safety and reduce traffic congestion. The company's core product is a sensor technology that enables autonomous control and coordination of traffic signals, transforming existing infrastructure into a self-optimizing network. This innovation helps commuters, including working professionals and daily travelers, save time and avoid traffic.

Ply health

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Ply Health is a technology company that creates a platform aimed at enhancing the operational efficiency of behavioral health providers. By automating the enrollment process and utilizing AI for data validation, Ply Health facilitates connections between these providers and insurance companies, enabling them to serve more patients effectively. The company's software minimizes manual tasks associated with contracting and credentialing, providing a streamlined experience for healthcare practices. With a real-time monitoring dashboard, Ply Health allows providers to track their enrollment processes, ensuring timely submissions and efficient record-keeping. Ultimately, Ply Health seeks to simplify the complexities of data collection and payer network integration, empowering behavioral health practices to focus on patient care.

Gauge

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Gauge is an IT, Information and Internet firm that is offering solutions to break large codes into small pieces.

Lighthouz AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Lighthouz AI specializes in developing AI-driven procurement tools for businesses. Their primary product is an AI procurement assistant that automates repetitive tasks, such as data entry, creating purchase orders, invoice verification, vendor communication, and error identification. This streamlines operations, reduces bookkeeping costs, and allows procurement teams to focus on strategic business activities.

Asterisk

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Asterisk is a technology company specializing in AI-driven security solutions. It develops a platform that automatically identifies and addresses vulnerabilities in software codebases, ensuring near-zero false positives and enabling developers to maintain secure and efficient workflows without slowing down their development process.

Undermind

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Undermind is a research-focused company that develops an AI-powered search engine designed to address complex inquiries. The firm utilizes advanced AI algorithms to enhance its search capabilities, allowing users to navigate extensive literature and find answers to intricate questions efficiently. By leveraging technology to tackle difficult queries, Undermind aims to streamline the research process and provide accurate, relevant information to its users.

Corpdaq

Seed Round in 2024
Corpdaq is a fintech company that specializes in developing AI-powered financial management tools for small and medium-sized businesses. The company's platform offers comprehensive insights into financial health, streamlines project planning, and provides personalized guidance on funding utilization and risk mitigation. By equipping ventures with strategic guidance and innovative tools, Corpdaq enables its clients to make informed decisions and pursue sustainable growth.

Agentnoon

Seed Round in 2024
Agentnoon is a provider of innovative workforce planning software that enables organizations to efficiently manage headcount and optimize budgeting. Its platform offers a centralized view of essential employee data, including salaries, benefits, and performance evaluations, allowing companies to make informed decisions regarding headcount planning and compensation. The software is designed for quick implementation, with a sign-up process that takes only one click and a setup time of approximately 15 minutes. Agentnoon integrates with over 100 HRIS, Payroll, and ATS tools, serving as a reliable source of truth for personnel data. This capability helps reduce errors and enhances hiring decisions. The company is noted for its strong customer support, resolving around 80% of inquiries within a day and facilitating onboarding in under 24 hours. Agentnoon aims to support businesses in achieving responsible growth while maintaining budget efficiency.

Sorcerer

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Sorcerer specializes in developing and operating long-duration weather balloons, capable of flying for over six months, which significantly enhances data collection efficiency and accessibility. These balloons gather extensive meteorological data, even in previously inaccessible regions, empowering researchers, policymakers, and businesses to make more accurate weather predictions and informed decisions for climate resilience and disaster preparedness.

Argon AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Argon AI is an advanced platform tailored for professionals in the biopharmacy and life sciences sectors, including scientists, researchers, and analysts. It facilitates complex, data-driven operations through the use of natural language processing, enabling users to swiftly obtain detailed responses to inquiries related to clinical trials, existing treatments, and the broader healthcare landscape. The platform streamlines the design of studies and the review of literature and clinical trial data, allowing health professionals to analyze real-world data and clinical datasets efficiently. By significantly reducing the time required to access critical information, Argon AI enhances decision-making processes in the biopharma industry.

Octolane AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Octolane AI is an artificial intelligence platform focused on enhancing customer relationship management (CRM) through real-time data processing. The company specializes in developing software that effectively handles and analyzes extensive datasets across various sectors, including healthcare and sales. By leveraging advanced AI capabilities, Octolane AI enables businesses to aggregate public data sources for multi-layered cross-checking, meticulous data cleaning, and thorough analysis of billions of data rows. This innovative approach allows organizations to gain deeper insights and make informed decisions, ultimately improving their sales processes and customer interactions.

Guide Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Guide Labs is a software development company that specializes in creating interpretable models. These models are designed to explain their reasoning in a clear, understandable manner, making them easy to steer, debug, and align. The company's primary goal is to help developers and businesses solve errors more efficiently by providing reliable explanations for model behavior, thereby saving time and effort.

Kabilah

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Kabilah is a technology company specializing in healthcare software development. It focuses on enhancing patient outcomes in hospitals by streamlining the shift change process among nurses. The company's core product is an AI-powered digital assistant that replaces traditional paper reports, facilitating efficient and accurate communication of critical patient information between nurses. This improves collaboration and care delivery, contributing positively to patient outcomes.

Eqtble

Seed Round in 2024
Eqtble is a next-generation people analytics and HR data platform that enhances HR efficiency by providing intuitive tracking of goals and metrics. The platform specializes in integrating various systems to deliver insights into workforce dynamics, talent management, employee engagement, and compensation structures. By analyzing disconnected data sources and creating a standardized data layer, eqtble enables organizations to derive actionable insights from their employee data. Additionally, the company focuses on transforming how businesses approach diversity and inclusion, utilizing advanced analytics to foster meaningful change within organizations.

Datacurve

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Datacurve is a technology company that specializes in providing high-quality coding data for applications and large language models. The platform connects businesses with a network of skilled engineers who generate and vet data, ensuring its accuracy and diversity. By focusing on complex coding problems and frameworks, Datacurve helps organizations enhance their generative AI tools and build more capable models.

Thorntale

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Thorntale is a technology company specializing in data storytelling software. It offers an online presentation platform designed to simplify data visualization and narrative creation. The software provides pre-designed templates and supports multiple presentation formats, allowing users to directly connect charts and tables to their data sources, enhancing the storytelling process.

dawn

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Dawn is the analytics platform for AI products specializing in converting user interactions into actionable insights.

Dili

Seed Round in 2024
Dili is an artificial intelligence-powered platform designed to enhance the efficiency of deal teams in private equity and growth-stage venture capital firms during the due diligence process. By automating significant aspects of due diligence, Dili allows firms to complete more transactions in a shorter timeframe. The platform also provides features such as automated data visualization, financial analysis, and the generation of presentation outputs, which help users identify asset-liability mismatches and legal clauses. This combination of tools enables businesses to increase productivity while minimizing the risk of misconduct.

Defog

Seed Round in 2023
Defog is a software developer that specializes in creating advanced database solutions allowing users to query data rapidly using natural language. The company's platform harnesses large language models to effectively search and visualize both structured data, such as SQL databases and data warehouses, as well as unstructured data, including text from call transcripts. By integrating seamlessly into applications, Defog enables businesses to embed insightful widgets, empowering users to ask questions and receive immediate answers, thereby enhancing data accessibility and insight generation.

Outset

Seed Round in 2023
Outset is an AI-based interview tool that analyzes the qualitative research landscape using ChatGPT to conduct in-depth interviews.

Giga ML

Seed Round in 2023
Giga ML specializes in AI-driven customer service solutions for businesses. It offers AI agents that can be integrated into enterprise systems to handle customer inquiries and support tasks. Additionally, the company has developed an open AI API compatibility platform that allows users to fine-tune and deploy custom large language models, enabling them to leverage the advantages of tailored AI models.

Truemetrics

Seed Round in 2023
Truemetrics is a technology company that specializes in providing precise parking positions and entrance locations to enhance the efficiency of delivery processes. By analyzing sensor data from drivers' smartphones, Truemetrics identifies exact parking spots and building entrances, facilitating faster drop-offs. Additionally, the company has developed a motion tracking application aimed at performance analysis for various sports, including snow sports, surfing, and mountain biking. This application employs advanced 3D state estimation and motion pattern recognition software to deliver accurate data that can be utilized by operations managers and logistics companies to optimize their delivery strategies and improve operational efficiency.

MantleBio

Seed Round in 2023
MantleBio is a medical technology company focused on developing software that enhances data-driven discovery in the biotechnology sector. Its platform is designed to manage and analyze biological data, streamlining the drug discovery process. By providing tools that assist scientists and computational biologists in handling high-throughput experiments, MantleBio enables biotech companies to utilize advancements in computational science and machine learning effectively. Through its innovative approach, the company aims to accelerate the development of new therapeutics and improve research efficiency within the industry.

MediSearch

Seed Round in 2023
MediSearch is a technology company that develops a search engine platform. This platform is designed to deliver direct, science-based answers to medical questions, empowering users to make informed decisions about their health and well-being. It offers a user-friendly interface, expert-curated information, and reliable sources, making it a trusted resource for those seeking health or bioscience insights.

Intelliga Health

Seed Round in 2023
Intelliga Health is an artificial intelligence company focused on optimizing insurance workflows for medical practices. Its platform automates the process of insurance authorization appeals by analyzing previous successful appeals to generate personalized appeal letters for healthcare providers. This approach not only saves time for medical professionals but also increases the likelihood of successful authorization for necessary treatments. In addition to managing appeal processes, Intelliga Health’s platform monitors technical infrastructure and ensures compliance, providing a comprehensive solution that enhances operational efficiency within healthcare settings.

VectorShift

Seed Round in 2023
VectorShift specializes in creating and implementing custom generative AI workflows. It develops an AI automation platform that allows businesses to efficiently design and deploy AI solutions tailored to their specific needs. These solutions can range from automating responses to requests for proposals to generating customer support chatbots, helping businesses enhance productivity and customer service.

NuMind

Seed Round in 2023
NuMind is a developer of natural language processing tools that facilitate the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence. The company provides a platform that allows users to design custom machine learning models tailored for tasks such as sentiment analysis, topic detection, and content control, without requiring extensive technical knowledge. Its tools enable users to import, explore, and manage data, as well as train, test, and deploy models in production while maintaining high performance. NuMind aims to empower data scientists, analysts, engineers, and researchers to efficiently create bespoke machine learning solutions, thus broadening the accessibility of advanced AI technologies.

Positional

Seed Round in 2023
Positional is a company that specializes in developing a modern platform designed for content and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) teams. Over the past decade, the team has acquired extensive experience in building and scaling content channels across competitive sectors such as insurance, personal loans, and B2B SaaS. Positional's platform offers a comprehensive set of tools that facilitate the rapid planning of topic clusters, including instant keyword generation and structured topic outlines. These features empower content teams to efficiently scale their channels and enhance traffic through organic search, providing a valuable resource for businesses seeking to improve their online presence.

Freshpaint

Series A in 2022
Freshpaint is a data platform that specializes in collecting and analyzing customer data to enhance marketing efforts. The company’s software allows for seamless integration of customer data from websites and applications into various marketing and analytics tools, enabling teams to automate the collection of behavioral data, such as clicks and page views. This automation reduces the workload on engineering teams, allowing them to concentrate on product development. Freshpaint's platform aids product, data, and growth teams in accessing the insights needed to improve user engagement and retention. Co-founded by Michael Malis and Steven Fitzsimmons, Freshpaint aims to streamline the management of customer data for more effective marketing strategies.

Integration Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Integration Labs is a data integration platform that simplifies access to customers' accounting, e-commerce, and payment data for businesses. The company offers a Unified API that enables product teams to efficiently read and write data across more than 20 platforms, including popular services like Quickbooks, Shopify, and Stripe. This platform facilitates various functions such as automating accounting processes, underwriting credit risk, processing billing and subscriptions, and generating valuable business insights. By providing a reliable and well-documented solution, Integration Labs empowers companies to enhance their operations and develop new business tools effectively.

Knowtex

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Knowtex is a technology company that specializes in enhancing administrative efficiency within the healthcare sector. By leveraging artificial intelligence and voice technology, it captures and analyzes conversations between healthcare providers and patients to extract relevant medical information. This process allows Knowtex to generate detailed visit notes that include billing code suggestions and facilitate order entry. The platform aims to reduce the administrative burden on healthcare professionals, ensuring that visits are billed accurately and efficiently. Additionally, Knowtex fosters personable interactions with patients, contributing to improved overall care experiences. For further inquiries, the company provides an online inquiry form on its website.

Slingshot Bills

Seed Round in 2022
Slingshot Bills analyzes medical claims for errors and overcharges with the goal of removing them. The platform helps companies save $600 per employee annually. And connects to client claims data through TPAs.

Peoplebox.ai

Venture Round in 2022
Peoplebox.ai is an AI-powered platform designed to enhance employee engagement and performance management. The software provides automated engagement surveys, anonymous communication channels for employee feedback, and deep engagement insights to assist HR professionals. It enables managers to foster high-performing teams by facilitating continuous feedback and structured one-on-one interactions. A key feature of the platform is Nova, an AI coach that helps managers translate employee feedback into actionable steps through intelligent prioritization and bite-sized learning modules. By focusing on building strong human connections and ensuring employee retention, Peoplebox.ai aims to empower organizations to create engaged and productive remote teams. The company, formed by founders with backgrounds from Y Combinator and IIT, operates from offices in San Francisco and Bangalore.

Lumo

Seed Round in 2022
Lumo is an automated residential building manager that helps buildings improve response times and transparency by fully automating back office accounting, taxes, and issue management. Lumo offers building owners with quick replies as well as real-time information on their building, allowing them to grasp their true costs and the progress of their requests. Lumo is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain and was founded in 2022.

NuMind

Pre Seed Round in 2022
NuMind is a developer of natural language processing tools that facilitate the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence. The company provides a platform that allows users to design custom machine learning models tailored for tasks such as sentiment analysis, topic detection, and content control, without requiring extensive technical knowledge. Its tools enable users to import, explore, and manage data, as well as train, test, and deploy models in production while maintaining high performance. NuMind aims to empower data scientists, analysts, engineers, and researchers to efficiently create bespoke machine learning solutions, thus broadening the accessibility of advanced AI technologies.

Cinder Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Cinder Technologies operates a unified intelligence and investigation platform designed to support decision-making in fraud and risk management. This platform enables technology companies to effectively track, investigate, and address critical issues within online communities. By integrating various relevant data sources and centralizing decision-making processes, Cinder empowers trust and safety teams to make faster and more accurate decisions regarding abusive content, fraud, and threats. The customizable workflows provided by the platform enhance the capabilities of investigative teams, facilitating more effective resolutions to pressing challenges faced by organizations in the digital landscape.

Lenco

Seed Round in 2022
Lenco is a neobank focused on providing online banking solutions tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. The company offers easy-to-open and free-to-manage current bank accounts, along with various financial services designed to support business growth. Lenco's platform includes features such as spending analytics and customized account instructions, which allow businesses to manage their financial operations effectively and gain greater control over their teams. By streamlining banking processes and offering essential tools, Lenco aims to empower SMEs to thrive in a competitive market.

Aviato

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Aviato is an innovative online platform that facilitates the sourcing, qualifying, and engagement of early-stage startups. Utilizing proprietary methods, it offers a comprehensive dataset that provides actionable insights, enabling users to discover emerging founders and companies. The platform enhances the venture funding process by streamlining applications, allowing clients to submit video pitches that can be reviewed by scouts and associates. This automation eliminates the need for introductions, saving investors time and helping them identify suitable investment opportunities efficiently. With its commitment to maintaining updated information, Aviato ensures that users have access to the latest insights in the fast-paced startup ecosystem.

Hydra

Seed Round in 2022
Hydra is an open-source data warehouse that specializes in columnar storage, vectorization, and parallelized query execution

Anakin

Seed Round in 2021
Anakin is a developer of comprehensive competitive intelligence software tailored for retailers and brands. The company specializes in providing real-time insights into product assortments and pricing from e-commerce websites, covering over 100 million SKUs globally. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, Anakin automates the monitoring of competitors' offerings, allowing businesses to efficiently gather and analyze web data at scale. This enables retailers and brands to better understand market dynamics and refine their strategies in a competitive landscape.

Pry Financials

Seed Round in 2021
Pry Financials is a financial planning platform that offers small businesses an alternative to traditional spreadsheet methods. The company specializes in financial planning and analysis software that facilitates effective budgeting by connecting various financial components for real-time comparisons of budget versus actuals. Its platform allows users to efficiently manage hiring plans, project cash flows, and model different financial scenarios within a visual environment. By providing tools that streamline budgeting processes and enhance financial oversight, Pry Financials enables businesses to effectively manage their financial models and cash runway.

DeepSource

Seed Round in 2020
DeepSource is a modern static analysis platform designed to enhance code quality and security for software development teams. It continuously analyzes code to identify security vulnerabilities, performance issues, bug risks, and anti-patterns, enabling developers to discover and automatically resolve these issues before deploying code to production. The platform serves as a central hub for organizations, providing the necessary tools to ensure that software is maintainable and secure. By equipping developers with insights into potential bugs and security risks, DeepSource facilitates informed decision-making and prioritization in the development process.

DeepSource

Seed Round in 2020
DeepSource is a modern static analysis platform designed to enhance code quality and security for software development teams. It continuously analyzes code to identify security vulnerabilities, performance issues, bug risks, and anti-patterns, enabling developers to discover and automatically resolve these issues before deploying code to production. The platform serves as a central hub for organizations, providing the necessary tools to ensure that software is maintainable and secure. By equipping developers with insights into potential bugs and security risks, DeepSource facilitates informed decision-making and prioritization in the development process.

Freshpaint

Seed Round in 2020
Freshpaint is a data platform that specializes in collecting and analyzing customer data to enhance marketing efforts. The company’s software allows for seamless integration of customer data from websites and applications into various marketing and analytics tools, enabling teams to automate the collection of behavioral data, such as clicks and page views. This automation reduces the workload on engineering teams, allowing them to concentrate on product development. Freshpaint's platform aids product, data, and growth teams in accessing the insights needed to improve user engagement and retention. Co-founded by Michael Malis and Steven Fitzsimmons, Freshpaint aims to streamline the management of customer data for more effective marketing strategies.

Aura Vision

Seed Round in 2019
Aura Vision Labs, established in 2017, is a London-based company with offices in San Francisco. It specializes in a video AI platform that transforms existing security camera footage into valuable retail insights. The platform tracks customer and employee behavior in-store, providing data on demographics, movement, engagement, and campaign impact. This information helps retailers optimize store layouts, staffing, marketing, and overall customer experience to drive sales and improve performance.

Biobot Analytics

Seed Round in 2018
Biobot Analytics, Inc. is a wastewater epidemiology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2017. It specializes in transforming wastewater infrastructure into public health observatories through innovative technology that analyzes sewage for health-related data. By deploying proprietary sampling devices and spatial analytics, Biobot measures various health threats, including infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance, and drug consumption patterns. The company's Opioid Consumption Monitoring Program specifically estimates opioid use in urban areas by analyzing wastewater. This approach generates anonymized public health data that is independent of traditional hospital reporting systems, allowing for rapid adaptability to emerging public health threats. Biobot Analytics offers its insights as a service, providing government officials with actionable data to prioritize interventions and address public health challenges effectively.

Worklytics

Seed Round in 2018
Worklytics is a company based in New York, founded in 2015, that specializes in analytics technology and services focused on workforce productivity and collaboration. It offers People Analytics to analyze how teams and departments spend time, communication patterns, technical skills, and integrates with existing HR management systems. Additionally, Worklytics provides an Employee Feedback product to map work activities, share feedback on skills, automate performance reviews, and generate comprehensive reports. The company also offers solutions for assessing employee engagement, burnout risk, retention, continuous feedback, organizational diversity, knowledge management, quality of hire, and skills analysis.

WorkDone

WorkDone is a technology company specializing in AI-driven compliance solutions for the healthcare industry. Its core product is an AI compliance copilot that integrates with hospital electronic health record systems, monitoring clinical workflows in real-time to identify and address documentation errors, such as missed discharge notes or incorrect medication times. This proactive approach helps hospitals prevent medical documentation errors and potential associated losses.

Unbound Security

Unbound Security specializes in data protection, offering a browser extension platform that safeguards sensitive information. Its solution provides real-time monitoring and granular access control, ensuring businesses comply with data regulations and maintain security without disrupting employee workflows or requiring additional infrastructure.
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