Pioneer Fund

Pioneer Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that makes early-stage investments across a wide range of sectors, including consumer products and services, financial services, information technology, advanced manufacturing, blockchain, life sciences, gaming, artificial intelligence and machine learning, construction technology, education technology, fintech, agriculture technology, advertising technology, augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, legal technology, oncology, pet technology, real estate technology, ride-hailing, SaaS and supply chain technology. The firm benefits from a network of more than 420 Y Combinator alumni, enabling it to identify and support YC-backed startups.

Lior Abraham

Venture Partner

Wayne Anderson

Venture Partner

Jon Armstrong

Venture Partner

Tamara Bain

Venture Partner

Kate Bambino

Venture Partner

Lena Belogolova

Venture Partner

Bryan Beshore

Venture Partner

Rajiv Bhat

Venture Partner

Amitav Chakravartty

Venture Partner

Bryant Chou

Venture Partner

Andrew DSouza

Venture Partner

Michael Dilworth

CFO and Partner

Kshitij Dixit

Venture Partner

Cobi Druxerman

Venture Partner

Luqui Díaz

Venture Partner

Steli Efti

Venture Partner

James Fong

Venture Partner

Taro Fukuyama

Venture Partner

Jarret Glasscock

Venture Partner

Jason Gray

Managing Partner

Alanna Gregory

Venture Partner

Ranvir Gujral

Venture Partner

Joshua Halickman

Venture Partner

Taylor Halliday

Venture Partner

Michael Heinrich

Venture Partner

Nancy Hua

Venture Partner

Albert Huang MD

Venture Partner

Faiz Jalia

Analyst

Steven Johnston

Venture Partner

Beth Kolko

Venture Partner

Jackie Kong

Venture Partner

Kwin Hultman Kramer

Venture Partner

Greg Kress

Venture Partner

Ashwin Kumar

Venture Partner

Tiffany Kuo

Venture Partner

Vanessa Lee

Venture Partner

Ilya Lichtenstein

Venture Partner

Evan Lodge

Venture Partner

Parthi Loganathan

Venture Partner

Richard Ma

Venture Partner

Ritik Malhotra

Venture Partner

Rohit Malhotra

Venture Partner

Matthew McDonald

Venture Partner

Dave Messina

General Partner

Will Mitchell

Venture Partner

Francesco Mosconi

Venture Partner

Anthony Nemitz

Venture Partner

Victor Ng

Venture Partner

Peter Nixey

Venture Partner

Eric Norman

Visiting General Partner

Will Olsen

Venture Partner

Jon Parker

Venture Partner

Amit Patel

Venture Partner

Puja Patel

Venture Partner

David Rabie

Venture Partner

Saad Rizvi

Venture Partner

Juan Salcedo

Venture Partner

Matt Schiller

Venture Partner

William Schlacks

Venture Partner

Robert Schultz

Venture Partner

Jonathan Schwartz

Venture Partner

Martin Shen

Venture Partner

Bradley Siegler

Venture Partner

Vikram Somasundaram

Venture Partner

Laks Srini

Venture Partner

Thomas Steinacher

Venture Partner

Steven Stewart

Venture Partner

Evan Stites-Clayton

Venture Partner

Brad Stronger

Venture Partner

Alexander Strunkin

Venture Partner

Ted Suzman

General Partner

Tim Suzman

General Partner

Jonathan Tang

Venture Partner

Bryan Wilcox

Venture Partner

Kitch Wilson

Venture Partner

Ray Wu

Venture Partner

Andrew Yaroshevsky

Venture Partner

Richard Yu

Venture Partner

Winston Zhang

Venture Partner

Ti Zhao

Venture Partner

Past deals in Fraud Detection

Flagright

Seed Round in 2025
Flagright offers an API-driven platform for real-time fraud detection and anti-money laundering solutions. It assists financial institutions and fintech companies in automating transaction monitoring, identifying suspicious activities, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Shiboleth

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Shiboleth automates back-office quality assurance and compliance processes in consumer lending.

0pass

Seed Round in 2023
0pass is an identity platform that enables secure login mechanisms across all organizational logins.

Optery

Seed Round in 2023
Optery specializes in removing personal information from the internet by opting users out of over 225 data brokers. This service enhances privacy, prevents identity theft and fraud, reduces phishing attempts, spam calls, and emails, and ensures private information is not visible on Google search results.

Curacel

Seed Round in 2023
Curacel is an insurtech company founded in 2019 by Henry Mascot in Ikoyi, Lagos. It offers an AI-powered platform designed to streamline and enhance the insurance claims process. The platform automates the processing of claims, enabling insurance staff to handle higher volumes efficiently. Additionally, it incorporates advanced algorithms for fraud detection, waste, and abuse management, ensuring that claims are thoroughly vetted. Curacel's technology integrates seamlessly with various systems and third-party applications, facilitating improved operational efficiency for insurance providers while fostering customer loyalty and retention.

Flagright

Seed Round in 2022
Flagright offers an API-driven platform for real-time fraud detection and anti-money laundering solutions. It assists financial institutions and fintech companies in automating transaction monitoring, identifying suspicious activities, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

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.

Optery

Seed Round in 2022
Optery specializes in removing personal information from the internet by opting users out of over 225 data brokers. This service enhances privacy, prevents identity theft and fraud, reduces phishing attempts, spam calls, and emails, and ensures private information is not visible on Google search results.

Palitronica

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Palitronica is a network security company focused on protecting global supply chains. It serves defense, energy, communications, transportation, and healthcare sectors and develops cybersecurity hardware and software to detect and prevent counterfeit, fraudulent, and tampered items across components and assemblies. Its technology integrates secure digital signal processing with hardware security to safeguard supply chains and semiconductor integrity, helping clients distinguish legitimate items from compromised ones and protect the digital signals associated with those components.

Curacel

Seed Round in 2022
Curacel is an insurtech company founded in 2019 by Henry Mascot in Ikoyi, Lagos. It offers an AI-powered platform designed to streamline and enhance the insurance claims process. The platform automates the processing of claims, enabling insurance staff to handle higher volumes efficiently. Additionally, it incorporates advanced algorithms for fraud detection, waste, and abuse management, ensuring that claims are thoroughly vetted. Curacel's technology integrates seamlessly with various systems and third-party applications, facilitating improved operational efficiency for insurance providers while fostering customer loyalty and retention.

Optery

Seed Round in 2021
Optery specializes in removing personal information from the internet by opting users out of over 225 data brokers. This service enhances privacy, prevents identity theft and fraud, reduces phishing attempts, spam calls, and emails, and ensures private information is not visible on Google search results.

Bouncer

Seed Round in 2019
Bouncer is a technology company specializing in fraud prevention through advanced machine learning credit card scanning. It offers a financial platform designed to detect credit card fraud in real time, enhancing the user experience during the checkout process and increasing customer conversions. Bouncer's innovative technology allows for the seamless addition of payment methods while effectively identifying stolen cards and high-risk transactions. This capability provides businesses with a level of security comparable to card-present transactions, even in card-not-present situations. In May 2021, Bouncer was acquired by Stripe to integrate its technology into Stripe Radar's fraud prevention solutions, further extending its impact within the payments industry.

Whispli

Seed Round in 2018
Whispli is a secure whistleblowing management platform that allows employees to anonymously report violations of company conduct. The platform facilitates the confidential communication of issues such as fraud, harassment, discrimination, and unethical behavior through various channels, including live chat, SMS, and email. By enabling over five million employees to voice their concerns, Whispli assists organizations in identifying and addressing internal issues before they escalate and potentially damage the company's reputation and financial standing. Furthermore, Whispli fosters a culture of open feedback, which is essential for enhancing employee engagement and retention. Through its services, the company helps organizations uncover blind spots, promote accountability, and reinforce ethical practices.
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