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.

Bryant Chou

Senior Venture Partner

Mike Dilworth

CFO and General Partner

Jarret Glasscock

Senior Venture Partner and Healthcare Biotech

Beth Kolko

Senior Venture Partner

Parthi Loganathan

Venture Partner

Dave Messina

General 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 SaaS

Suger

Series A in 2025
Suger is a developer of a management platform that facilitates the sale and co-selling of software as a service (SaaS) products across multiple cloud marketplaces, including AWS, Azure, GCP, Red Hat, Snowflake, and Databricks. The platform streamlines the management of product listings, offers, contracts, metering, and billing, allowing businesses to efficiently handle the entire lifecycle of their contracts, including renewals, plan changes, and upselling. By providing ongoing maintenance and operational support post-integration, Suger enables companies to enhance their B2B sales processes in a seamless and effective manner, ultimately driving growth in a multi-cloud environment.

Octolane AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Octolane AI is an artificial intelligence platform focused on enhancing customer relationship management (CRM) software through advanced data processing capabilities. The company's technology is designed to analyze and manage large datasets across various sectors, including healthcare and sales. By leveraging AI, Octolane AI enables businesses to efficiently gather information from public sources, perform multi-layered cross-checking, and conduct thorough data cleaning and analysis on billions of data rows. This approach allows organizations to make informed decisions based on real-time insights, ultimately improving their sales processes and customer interactions.

Danswer

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Danswer is an AI-powered assistant that helps companies efficiently locate information by integrating seamlessly with their tools and documents. The company specializes in creating custom answer bots tailored to the specific needs of different teams, utilizing advanced embedding models alongside keyword-based algorithms. This technology allows Danswer's clients to access relevant documents across various sources, streamlining the process of finding necessary information without unnecessary complexity. By providing a user-friendly interface, Danswer aims to enhance productivity and facilitate better decision-making within organizations.

Assort Health

Seed Round in 2024
Assort Health helps to improve patient and staff interactions by automating calls.

Aqua Voice

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Aqua Voice specializes in developing innovative voice-controlled text editing software that enhances the writing process. By utilizing a unique Audio+LLM architecture, Aqua Voice transcribes users' intended messages rather than their exact spoken words, thus improving clarity and expression. The software allows users to rephrase, shorten, or refine their text while preserving the original tone. Additionally, it provides a versatile platform for users to collect and organize various forms of content, including photos, videos, code, music, files, and text, facilitating the development and exploration of ideas. This comprehensive approach positions Aqua Voice as a valuable tool for anyone looking to streamline their writing and creative processes.

Stacksync

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Stacksync is a real-time and bidirectional data synchronization tool between CRMs (e.g. Salesforce, Hubspot or SAP) and databases (e.g. Postgres, Google BigQuery,...). Edits made in your CRM will instantly update in your Database, and vice-versa. To set up a sync, users simply have to connect the two chosen apps in one click and select the tables they want to sync, no-code! Stacksync reduces implementation delays from months to minutes for CRM integration projects and removes all the complexity behind CRM new feature development. We show a 90% improvement on delivery time and budget.

Suger

Seed Round in 2023
Suger is a developer of a management platform that facilitates the sale and co-selling of software as a service (SaaS) products across multiple cloud marketplaces, including AWS, Azure, GCP, Red Hat, Snowflake, and Databricks. The platform streamlines the management of product listings, offers, contracts, metering, and billing, allowing businesses to efficiently handle the entire lifecycle of their contracts, including renewals, plan changes, and upselling. By providing ongoing maintenance and operational support post-integration, Suger enables companies to enhance their B2B sales processes in a seamless and effective manner, ultimately driving growth in a multi-cloud environment.

Kaso

Seed Round in 2023
Kaso operates a tech-enabled platform that connects restaurants with suppliers for efficient stock replenishment and last-minute orders. The platform streamlines order processing and enhances communication between restaurants and suppliers, allowing restaurant owners to manage their inventory more effectively. By centralizing communication and optimizing order management, Kaso enables businesses to organize, place, review, and approve orders, ultimately saving time and reducing costs in the supply chain.

Assort Health

Seed Round in 2023
Assort Health helps to improve patient and staff interactions by automating calls.

Mano AI

Seed Round in 2023
LLMs in the Browser

Twenty (YC S23)

Seed Round in 2023
Building a better Salesforce, powered by the Open Source community.

Humand

Seed Round in 2023
Humand provides a mobile application that centralizes internal communication, culture, and HR processes for organizations. The platform includes various modules such as social feeds, chat functionalities, a people directory, intelligent ticketing, surveys, file sharing, calendars, and event management. This integrated approach allows companies to improve communication speed and information flow among employees, particularly benefiting those without direct access to computers. Prominent clients, including ArcelorMittal, Tenaris, and Ogilvy, utilize Humand to foster a digital community that enhances employee engagement and collaboration. By connecting workers and creating a sense of belonging, Humand aims to improve the overall work environment and productivity within organizations.

0pass

Seed Round in 2023
0pass is an identity platform that allows for the most secure login mechanisms to be used for every login across the entire organization.

Berri AI

Seed Round in 2023
Berri AI is an API platform for SaaS businesses to create ChatGPT apps programmatically. Users can quickly connect their data with Berri and create LLM apps that are ready for production.

Avoca

Seed Round in 2023
Avoca specializes in developing a client communication platform that supports business owners by allowing them to focus on their primary operations. The platform facilitates inbound communication through calls, texts, and emails, while also managing outbound interactions such as booking reminders, review requests, and follow-ups. By leveraging personalized artificial intelligence reception services, Avoca enhances the efficiency of customer communications, thereby helping businesses streamline their processes and improve client engagement.

HireSure

Seed Round in 2023
Hiresure.ai enables businesses to interact with job prospects more effectively. Compared to traditional communications and offer letters, the platform provides a more visually appealing and engaging style for offer letters, corporate information, and other company-related material.

Dialect

Seed Round in 2023
Dialect is a platform that provides assistance to the enterprise data warehouse. Questa runs business teams with query, visualization, and action of data with natural language. Questa was founded in 2022 and was headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

SigmaOS

Seed Round in 2022
SigmaOS is a new type of browser designed for founders, researchers, and content creators to make it better and faster to work on the web.

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 platform offers a well-documented Unified API, allowing product teams to efficiently read and write data across more than 20 platforms, including popular services like Quickbooks, Shopify, and Stripe. Companies utilize Integration Labs to automate accounting processes, underwrite credit risk, generate valuable business insights, and develop new business tools. By prioritizing safety and reliability, Integration Labs enables organizations to streamline their operations and enhance decision-making capabilities.

Sphere

Seed Round in 2022
Sphere helps US software companies manage their global sales tax / VAT / GST compliance requirements. Our platform helps with everything from nexus monitoring, registration, calculation and filing/remittance. Companies like Runway AI, Weaviate and Zeplin choose our platform because we’re the only product that offers true global coverage, is easy to implement and reasonably priced. - We're growing rapidly (20%+ MoM revenue growth) and have signed customers like Runway AI, Sierra AI, Codeium + many more - We're building the world's first tax-focused LLMs (which we believe will be the foundation for a broader cross border compliance platform; think Deel for international billing) - We're well funded by Felicis Ventures and the founders of Flexport, Lyft, Betterup, Go1 and Xendit

Medplum

Seed Round in 2022
Medplum is a headless EHR that makes it easier to build healthcare applications with less code. They provide developers with the toolbox to tame the complexity of healthcare development. They focus on workflow automation, data storage, security, healthcare UI components, and more.

Mito

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of spreadsheet collaboration tool designed to quickly review and understand changes made to models. The company's tool helps to easily compare the current version of the model to a previous version, displays and detects all direct and indirect changes, speeds up the review process as well as allows making comments and task assignments, enabling clients to save time, organize feedback and master models.

Pump

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Pump is a developer of a cloud savings platform that focuses on helping startups reduce their Amazon Web Services (AWS) costs. By utilizing group buying and artificial intelligence, Pump's platform identifies and secures savings on AWS bills. It gains read-only or write permissions to customers' AWS accounts, allowing it to analyze cloud usage patterns and negotiate volume discounts with AWS. Additionally, the platform optimizes resource allocation, enabling startups to lower their overall cloud expenditures without incurring any fees. Through its innovative approach, Pump empowers smaller companies to access savings typically available to larger tech firms.

Explorex Technologies

Venture Round in 2022
The Indian restaurant industry has already adopted technology to adapt to the growing demands and match the expectations of today's customers but the absence of a full-stack cloud-based software is extremely frustrating to business owners today. The existing systems lack modularity, lack the ability to integrate with services, and hence aren't plug and play. Also, Restaurants are extremely frustrated with all the 5-6 independent systems that don't talk to each other. We are solving these problems by building a full-stack solution for the 30 million+ restaurants in India, by solves order management, operations management, online delivery, payment processing, reports & analytics, and guest identification and re-engagement all using one system - Explorex. Location: 420 S 4th Street Unit 15, Ames, IA, us, 50010

Toolbox

Seed Round in 2022
Our mission at Toolbox is to help construction, maintenance and repair contractors thrive by providing them with a simple, yet powerful financial operating system to grow their business. Today, contractors can access our best-in-class and construction-focused corporate charge card to facilitate mission-critical payments, including materials and equipment purchases. Contractors also get access to an app to manage their finances, make payments, issue new cards for themselves and their team members, and organize expenses based on current and completed projects. Toolbox is backed by reputable investors, including Y Combinator, [1984.vc](http://1984.vc/), Kickstart Seed Fund, J Ventures, FJ Labs, and Liquid2Ventures.

Validere

Series B in 2022
Validere is a measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) software-as-a-service company that focuses on helping energy organizations manage their emissions data effectively. By transforming disconnected and incomplete information into actionable insights, Validere provides pathways for enhancing both financial performance and environmental sustainability. The company offers a comprehensive data platform that delivers real-time intelligence on product quality, particularly in the crude oil sector. This platform enables companies to access verifiable testing data, ensuring accurate business decisions and facilitating crude oil tests with the reliability of third-party labs. Additionally, Validere’s solutions allow managers to coordinate measurement and crude quality data across various field sites, supporting a modern approach to carbon tracking and reporting.

Kaso

Seed Round in 2022
Kaso operates a tech-enabled platform that connects restaurants with suppliers for efficient stock replenishment and last-minute orders. The platform streamlines order processing and enhances communication between restaurants and suppliers, allowing restaurant owners to manage their inventory more effectively. By centralizing communication and optimizing order management, Kaso enables businesses to organize, place, review, and approve orders, ultimately saving time and reducing costs in the supply chain.

Aviato

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Aviato is an online platform designed to facilitate the sourcing, qualification, and engagement of early-stage startups. It offers a unique approach to venture funding by allowing clients to submit video pitches, which can be reviewed by scouts and associates, streamlining the investment process from application to meeting scheduling. This automation eliminates the need for personal introductions, saving investors time while helping them discover promising investment opportunities. With a robust and frequently updated dataset, Aviato provides actionable insights that help users uncover previously overlooked founders and companies, positioning itself as an essential tool in the startup investment landscape.

Epsilon3

Seed Round in 2022
Epsilon3 develops advanced software technology aimed at modernizing space missions and complex engineering operations. By creating an industry-standard platform, Epsilon3 provides interactive, real-time synchronized procedures for various programs and missions. This allows satellite operators, space manufacturers, and integrators to access detailed analytics, reports, and dashboards. The software enhances efficiency and user-friendliness, enabling operators to streamline their workflows and save time and resources throughout the entire project lifecycle. Epsilon3's commitment to improving operational software represents a significant advancement in the aerospace sector.

Arc Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Arc Technologies is a full-service finance platform designed specifically for software startups. It offers a comprehensive digital solution that allows founders to borrow, save, and spend through an integrated cash management and capital markets platform. By partnering with Stripe, Arc provides a unique fintech service that helps startups convert future revenue into immediate capital without equity dilution. The platform equips clients with financial tools to manage their capital effectively, enabling them to leverage insights for efficient growth. Through these services, Arc Technologies aims to support the financial health and expansion of software businesses.

TagMango

Seed Round in 2021
TagMango is a software-as-a-service (SAAS) platform that empowers content creators to establish their own online stores for hosting cohort-based courses and selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Launched in February 2021, the platform offers features such as a landing page builder, payment processing, inbuilt video hosting, and a chat function to facilitate live course delivery. In March 2022, TagMango expanded its offerings by introducing an NFT marketplace, allowing creators to mint and sell their own NFTs. Additionally, the platform connects users with celebrities and influencers, enabling them to create personalized courses and video messages that can enhance learning experiences in social media marketing and other subjects.

Enable Us

Seed Round in 2021
Enable Us is a business software developer that offers a comprehensive platform designed for B2B sales, marketing, and customer-facing teams. The platform serves as a centralized workspace where teams can efficiently capture, organize, and deliver a variety of content, including product demos, sales decks, customer references, and onboarding materials. By providing tools to create personalized deal rooms with targeted content and streamlined workflows, Enable Us enhances the buying and onboarding experience for prospective customers. The platform allows for asynchronous communication with prospects and stakeholders, enabling businesses to engage effectively and drive revenue growth.

Vaya

Seed Round in 2021
Vaya is a company that provides an embedded credit API, allowing lenders to customize credit products while enabling sellers to generate new revenue streams. Its platform integrates seamlessly with various systems and pre-qualifies customers for credit, benefiting both lenders and sellers. Vaya's solutions enhance seller acquisition, improve retention rates, and lower borrower acquisition costs, making it a valuable tool for businesses looking to optimize their financial offerings and customer engagement.

Bite Ninja

Seed Round in 2021
Bite Ninja is a remote hiring technology platform for restaurants.

Zen

Seed Round in 2021
Zen is a software application for posture awareness that gently nudges users when they slouch. It employs posture mirroring software to assist information workers in avoiding hunching over their desks, sending alerts when it detects they are not sitting up straight, allowing them to correct their posture and, hopefully, avoid a lifetime of back problems.

Stacker

Series A in 2021
Stacker is a no-code software creation platform established in 2017 and headquartered in London, England. The company provides a modular application platform that enables developers to create software without needing coding skills. Its offerings include tools for application development using intuitive spreadsheets, animated slide decks, and email filters, which facilitate the automation of common tasks through custom buttons. This approach allows developers to build their own software from the ground up, making the development process more accessible and efficient.

seer

Seed Round in 2021
Seer is a SaaS-based platform designed for luxury retailers to enhance the sales experience for both associates and customers. The platform enables sales associates to effectively connect with clients by providing access to relevant inventory, thereby facilitating more meaningful interactions. By utilizing email and SMS, Seer allows retail salespeople to create and distribute personalized shoppable lookbooks, which can drive sales and attract new customers. This approach not only helps sales associates meet and exceed their sales goals but also fosters stronger customer engagement in the luxury retail sector.

Stacker

Seed Round in 2021
Stacker is a no-code software creation platform established in 2017 and headquartered in London, England. The company provides a modular application platform that enables developers to create software without needing coding skills. Its offerings include tools for application development using intuitive spreadsheets, animated slide decks, and email filters, which facilitate the automation of common tasks through custom buttons. This approach allows developers to build their own software from the ground up, making the development process more accessible and efficient.

Canary Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
Canary Technologies LLC, based in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing innovative software solutions for the hospitality industry, focusing on enhancing operational efficiency and improving guest experiences. The company's platform modernizes outdated hotel management processes by offering features such as contactless check-in, digital authorizations, electronic signatures, and a customizable amenity store. These tools are designed to streamline workflows, reduce costs, increase revenue, and enhance compliance, making them invaluable to hoteliers. Trusted by numerous prestigious hotel brands worldwide, Canary Technologies aims to drive greater productivity and minimize fraud within the sector.

Attain

Seed Round in 2021
Attain is a customer relationship management platform using artificial intelligence to speed up the operations.

TagMango

Seed Round in 2020
TagMango is a software-as-a-service (SAAS) platform that empowers content creators to establish their own online stores for hosting cohort-based courses and selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Launched in February 2021, the platform offers features such as a landing page builder, payment processing, inbuilt video hosting, and a chat function to facilitate live course delivery. In March 2022, TagMango expanded its offerings by introducing an NFT marketplace, allowing creators to mint and sell their own NFTs. Additionally, the platform connects users with celebrities and influencers, enabling them to create personalized courses and video messages that can enhance learning experiences in social media marketing and other subjects.

Toolbox

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Our mission at Toolbox is to help construction, maintenance and repair contractors thrive by providing them with a simple, yet powerful financial operating system to grow their business. Today, contractors can access our best-in-class and construction-focused corporate charge card to facilitate mission-critical payments, including materials and equipment purchases. Contractors also get access to an app to manage their finances, make payments, issue new cards for themselves and their team members, and organize expenses based on current and completed projects. Toolbox is backed by reputable investors, including Y Combinator, [1984.vc](http://1984.vc/), Kickstart Seed Fund, J Ventures, FJ Labs, and Liquid2Ventures.

DeepSource

Seed Round in 2020
DeepSource is a modern static analysis platform that provides developers with tools to improve code quality and security. The platform continuously analyzes code for vulnerabilities, performance issues, and potential bugs, allowing developers to identify and resolve these problems before deployment. By serving as a central hub for code health, DeepSource equips organizations with the necessary resources to build maintainable and secure software. It helps developers focus on critical issues, ensuring that they can act on key metrics and maintain high standards in their coding practices.

WorkClout

Seed Round in 2020
WorkClout is building the future of manufacturing. WorkClout is a SaaS company that helps manufacturers increase their operational efficiency. WorkClout tracks every action on the factory floor and uses the data to make suggestions on how to increase efficiency.

TagMango

Seed Round in 2020
TagMango is a software-as-a-service (SAAS) platform that empowers content creators to establish their own online stores for hosting cohort-based courses and selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Launched in February 2021, the platform offers features such as a landing page builder, payment processing, inbuilt video hosting, and a chat function to facilitate live course delivery. In March 2022, TagMango expanded its offerings by introducing an NFT marketplace, allowing creators to mint and sell their own NFTs. Additionally, the platform connects users with celebrities and influencers, enabling them to create personalized courses and video messages that can enhance learning experiences in social media marketing and other subjects.

DeepSource

Seed Round in 2020
DeepSource is a modern static analysis platform that provides developers with tools to improve code quality and security. The platform continuously analyzes code for vulnerabilities, performance issues, and potential bugs, allowing developers to identify and resolve these problems before deployment. By serving as a central hub for code health, DeepSource equips organizations with the necessary resources to build maintainable and secure software. It helps developers focus on critical issues, ensuring that they can act on key metrics and maintain high standards in their coding practices.

TagMango

Pre Seed Round in 2020
TagMango is a software-as-a-service (SAAS) platform that empowers content creators to establish their own online stores for hosting cohort-based courses and selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Launched in February 2021, the platform offers features such as a landing page builder, payment processing, inbuilt video hosting, and a chat function to facilitate live course delivery. In March 2022, TagMango expanded its offerings by introducing an NFT marketplace, allowing creators to mint and sell their own NFTs. Additionally, the platform connects users with celebrities and influencers, enabling them to create personalized courses and video messages that can enhance learning experiences in social media marketing and other subjects.

Canary Technologies

Seed Round in 2019
Canary Technologies LLC, based in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing innovative software solutions for the hospitality industry, focusing on enhancing operational efficiency and improving guest experiences. The company's platform modernizes outdated hotel management processes by offering features such as contactless check-in, digital authorizations, electronic signatures, and a customizable amenity store. These tools are designed to streamline workflows, reduce costs, increase revenue, and enhance compliance, making them invaluable to hoteliers. Trusted by numerous prestigious hotel brands worldwide, Canary Technologies aims to drive greater productivity and minimize fraud within the sector.

WorkClout

Pre Seed Round in 2019
WorkClout is building the future of manufacturing. WorkClout is a SaaS company that helps manufacturers increase their operational efficiency. WorkClout tracks every action on the factory floor and uses the data to make suggestions on how to increase efficiency.

Allure Systems

Seed Round in 2019
Allure Systems is a technology company that specializes in creating apparel images for online retail using artificial intelligence. Founded in 2017 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company provides a cloud-based platform that enables fashion-centric e-retailers and brands to generate high-quality garment images without the need for models or photographers on-site. By utilizing advanced AI and computer vision technologies, Allure Systems can produce personalized images that showcase clothing on a variety of models in different poses and sizes, enhancing consumer engagement and streamlining the image production process for e-commerce businesses.

Explorex Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2019
The Indian restaurant industry has already adopted technology to adapt to the growing demands and match the expectations of today's customers but the absence of a full-stack cloud-based software is extremely frustrating to business owners today. The existing systems lack modularity, lack the ability to integrate with services, and hence aren't plug and play. Also, Restaurants are extremely frustrated with all the 5-6 independent systems that don't talk to each other. We are solving these problems by building a full-stack solution for the 30 million+ restaurants in India, by solves order management, operations management, online delivery, payment processing, reports & analytics, and guest identification and re-engagement all using one system - Explorex. Location: 420 S 4th Street Unit 15, Ames, IA, us, 50010

OneGraph

Seed Round in 2018
OneGraph Inc is a company that provides a GraphQL service designed to connect various Software as a Service (SaaS) APIs, facilitating quicker integrations for its clients. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Walnut, California, OneGraph specializes in handling automatic parallelization, queuing, and caching behind a single request, making it ideal for web and mobile applications. The platform offers robust permission controls for data and query access, ensuring secure authentication for users. With support for numerous APIs, including popular services like Stripe, Salesforce, and GitHub, OneGraph simplifies the development process, allowing businesses to efficiently access and utilize data from multiple sources.

Canary Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
Canary Technologies LLC, based in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing innovative software solutions for the hospitality industry, focusing on enhancing operational efficiency and improving guest experiences. The company's platform modernizes outdated hotel management processes by offering features such as contactless check-in, digital authorizations, electronic signatures, and a customizable amenity store. These tools are designed to streamline workflows, reduce costs, increase revenue, and enhance compliance, making them invaluable to hoteliers. Trusted by numerous prestigious hotel brands worldwide, Canary Technologies aims to drive greater productivity and minimize fraud within the sector.

Worklytics

Seed Round in 2018
Worklytics is a company that specializes in analytics technology and services aimed at enhancing workforce productivity and collaboration. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, Worklytics offers a range of tools, including People Analytics, which connects productivity tools and provides insights into how teams allocate their time, communicate, and collaborate. The company’s Employee Feedback product allows organizations to gather and analyze feedback on skills and performance while automating processes like 360-degree reviews. Additionally, Worklytics addresses various aspects of employee engagement, retention risk, and performance management through continuous feedback systems and organizational assessments. Its advanced analytical software leverages machine learning to deliver real-time insights into individual and team performance, ultimately helping organizations foster exceptional workplace cultures that attract and retain talent.
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