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 Seed Stage

Further AI

Seed Round in 2025
Further AI is an AI platform that assigns workflows like quote generation, policy checking and renewal processing to AI teammate.

Flagright

Seed Round in 2025
Flagright offers a transaction monitoring platform that provides real-time fraud detection and anti-money laundering solutions for financial institutions and fintech companies. The platform is designed to automate transaction monitoring, identify suspicious activities, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. With its API-first approach and a no-code back office, Flagright enables users to prevent, detect, and manage fraudulent activities effectively, thereby enhancing risk management and streamlining compliance workflows.

Browser Use

Seed Round in 2025
Make Websites Accessible for Agents

Yenmo

Seed Round in 2025
Yenmo offers mutual fund loans with a partnership option.

Coval

Seed Round in 2025
Coval is a simulation and evaluation platform for AI agents, enabling engineers to deploy reliable assistants across chat and modalities.

Fazeshift

Seed Round in 2025
Fazeshift provides an AI-driven solution that automates invoicing, cash application, and collections for enterprises. The platform enhances cash flow management by streamlining accounts receivable processes and reducing errors. Fazeshift adapts to unique business challenges, offering customizable workflows to improve operational efficiency.

Getcho

Seed Round in 2024
Getcho is an on-demand delivery platform that allows users to book same-day deliveries within a 25-mile radius. The service covers a wide range of delivery needs, including curbside pick-ups from retail stores, and the transportation of items such as clothes, tobacco, alcohol, and food. The app provides a seamless experience for drivers and customers, ensuring that deliveries are completed efficiently. Users are only charged upon the successful completion of a delivery.

Unusual AI

Seed Round in 2024
Unusual AI is an IT and Internet firm offering AI that personalise website according to visitors for more conversions.

PlayAI

Seed Round in 2024
PlayAI specializes in creating advanced AI voice models designed for fluid and emotive conversations. The platform enables businesses and developers to build engaging conversational AI experiences that enhance user interaction. By focusing on natural language processing and intuitive sequences, PlayAI aims to make human-AI interactions more accessible and effective for various applications.

Cartage

Seed Round in 2024
Cartage is an AI operating system for shippers & 3PLs that automates routine tasks and connects users to carriers.

Unsloth AI

Seed Round in 2024
Unsloth is an AI startup focusing on making AI more accessible to the everyday person! Our open-source streamlines the process of finetuning and makes LLMs 2.2x faster and use 62% less VRAM.

Syntra

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Syntra develops an EHR platform that streamlines billing, records, and follow-ups, helping doctors automate tasks.

Vera Health

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Vera Health is a Software Development firm offering accelerating evidence-based medicine.

Polymet

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Polymet is an AI Product Designer, helps teams create well-designed user interfaces and prototypes without any design experience. You explain what you want or provide an image, and Polymet will design it for you and provide production-ready front-end code for those designs.

Kopra Bio

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Kopra Bio is a Biotechnology Research firm offering that cure cancer through viral immunotherapy technology.

Comfy Deploy

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Comfy Deploy is a SaaS company that offers production-ready APIs for generative AI applications.

DreamRP

Pre Seed Round in 2024
DreamRP empowers creators to engage fans through ethical AI, turning characters into chatbots for interactive storytelling.

Zenbase AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Zenbase AI streamlines coding by automating prompts and model selection, improving LLMs for developers.

Ångström AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Angstrom AI leverages GenAI-based molecular simulations to replace wet lab experiments in pre-clinical drug development.

Coval

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Coval is a simulation and evaluation platform for AI agents, enabling engineers to deploy reliable assistants across chat and modalities.

Modern Realty

Seed Round in 2024
Modern Realty is a brokerage comprised of home marketing. They serve a client's need the real estate. Their services include real estate investment, home buying, house selling, residential, commercial, and property management.

GIFD

Seed Round in 2024
GIFD is a technology company that provide users with the ability to send personalized messages and GIFs to each other.

Tandem Space

Seed Round in 2024
Tandem Space provides facilitation of office space sharing to help hybrid work teams.

Conductor Quantum

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Conductor Quantum is building quantum computers on silicon chips. Our AI-software creates qubits 1000x faster than current methods.

Radar Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2024
Radar Therapeutics pioneer in treatment modality, precision-expressed mRNA-based therapeutics.

Socap.ai

Seed Round in 2024
We help founders and investors to grow their network and fundraise faster with AI. Founded by a team of repeat founders and VCs (2 times YC, $180M raised, with an exit).

Unify

Seed Round in 2024
Combine All Models for Faster, Cheaper, and Better Responses Than Any Single Model

Apriora

Seed Round in 2024
Apriora operates an AI-powered interviewing platform designed to assist companies in hiring technical talent more efficiently. By automating key components of the technical interview process, such as coding assessments and soft skills evaluations, the platform enables organizations to streamline their hiring procedures and reduce bias. This technology not only accelerates the recruitment timeline but also helps companies scale their engineering teams effectively, saving substantial time and resources in the process.

Salvy

Seed Round in 2024
We simplify how companies hire and manage mobile telco in Brazil.

Catena Biosciences

Seed Round in 2024
Catena Biosciences is a biotechnology company focused on advancing protein conjugation technology to develop novel therapeutics for autoimmune disorders, oncology, and vaccine development. The company specializes in the efficient and selective attachment of proteins using natural amino acids, specifically tyrosine and cysteine. This innovative approach allows researchers to create biologic structures more rapidly than traditional methods, enhancing the potential for medical research and treatment options in various disease areas. Catena Biosciences aims to contribute significantly to the field of biomedicine through its cutting-edge technology and applications.

PeerDB

Seed Round in 2024
PeerDB is a firm that specializes in cost-effective Postgres replication and change data capturing.

Pico

Seed Round in 2024
Pico develops tools that find events, products, and more in screenshots.

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.

OM Therapeutics

Pre Seed Round in 2024
OM Therapeutics provides a fresh approach to cannabis and well-being with products that offers a balanced and mindful lifestyle.

Yenmo

Seed Round in 2024
Yenmo offers mutual fund loans with a partnership option.

Fileforge

Seed Round in 2024
Fileforge is an API for PDF document workflows. With Fileforge, you can generate, manipulate, host, share, sign and track your documents - all in on place. Our open-source library helps developers build complex documents that integrate with our API and external services to build document-centric workflows.

Assort Health

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

Ubicloud

Seed Round in 2024
Ubicloud operates an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform that offers an open source cloud solution designed for flexibility and cost efficiency. Users can either utilize Ubicloud's managed service, which aims to reduce cloud expenditures by 3 to 10 times, or opt for self-hosting to maintain control over their cloud environment. The platform provides essential features such as elastic computing, virtual networking, block storage, and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC). By leveraging open source technology, Ubicloud enables businesses to access and manage their cloud services more effectively, ensuring greater autonomy over their infrastructure.

Sonia

Seed Round in 2024
Sonia is lowering the cost of mental health treatment to a fraction of what it is now and making it available to everyone, anytime, anywhere. The App Store now features the Sonia iOS app.

marblism

Pre Seed Round in 2024
marblism is a fully functional web-app.

thorntale

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Thorntale is the first presentation program developed for data storytelling.

Konstructly

Seed Round in 2024
Konstructly is a venture-backed tech startup focused on enhancing workforce management and hiring within the construction industry. The company has developed an innovative application designed to digitize subcontractor payment processes and valuations, linking these directly to quality assurance and real-time project progress. This application streamlines invoicing and payment approvals while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. By doing so, it enables tradesmen and subcontractors to save time, improve visibility, and boost productivity. Konstructly aims to establish itself as a leader in data and operational management for construction companies across the supply chain.

Astro Mechanica

Seed Round in 2024
Astro Mechanica is a developer of innovative jet engine technology, specifically the Electric Adaptive Engine. This cutting-edge engine replaces conventional aircraft engines by utilizing electric motors to drive the compressor. This design allows the compressor to operate at variable speeds and adapt to different speeds and combustion cycles. As a result, the Electric Adaptive Engine enables the manufacture of more efficient aircraft with significantly lower fuel consumption, positioning Astro Mechanica as a key player in the evolution of aerospace technology.

ParcelBio

Pre Seed Round in 2024
ParcelBio is a company that creating a programmable method for safely and precisely delivering mRNA to many cell types in the body.

Open

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Save $100K+ with our AI customer support, We resolve 60-80% of your customers’ complex support issues via phone, email, and web.

AiSDR

Seed Round in 2023
AiSDR specializes in automating the sales process through its artificial intelligence-powered platform. The company focuses on efficiently categorizing leads and facilitating communication with prospects. By automating the qualification of inbound leads and designing personalized email campaigns, AiSDR enables businesses to streamline their marketing efforts and enhance their sales pipelines. This approach not only helps startups increase their sales but also reduces operational costs by managing outbound email campaigns effectively. The platform's capabilities allow clients to engage prospects more effectively, ultimately motivating them to schedule meetings with sales representatives.

Defog

Seed Round in 2023
Defog is a developer of database software that enables users to query data quickly using natural language. The company's platform leverages large language models to effectively search and visualize both structured data, such as SQL databases and data warehouses, and unstructured data, including text from call transcripts. By integrating into applications, Defog allows businesses to embed insight widgets, empowering users to extract information and ask questions in a straightforward manner. This functionality enhances user experience and facilitates data-driven decision-making.

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.

Ozone

Seed Round in 2023
Ozone is an innovative company that has developed an AI-powered video editing platform designed for seamless remote collaboration. As internet speeds continue to rise, Ozone capitalizes on this trend by offering a cloud-based solution that allows users to edit high-definition footage efficiently. The platform enables creative producers to create video mockups in seconds, perform color corrections with ease, and preview final results before exporting. By eliminating the need for bulky hardware and streamlining complex workflows, Ozone provides a lightweight and accessible editing experience that enhances creativity and productivity for content creators.

Credal.AI

Seed Round in 2023
Credal.ai offers a secure platform for enterprises to adopt and utilize artificial intelligence while ensuring data safety. The company provides APIs, a secure chat interface, and a Slack bot that integrates with popular AI applications like GPT-4 and Claude. Credal.ai's technology enforces access policies, masks sensitive information, and implements acceptable use policies, allowing organizations to maintain control over their data usage. Additionally, the platform assists managers by automatically summarizing changes in documents and metrics, generating personalized memos for stakeholders, and enhancing communication within teams. This enables companies to make informed decisions and communicate them swiftly, thereby improving overall operational efficiency.

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 provides AI customer service agents for enterprises.

Synaptiq

Seed Round in 2023
The Flashcard Platform for Higher Education

Envelope Money

Seed Round in 2023
Envelope Money is an All-in-one banking and budgeting software that manages family finances.

Pirros

Seed Round in 2023
Engineers and Architects end up redesigning hundreds of details a year just because they are unable to search through all their past details. Pirros allows them to effectively manage and search all their past project details so that they can find reasonable starting points rather than starting from scratch.

Fiber AI

Seed Round in 2023
Fiber AI specializes in automating prospecting and outbound marketing for enterprises through its AI-driven software. By streamlining the process of finding and researching potential clients, the platform enables businesses to create highly personalized outreach messages that achieve open rates significantly higher than the industry average. Additionally, Fiber AI offers tools for improving customer support efficiency, generating draft responses for incoming support requests. The software learns from user interactions, refining its knowledge base to enhance future communications. This dual focus on marketing and customer support positions Fiber AI as a comprehensive solution for enterprises seeking to improve engagement and operational efficiency.

Capi Money

Seed Round in 2023
Capi Money is digital payment platform that provides budgeting tools, expense tracking, investment analysis services.

Olio Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Olio Labs utilizes AI for combo therapeutics, optimizing and minimizing side effects through automated discovery of protein interactions.

Depot

Seed Round in 2023
Depot is developing an advanced build platform focused on enhancing the efficiency of software development for developers. By leveraging cloud computing, Depot aims to expedite the building process and eliminate computing bottlenecks. Its platform integrates seamlessly with existing container tools and services, providing features such as optimized build computing and a speed-up system. This enables clients to create and iterate on core products more frequently without extensive delays. The goal is to simplify the development process, allowing developers to build Docker files and other related components more quickly, ultimately facilitating faster product iterations.

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.

Vellum

Seed Round in 2023
Vellum is a developer platform for the production of LLM apps.

Khoj

Seed Round in 2023
Khoj is an AI answer engine. It can take your questions and track down answers from your notes, PDFs, and the public internet. We allow you to use any foundation model, across the suite of state of the art offerings, to get the most accurate answers to your questions.

Talc AI

Seed Round in 2023
Talc AI provides a staging platform for companies to launch their AI apps faster by testing it in different realistic scenarios.

askLio AI

Seed Round in 2023
askLio AI is an artificial intelligence company that offers a procurement software run by AI for big enterprises.

Surface Labs International

Seed Round in 2023
Surface Labs International Ltd is focused on large scale multi-touch & digital signage solutions. The products and software solutions are focused on the advertising market. We produce and develop interactive platforms that make it possible for the consumers to communicate with the brand. All our solutions are designed in a innovative way to get the brand's message out there. We rent and sell our products and we are open to new partnerships.

Transformity

Seed Round in 2023
Transformity is a developer of a point-of-sale and back office software designed to offer modern operating system for liquor stores.

Dimension AI

Seed Round in 2023
Dimension AI uses specially trained, confidential models optimized for investment banking workflows in a fraction of the time.

Twenty (YC S23)

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

Assort Health

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

MICSI

Seed Round in 2023
MICSI specializes in developing an advanced medical image processing platform that leverages random matrix theory denoising to enhance image quality. The company's technology significantly improves the Signal-To-Noise Ratio of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), resulting in higher resolution and superior image quality. This innovation also includes image processing algorithms designed to reduce MRI scan times, which benefits medical professionals by optimizing the Receptor-Mediated Transcytosis and MP-PCA image reconstruction processes. These enhancements are particularly valuable for clinical applications in brain mapping and preoperative studies, facilitating more accurate diagnoses and treatment planning.

Kino AI

Seed Round in 2023
Kino AI builds software tools that automatically infer metadata and organize footage, making video post-production faster.

Mano AI

Seed Round in 2023
LLMs in the Browser

Infobot.ai

Seed Round in 2023
Infobot.ai is an artificial intelligence based news generation platform enabling users to create AI-generated news channels on any topic.

VectorShift

Seed Round in 2023
VectorShift Builds, designs, prototypes, and deploys custom generative AI workflows.

MediSearch

Seed Round in 2023
MediSearch is a developer of a search engine platform designed to provide direct science-based answers to medical questions.

MantleBio

Seed Round in 2023
MantleBio is an operator of a medical technology company intended to build software to scale data-driven discovery for biotech.

Neum AI

Seed Round in 2023
Helping developers build scalable generative AI applications

Magic Loops

Seed Round in 2023
Magic Loops uses a combination of large language models and code for anyone to setup repeatable tasks and automated workflows.

Kobalt Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Kobalt Labs provides an AI copilot for risk and compliance teams at financial institutions.

Silimate

Seed Round in 2023
Silimate is a developer of automation platform designed to streamline chip design workflows.

Intelliga Health

Seed Round in 2023
Intelliga Health is an AI-based tool that streamlines insurance workflows for medical practices by automating their insurance authorization appeals. The solution examines past successful authorization appeals and creates personalized appeal letters for healthcare providers, saving time and enhancing the likelihood of a successful appeal by streamlining the process.

Every

Seed Round in 2023
Developer of a financial operation platform designed for bill payments and employee onboarding process for the organization. The company specializes in finance operations, hr operations, bank accounts, corporate cards, bill pay, payroll and many more, enabling startups to manage all of the back-office operations.

Pure

Seed Round in 2023
Pure is an online numismatics database and marketplace of historical rare coins.
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