Firms

Pioneer Fund

Founded: —
Type: Venture capital

Team

Chris Castiglione

Pioneer Fund, Venture Partner

$250K$200K – $300K

New York, New York

Investments

$28M2026-06-24	Coval	Y Combinator, Twilio Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Base10 Partners, Norwest Venture Partners
$6M2026-05-27	DIDIT	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund, Phosphor Capital, Orange Collective, Founders Future
$8M2026-05-27	Landeed	Y Combinator, 10x Founders, Pioneer Fund, Draper Associates, Bayhouse Capital
$7M2026-05-26	Didit	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund, Phosphor Capital, Orange Collective, Founders Future
$6M2026-02-12	Manufact	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Liquid 2 Ventures, Peak XV Partners, Ritual Capital
$6M2026-01-20	Bolna	General Catalyst, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Platform, Y Combinator, Blume Ventures, Welight Capital
$5M2026	Pally	Y Combinator, Founders Inc, Pioneer Fund, 468 Capital
$4M2026	A1Zap by A1Base	Y Combinator, Pantera Capital, Pioneer Fund, Outbound Ventures
$3M2026	Uplift AI, Inc	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Moment Ventures, Indus Valley Capital
$7M2026	DIDIT	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Phosphor Capital, Orange Collective, Founders Future
$10M2025-12-23	222	Upfront Ventures, General Catalyst, Offline Ventures, Bobby Goodlatte, Greg Isenberg, Brian O'Malley, Arash Ferdowsi, Scott Heiferman, Best Nights VC, Scrum Ventures, Unpopular Ventures, Bryan Rosenblatt, Tyler Strand, Peter Tseng, Anish Agrawal, Gautam Shah, Sergei Chestakov, Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
$9M2025-12-04	Guide Labs	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Initialized Capital, Tectonic Ventures, E14 Fund
$15M2025-12-04	Multifactor, Inc	Nexus Venture Partners, Y Combinator, TAU Ventures, Flex Capital, Pioneer Fund, Liquid 2 Ventures, Honeystone Ventures, Abhishek Sharma
$48M2025-08-05	Alaan	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, 468 Capital, Peak XV Partners, Ludwig Ensthaler
$3M2025-07-30	Caseflood.ai	Y Combinator, Elevation Capital, Pioneer Fund, Amino Capital, Rebel Fund, Four Cities Capital
$5M2025-07-24	Cascade Space	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Liquid 2 Ventures, Palm Drive Capital, Aurelia Foundry, TRAC
$2M2025-06-30	Cekura	Y Combinator, Decacorn Capital, Flex Capital, Pioneer Fund, Imagination Capital
$2M2025-04-14	Octolane AI	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, eCAPITAL Entrepreneurial Partners AG, General Catalyst, Basis Set Ventures
$—2025-02-18	Capi	Y Combinator, Firstminute Capital, Pioneer Fund, Creandum, Rebel Fund, Rainfall Ventures
$—2025-02-18	Capi	Creandum, Firstminute Capital, Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Rainfall Ventures
€17M2025-02-18	Capi Money	Creandum, Janngo Capital, Y Combinator, Firstminute Capital, Four Cities Capital, Raba Partnership, Kara Ventures, Rebel Fund, Maiora Ventures, Pioneer Fund
$—2025-02-01	Overlap	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Platform, Orange Collective
$4M2025-01-07	Fazeshift	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Gradient Ventures, Wayfinder Ventures, Ritual Capital, Phoenix Capital Ventures, Darian Shirazi
$15M2025	Suger	Y Combinator, GSBackers, Pioneer Fund, Intel Capital, Craft Ventures, Threshold Ventures
$7M2025	Craftwork	Y Combinator, Slow Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Four Cities Capital
$6M2025	Albacore	Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Pioneer Fund, 468 Capital, BoxGroup, Heliad AG
$500K2024-09-25	Undermind	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Unpopular Ventures, FundersClub, SBXi
$7M2024-07-03	Granza Bio	Felicis, Y Combinator, Metaplanet, Zeon Ventures, Refactor Capital, Pioneer Fund, Oxford Angel Fund
$2M2024-05-10	Apriora	1984 Ventures, Y Combinator, HOF Capital, Pioneer Fund
$3M2024-02-21	VectorShift	Y Combinator, 1984 Ventures, Defy, Pioneer Fund, 468 Capital, Formus Capital
$500K2024	HeroUI	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
$20M2024	Flower Labs	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Mozilla Ventures, Felicis, Factorial Capital
$2M2024	CircleBack	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Platform, Rebel Fund
$7M2024	Arpari	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
$2M2024	Circleback	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Platform, Rebel Fund
$—2024	Pivot Robotics	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Unpopular Ventures
$3M2024	Cartage	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Garage Capital, Wayfinder Ventures, Ritual Capital
$40M2023-12-14	KAPITAL	Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Tribe Capital, Cervin
$7M2023-11-13	Shekel Mobility	Y Combinator, Earlybird Venture Capital, Pioneer Fund, MaC Venture Capital, Unpopular Ventures, Form Ventures
$7M2023-11-08	Ozone	General Catalyst, Polymath Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Bluewatch Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator, OTV
$4M2023-08-07	Persist AI	Y Combinator, 2048 Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Innospark Ventures, Z Fellows
$4M2023-08-04	Persist	2048 Ventures, Innospark Ventures, Fellows Fund, Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
$5M2023-07-11	Vellum	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund
$2M2023-05-08	Optery	Founders Fund, TRAC, Pioneer Fund, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, Bayhouse Capital
$5M2023-04-18	Vinci Games	Y Combinator, Anorak Ventures, Makers Fund, Pioneer Fund, Soma Capital, BonAngels Venture Partners
$23M2023	KAPITAL	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
$3M2023	Curacel	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Elefund
$3M2022-11-17	Sematic	Y Combinator, ACME Capital, Pioneer Fund, Soma Capital, Leo Capital
$4M2022-11-16	SigmaOS	Y Combinator, 7percent Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Costanoa Ventures, Cocoa, TrueSight Ventures, Moonfire Ventures
$1M2022-06-21	Ankler Media	Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, Pioneer Fund, Imagination Capital
$2M2022-01-26	Epsilon3	Y Combinator, Scale Venture Partners, Village Global, Pioneer Fund, MaC Venture Capital, Soma Capital, Lux Capital
$—2022	LiveDocs	General Catalyst, Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, PJC
$—2022	Livedocs	General Catalyst, Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, PJC
$2M2021-12-15	Pabio	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Session VC, Tomahawk.VC
$3M2021-11-16	Deskimo	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Global Founders Capital, TSVC
$6M2021-10-27	QOA	Fifty Years, EQT Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Cherry Ventures, World Fund, Nucleus Capital
$4M2021-08-11	Aviron	Y Combinator, Atlas Venture, Samsung Next, Pioneer Fund, Behind Genius Ventures, Form Ventures
$70M2021-06-23	Snackpass	General Catalyst, Hartbeat Ventures, Banana Capital, PagsGroup, Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator, AirAngels, Andrew Chen
$8M2021-05-27	Kodo	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Goat Capital
$20M2021-03-25	On Deck	Founders Fund, Pioneer Fund, NFX, The Slack Fund, Learn Capital, Keith Rabois
$1M2021-01-26	Stacker	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Initialized Capital
$2M2021	Gobillion	Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, Asymmetry Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Soma Capital, Olive Tree Ventures
$1M2021	Encuadrado	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
$4M2021	Pry Financials	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Hyphen Capital, Global Founders Capital
$4M2021	Pry	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Hyphen Capital, Global Founders Capital
$1M2020-10-29	WareIQ	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Soma Capital, FundersClub, Flexport, Emles Venture Partners
$1M2020-09-01	Stacker	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Initialized Capital
$2M2020-06-16	Deepsource	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Liquid 2 Ventures, FundersClub, 645 Ventures
$20MUnknown date	Vellum AI	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund, Socii Capital, Leaders Fund
$2MUnknown date	Cekura Ai	Y Combinator, Flex Capital, Pioneer Fund, Imagination Capital, Decacorn
$2MUnknown date	Anakin	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, HOF Capital, ACE & Company
$4MUnknown date	Leaping	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Nexus Venture Partners, Ritual Capital, Orange Collective
$4MUnknown date	Persist	Y Combinator, 2048 Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Innospark Ventures
$500KUnknown date	Tracecat	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
$—Unknown date	Overlap	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Orange Collective, Transpose
$2MUnknown date	Martin	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
$1MUnknown date	Shekel Mobility	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, MaC Venture Capital, Unpopular Ventures, Voltron Capital, Zedcrest Capital
$5MUnknown date	Blacktop Hoops	Y Combinator, Anorak Ventures, Makers Fund, Pioneer Fund, Soma Capital, BonAngels Venture Partners
$1MUnknown date	The Ankler	Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, Pioneer Fund, Imagination Capital
$20MUnknown date	Flower	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Mozilla Ventures, Felicis, Factorial Capital
$5MUnknown date	Further AI	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Nexus Venture Partners, South Park Commons
$1MUnknown date	Adentris	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
$2MUnknown date	Anakin	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, HOF Capital, ACE & Company
$2MUnknown date	Defog	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Script Capital, Undisclosed Angel Investors
$2MUnknown date	Dench.com	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
$5MUnknown date	Aravolta	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Afore Capital, Susa Ventures
$6MUnknown date	ego	Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Pioneer Fund, Accel, Boost VC, Patron
$500KUnknown date	Hyperbeam	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund
$21MUnknown date	PlayAI	Y Combinator, TRAC, 500 Global, Pioneer Fund, Soma Capital, Kindred Ventures
$2MUnknown date	careCycle	Y Combinator, Strike Capital, Pioneer Fund
$3MUnknown date	Unfaze AI	Y Combinator, ENIAC Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Hack VC, Soma Capital, WndrCo
$9MUnknown date	Guide Labs	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, LombardStreet Ventures, Initialized Capital, Tectonic Ventures, E14 Fund
$5MUnknown date	Argon AI	Y Combinator, Wireframe Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Crosslink Capital
$3MUnknown date	Autosana	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, 468 Capital, Phosphor Capital, DeVC
$150KUnknown date	BBy	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Cathexis Ventures, Quake Capital
$14MUnknown date	Healia	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, First Round Capital, North Coast Ventures, GoAhead Ventures
$—Unknown date	Unbound Security	Y Combinator, Massive, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Platform, Alpha Square Group, Wayfinder Ventures
$6MUnknown date	Magic Patterns	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Thrive Capital, Twenty Two Ventures, Essence VC
$1MUnknown date	Explorex	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, HOF Capital
$5MUnknown date	Klaimee	Y Combinator, Robinhood Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund, Kima Ventures, ex/ante
$4MUnknown date	Enable Us	Y Combinator, Allison Pickens Ventures, Runa Capital, Pioneer Fund, RingCentral Ventures, Dragon Capital
$6MUnknown date	Perseus Defense	Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund
$6MUnknown date	Perseus	Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund
$3MUnknown date	NuMind	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Flybridge Capital Partners, Carya Venture Partners, big_bets
$5MUnknown date	Hypercubic	Y Combinator, CIV, Pioneer Fund, Afore Capital
$4MUnknown date	Leaping AI	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Nexus Venture Partners, Ritual Capital, Orange Collective
$2MUnknown date	Pirros	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, FundersClub, Twenty Two Ventures
$2MUnknown date	Ellipsis	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Platform, Amino Capital, Four Cities Capital, Twenty Two Ventures
$10MUnknown date	Kaso	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Vulpes
$5MUnknown date	Cascade Space	Y Combinator, TRAC, Pioneer Fund, Liquid 2 Ventures, Palm Drive Capital, Aurelia Foundry
$3MUnknown date	AiSDR	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund
$4MUnknown date	orthogonal	Y Combinator, Pantera Capital, Pioneer Fund, Outbound Ventures
$6MUnknown date	airweave	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Lux Capital, Orange Collective
$4MUnknown date	Alga Biosciences	Y Combinator, Collaborative Fund, Day One Ventures, Pioneer Fund
$2MUnknown date	Flagright	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Moonfire Ventures
$4MUnknown date	Flagright	Y Combinator, Frontline Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Moonfire Ventures
$4MUnknown date	Anthrogen	Y Combinator, Collaborative Fund, Pioneer Fund, Liquid 2 Ventures, Wayfinder Ventures, Ritual Capital
$100MUnknown date	KAPITAL	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Tribe Capital, Pelion Venture Partners, Marbruck Investments
$3MUnknown date	Hamming AI	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Mischief, Coalition Operators, AI Grant
$2MUnknown date	Candle	Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, Pioneer Fund, Progression Fund
$2MUnknown date	Get Moving	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Radical Ventures, Unpopular Ventures, OTV, Bayhouse Capital
$6MUnknown date	Flick	Lightspeed, Pioneer Fund, GV, Y Combinator, True Ventures
$3MUnknown date	GetASAP	General Catalyst, Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator, Ritual Capital
$4MUnknown date	Oway	General Catalyst, Pioneer Fund, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, Wayfinder Ventures, Phosphor Capital
$20MUnknown date	On Deck	Founders Fund, The Slack Fund, Pioneer Fund, Learn Capital, NFX
$—Unknown date	Capi	Creandum, Firstminute Capital, Pioneer Fund, Link Ventures, Y Combinator, Rebel Fund
$3MUnknown date	Notebook Labs	Bain Capital, Pioneer Fund, Abstract Ventures, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, NFX

Team

Co-investing

Investments