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Pioneer Fund is a venture capital fund of 500+ Y Combinator alumni that invests in and supports top startups from Y Combinator. Based in San Francisco, the firm focuses on seed-stage opportunities across a broad range of sectors.
Their most common stage is seed (64% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.0M (across 121 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
126
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
14
Team
MD
Mike Dilworth
General Partner, CFO
RB
Rajiv Bhat
General Partner - AI, Senior Venture Partner
RG
Rob Genovese
Managing Director
AM
Alexander Mistakidis
Investment Partner
BJ
Bede Jordan
Portfolio Founder, Senior Venture Partner
BK
Beth Kolko
Investment Partner
CH
Connor Hailey
Senior Venture Partner
DB
Daniel Baum
Visiting Senior Venture Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
131 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Coval | Series A | $28M | Jun 2026 |
 Landeed | Seed | $8.3M | May 2026 |
 Didit | Seed | $6M | May 2026 |
 Manufact | Seed | $6.3M | Feb 2026 |
| NNuVision Biotherapies | Unknown | — | Feb 2026 |
 Bolna | Series A | $6.3M | Jan 2026 |
| Didit | Seed | $7.5M | Jan 2026 |
 Uplift AI | Seed | $3.5M | Jan 2026 |
 A1Zap by A1Base | Seed | $4.3M | Jan 2026 |
 Alien | Pre-Seed | $7.1M | Jan 2026 |
 Pally | Seed | $5.2M | Jan 2026 |
 Multifactor | Seed | $15M | Dec 2025 |
 Guide Labs | Seed | $9M | Dec 2025 |
 Adam | Seed | $4.1M | Oct 2025 |
 Alaan | Series A | $48M | Aug 2025 |
 Caseflood.ai | Unknown | $3.2M | Jul 2025 |
 Cascade Space | Seed | $5.9M | Jul 2025 |
 Cekura | Seed | $2.4M | Jun 2025 |
 Octolane AI | Seed | $2.6M | Apr 2025 |
 Henry | Seed | $4M | Feb 2025 |
 Capi Money | Series A | — | Feb 2025 |
 Overlap | Seed | — | Feb 2025 |
 Fazeshift | Seed | $4M | Jan 2025 |
 Albacore | Unknown | $6.5M | Jan 2025 |
 Craftwork | Series A | $7M | Jan 2025 |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator104 shared
Rebel Fund17 shared
Soma Capital13 shared
General Catalyst8 shared
Ritual Capital8 shared
Transpose Platform7 shared
468 Capital6 shared
Alumni Ventures6 shared
Liquid 2 Ventures6 shared
Global Founders Capital6 shared
Orange Collective6 shared
Initialized Capital5 shared
Wayfinder Ventures5 shared
Goodwater Capital4 shared
TRAC4 shared
FundersClub4 shared
Unpopular Ventures4 shared
Garage Capital4 shared
Phosphor Capital4 shared
Bayhouse Capital3 shared
Last updated: 7 September 2026