Investors / Pioneer
Pioneer
Accelerator
Pioneer is a startup accelerator that funded over 150 companies with 300+ founders across 50+ countries. It stopped making new investments in 2024.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
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Or find every investor that fitsPioneer lists 37 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (30%), Enterprise Software (17%) and Fintech (10%). 89% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Sunflower Capital and SV Angel.
No funding round on record names Pioneer yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Pioneer's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 37. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 30% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 17% | 8% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| Space & Defense | 9% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 3% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 9 |
| Sunflower Capital | 5 |
| SV Angel | 4 |
| Sequoia Capital | 4 |
| CapitalX | 3 |
| General Catalyst | 3 |
| Liquid 2 Ventures | 3 |
| 4DX Ventures | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 75th | 37 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 52th | 30% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers37100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Pioneer head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
37 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AskGuru is a set of ready-to-use tools to empower customer support and knowledge management with modern AI | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Atelier manufactures architectural millwork, furniture, metal, stone, lighting, upholstery, and fittings and hardware for contract interiors using an AI-native manufacturing system. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Atlas provides a geographic information system (GIS) that connects data and builds live maps for organizations | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Banana provides GPU hosting for AI teams | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| CropSafe empowers farmers with sustainable best practices and infrastructures to preserve and process harvests | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Deft provides AI-native development infrastructure for teams | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Dopplio reads and reviews resumes, providing fixes to improve their score with applicant tracking systems and recruiters | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| E2B provides a cloud platform for running artificial intelligence agents | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Figma provides a collaborative platform for design, code, and AI-related tasks. | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Shippo provides shipping software and tools for businesses to manage their shipping operations and logistics workflow. | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| HoneyCoin provides financial services and tools for businesses to manage cross-border payments, treasury operations, and currency exchange. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Hubble provides global connectivity solutions for IoT devices using Bluetooth chips and a network of access points. | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Slash provides business banking, cards, and treasury services to companies | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Livedocs is an advanced AI agent for data analysis | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Luminal compiles AI models to give the fastest, highest throughput inference in the world. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Mercury provides online business banking services for startups, small businesses, and scaling companies. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Mixmax provides a platform for sales teams to manage outreach and relationships | Space & DefenseSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| OneContext provides support for ingesting and processing various file formats and offers hybrid search capabilities | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Onton helps users find and shop for products, including furniture, using AI interior design and image recognition. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- pioneer.app
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 37
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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