Pioneer Fund

Pioneer Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that makes early-stage investments across a wide range of sectors, including consumer products and services, financial services, information technology, advanced manufacturing, blockchain, life sciences, gaming, artificial intelligence and machine learning, construction technology, education technology, fintech, agriculture technology, advertising technology, augmented reality, autonomous vehicles, legal technology, oncology, pet technology, real estate technology, ride-hailing, SaaS and supply chain technology. The firm benefits from a network of more than 420 Y Combinator alumni, enabling it to identify and support YC-backed startups.

Lior Abraham

Venture Partner

Wayne Anderson

Venture Partner

Jon Armstrong

Venture Partner

Tamara Bain

Venture Partner

Kate Bambino

Venture Partner

Lena Belogolova

Venture Partner

Bryan Beshore

Venture Partner

Rajiv Bhat

Venture Partner

Amitav Chakravartty

Venture Partner

Bryant Chou

Venture Partner

Andrew DSouza

Venture Partner

Michael Dilworth

CFO and Partner

Kshitij Dixit

Venture Partner

Cobi Druxerman

Venture Partner

Luqui Díaz

Venture Partner

Steli Efti

Venture Partner

James Fong

Venture Partner

Taro Fukuyama

Venture Partner

Jarret Glasscock

Venture Partner

Jason Gray

Managing Partner

Alanna Gregory

Venture Partner

Ranvir Gujral

Venture Partner

Joshua Halickman

Venture Partner

Taylor Halliday

Venture Partner

Michael Heinrich

Venture Partner

Nancy Hua

Venture Partner

Albert Huang MD

Venture Partner

Faiz Jalia

Analyst

Steven Johnston

Venture Partner

Beth Kolko

Venture Partner

Jackie Kong

Venture Partner

Kwin Hultman Kramer

Venture Partner

Greg Kress

Venture Partner

Ashwin Kumar

Venture Partner

Tiffany Kuo

Venture Partner

Vanessa Lee

Venture Partner

Ilya Lichtenstein

Venture Partner

Evan Lodge

Venture Partner

Parthi Loganathan

Venture Partner

Richard Ma

Venture Partner

Ritik Malhotra

Venture Partner

Rohit Malhotra

Venture Partner

Matthew McDonald

Venture Partner

Dave Messina

General Partner

Will Mitchell

Venture Partner

Francesco Mosconi

Venture Partner

Anthony Nemitz

Venture Partner

Victor Ng

Venture Partner

Peter Nixey

Venture Partner

Eric Norman

Visiting General Partner

Will Olsen

Venture Partner

Jon Parker

Venture Partner

Amit Patel

Venture Partner

Puja Patel

Venture Partner

David Rabie

Venture Partner

Saad Rizvi

Venture Partner

Juan Salcedo

Venture Partner

Matt Schiller

Venture Partner

William Schlacks

Venture Partner

Robert Schultz

Venture Partner

Jonathan Schwartz

Venture Partner

Martin Shen

Venture Partner

Bradley Siegler

Venture Partner

Vikram Somasundaram

Venture Partner

Laks Srini

Venture Partner

Thomas Steinacher

Venture Partner

Steven Stewart

Venture Partner

Evan Stites-Clayton

Venture Partner

Brad Stronger

Venture Partner

Alexander Strunkin

Venture Partner

Ted Suzman

General Partner

Tim Suzman

General Partner

Jonathan Tang

Venture Partner

Bryan Wilcox

Venture Partner

Kitch Wilson

Venture Partner

Ray Wu

Venture Partner

Andrew Yaroshevsky

Venture Partner

Richard Yu

Venture Partner

Winston Zhang

Venture Partner

Ti Zhao

Venture Partner

Past deals in Compliance

Flagright

Seed Round in 2025
Flagright offers an API-driven platform for real-time fraud detection and anti-money laundering solutions. It assists financial institutions and fintech companies in automating transaction monitoring, identifying suspicious activities, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Unbound Security

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Unbound Security specializes in data protection, offering a browser extension platform that safeguards sensitive information. Its solution provides real-time monitoring and granular access control, ensuring businesses comply with data regulations and maintain security without disrupting employee workflows or requiring additional infrastructure.

Saturn AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
AI and Data automation for Wealth Management and operational heavy Financial Services. Saturn automates compliance and operational activities for financial services with purpose-built AI and tech. Founded by ex-banking tech, assetmanagement, regtech & AI leaders and researchers.

Shiboleth

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Shiboleth automates back-office quality assurance and compliance processes in consumer lending.

Kobalt Labs

Seed Round in 2023
Kobalt Labs specializes in AI-driven data protection and privacy solutions for businesses. Its core product is an AI copilot designed to assist risk and compliance teams in financial institutions, ensuring large language models remain private and secure. The platform employs AI-powered tools to streamline privacy operations, track requirements throughout the product lifecycle, and auto-suggest custom engineering solutions to mitigate potential risks, thereby enhancing overall data security.

Complif

Seed Round in 2022
Complif is a technology company that specializes in regulatory compliance for financial institutions. It offers a platform designed to simplify complex regulatory tasks such as Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) procedures, while also monitoring regulatory obligations. The platform aims to help financial companies grow their operations securely and efficiently, reducing regulatory risk and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.

nsave

Seed Round in 2022
Nsave is a fintech startup that specializes in digital banking services, focusing on providing a secure platform for saving in various currencies, including USD, EUR, and GBP. The company aims to enhance financial inclusion by offering services that do not impose account restrictions, allowing customers to access global safe accounts for their funds. With a commitment to financial security, Nsave ensures that users can manage their savings with confidence and ease.

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

Layerup

Seed Round in 2022
Layerup provides a suite of Generative AI Assistants for in-house legal and compliance teams.

TrueBiz

Seed Round in 2022
TrueBiz is a developer of an information and documentation platform designed to enhance the onboarding process for financial services providers. The company's platform automates the processing of essential company documents, such as articles of incorporation, and integrates key business signals to facilitate efficient identification. By streamlining these processes, TrueBiz aims to reduce verification delays, ultimately helping financial institutions onboard their business customers more swiftly and decrease churn associated with these delays.

Flagright

Seed Round in 2022
Flagright offers an API-driven platform for real-time fraud detection and anti-money laundering solutions. It assists financial institutions and fintech companies in automating transaction monitoring, identifying suspicious activities, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Vanta

Series B in 2022
Vanta is a platform that simplifies security and compliance processes for organizations. It automates evidence collection for various compliance frameworks and offers continuous control monitoring to manage risk effectively.

Cinder Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Cinder Technologies operates a unified intelligence and investigation platform designed to support decision-making in fraud and risk management. This platform enables technology companies to effectively track, investigate, and address critical issues within online communities. By integrating various relevant data sources and centralizing decision-making processes, Cinder empowers trust and safety teams to make faster and more accurate decisions regarding abusive content, fraud, and threats. The customizable workflows provided by the platform enhance the capabilities of investigative teams, facilitating more effective resolutions to pressing challenges faced by organizations in the digital landscape.

Mora Financial

Seed Round in 2022
Mora.com, operated by Mora Financial, is dedicated to helping parents set up and manage ROTH IRA accounts for their children, providing a foundation for early financial growth and long-term security. We simplify the complexities of hiring children for household tasks to meet IRS requirements for earned income, enabling parents to legally fund a child’s ROTH IRA. Our services include payroll, tax compliance, and audit documentation support, ensuring that families adhere to tax code regulations while maximizing the financial benefits. With Mora, parents can establish a secure financial future for their kids, combining professional-grade support with peace of mind.

Oxygen

Seed Round in 2019
Oxygen is a modern financial platform designed for digital natives, creators, and entrepreneurs. It offers a seamless user experience for both personal and business banking in a single application, featuring no monthly fees, early direct deposit, simple transfers, cashback rewards, high yield savings, subscription reimbursements, and everyday retail and travel benefits.

Whispli

Seed Round in 2018
Whispli is a secure whistleblowing management platform that allows employees to anonymously report violations of company conduct. The platform facilitates the confidential communication of issues such as fraud, harassment, discrimination, and unethical behavior through various channels, including live chat, SMS, and email. By enabling over five million employees to voice their concerns, Whispli assists organizations in identifying and addressing internal issues before they escalate and potentially damage the company's reputation and financial standing. Furthermore, Whispli fosters a culture of open feedback, which is essential for enhancing employee engagement and retention. Through its services, the company helps organizations uncover blind spots, promote accountability, and reinforce ethical practices.

Oxygen

Seed Round in 2018
Oxygen is a modern financial platform designed for digital natives, creators, and entrepreneurs. It offers a seamless user experience for both personal and business banking in a single application, featuring no monthly fees, early direct deposit, simple transfers, cashback rewards, high yield savings, subscription reimbursements, and everyday retail and travel benefits.

Unbound Security

Unbound Security specializes in data protection, offering a browser extension platform that safeguards sensitive information. Its solution provides real-time monitoring and granular access control, ensuring businesses comply with data regulations and maintain security without disrupting employee workflows or requiring additional infrastructure.

WorkDone

WorkDone is a technology company specializing in AI-driven compliance solutions for the healthcare industry. Its core product is an AI compliance copilot that integrates with hospital electronic health record systems, monitoring clinical workflows in real-time to identify and address documentation errors, such as missed discharge notes or incorrect medication times. This proactive approach helps hospitals prevent medical documentation errors and potential associated losses.
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