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.

Tamara Bain

Venture Partner

Amitav Chakravartty

Venture Partner

Bryant Chou

Senior Venture Partner

Michael Dilworth

CFO and Partner

James Fong

Operating Partner

Jason Gray

Founder and Managing General Partner

Ranvir Gujral

Venture Partner

Albert Huang MD

Venture Partner

Beth Kolko

Senior Venture Partner

Evan Lodge

Venture Partner

Parthi Loganathan

Venture Partner

Matthew McDonald

Venture Partner

Dave Messina

General Partner

Victor Ng

Venture 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 Database

PeerDB

Seed Round in 2024
PeerDB is a technology company that provides a data movement platform. This platform specializes in efficient replication of Postgres databases and capturing changes in data, allowing clients to sync, transform, and query data across various stores using simple SQL commands.

Stacksync

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Stacksync is a real-time and bidirectional data synchronization tool between CRMs (e.g. Salesforce, Hubspot or SAP) and databases (e.g. Postgres, Google BigQuery,...). Edits made in your CRM will instantly update in your Database, and vice-versa. To set up a sync, users simply have to connect the two chosen apps in one click and select the tables they want to sync, no-code! Stacksync reduces implementation delays from months to minutes for CRM integration projects and removes all the complexity behind CRM new feature development. We show a 90% improvement on delivery time and budget.

Defog

Seed Round in 2023
Defog is a software developer that specializes in creating advanced database solutions allowing users to query data rapidly using natural language. The company's platform harnesses large language models to effectively search and visualize both structured data, such as SQL databases and data warehouses, as well as unstructured data, including text from call transcripts. By integrating seamlessly into applications, Defog enables businesses to embed insightful widgets, empowering users to ask questions and receive immediate answers, thereby enhancing data accessibility and insight generation.

Instant

Venture Round in 2022
Instant is a technology company that specializes in providing a real-time client-side database platform aimed at facilitating the development of collaborative applications. By enabling developers to create real-time and offline-capable applications, Instant allows them to prioritize user experience while efficiently managing data synchronization and optimistic updates. The platform serves as a modern alternative to traditional database solutions, enhancing productivity for frontend development and simplifying the complexities associated with real-time data handling.

Hydra

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Hydra is an open source Snowflake alternative that transforms Postgres into a fast, scalable data warehouse. With Hydra, engineers can standardize both transactional and analytics workloads around the familiar Postgres syntax, tools, and ecosystem without app code changes. Hydra offers a fully managed cloud instance with columnar storage and high throughput writes. In addition, Hydra decouples Postgres' query layer from compute and storage to enable developers to run Postgres queries across any database. Hydra's mission is to end vendor lock-in and standardize on developers' favorite open-source database, Postgres.

Hydra

Seed Round in 2022
Hydra is an open-source data warehouse that specializes in columnar storage, vectorization, and parallelized query execution

OneGraph

Seed Round in 2018
OneGraph Inc is a technology company that provides a GraphQL service designed to connect various Software as a Service (SaaS) APIs, facilitating faster and more efficient integrations for web and mobile applications. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Walnut, California, OneGraph automates key processes such as parallelization, queuing, and caching, enabling users to manage data requests through a single interface. The platform simplifies authentication flows, making it easier for clients and their customers to access services securely. With support for numerous APIs, including major platforms like Stripe, Salesforce, and GitHub, OneGraph aims to streamline the development process and enhance the overall user experience in accessing and utilizing API data.
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