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

Vanessa Lee

Venture Partner

Ilya Lichtenstein

Venture Partner

Evan Lodge

Venture Partner

Parthi Loganathan

Venture Partner

Rohit Malhotra

Venture Partner

Ritik Malhotra

Venture Partner

Matthew McDonald

Venture Partner

Dave Messina

General Partner

Will Mitchell

Venture Partner

Francesco Mosconi

Venture Partner

Anthony Nemitz

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 Robotics

Andromeda Surgical

Seed Round in 2024
Andromeda Surgical is a developer of autonomous robotic systems designed to enhance the consistency, accuracy, and efficiency of surgical procedures. The company focuses on creating an open platform that facilitates urologic surgeries, which have demonstrated superior outcomes but have faced challenges in widespread adoption due to technical complexities. By leveraging its technology, Andromeda Surgical aims to empower surgeons at all skill levels, allowing them to perform procedures with the precision typically associated with world experts. This innovative approach seeks to improve surgical outcomes and increase accessibility to advanced surgical techniques.

Miru

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Miru is a software development firm offering monitoring and troubleshooting autonomous vehicles, robots and drone.

Weave Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Weave Robotics is a robotics engineering company specializing in the development of autonomous home robots. Their flagship product is a personal robot designed to assist with household chores and daily tasks, which can be controlled via voice, text, or a mobile application.

Ultra.tech

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Ultra.tech is creating AI robots automate e-commerce tasks like packaging, boosting efficiency and reducing labor.

Theseus

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Theseus is a defence technology company specialising in GPS-free drone navigation. It develops and provides a Visual Navigation System (VNS) that can be retrofitted onto any drone, utilising cameras, accelerometers, gyroscopes, and reference satellite imagery for positioning. This system offers an alternative to GPS, ensuring militaries and surveillance teams can operate independently of GPS signals.

AutoPallet Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2024
AutoPallet Robotics specializes in warehouse automation, offering a unique solution for case picking. The company manufactures agile, mobile robots designed to move boxes within existing warehouse infrastructure. These small, efficient robots provide a low-cost, robust automation service, enabling businesses to reduce operational costs, enhance flexibility, and improve technological proficiency in case picking and mixed-SKU palletization.

Conductor Quantum

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Conductor Quantum specializes in the development of quantum computers, focusing on silicon chip-based systems. The company's core offering is an AI-powered platform designed to automate and expedite the creation and control of qubits, the fundamental units of quantum information. This platform aims to reduce manual intervention and accelerate advancements in quantum computing by optimizing semiconductor chips for quantum applications.

Pivot Robots

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Pivot Robots is a company that specializes in developing AI vision control software to enhance industrial robotic systems. By integrating off-the-shelf robots and advanced vision sensors, Pivot Robots enables these machines to adapt more effectively within manufacturing environments. The company's innovative software is specifically designed to facilitate the integration of robotic arms in tasks such as metal grinding, which are often hazardous and labor-intensive. By leveraging the latest advancements in core vision models, Pivot Robots aims to streamline automation processes, allowing manufacturers to improve efficiency and safety in their operations.

K-Scale Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2024
K-Scale Labs specializes in developing advanced humanoid robots, with a focus on making them versatile, accessible, and capable of real-world applications. The company's flagship product, K-Bot, is a state-of-the-art platform designed for flexibility, running any user-provided AI models and coming preloaded with K-Scale OS, a high-performance, memory-safe operating system built in Rust. K-Bot is fully repairable and customizable, offering superior quality and empowering developers to innovate without constraints. Additionally, K-Scale Labs provides open-source tools to facilitate robotics development, and a cash-back program based on usage, encouraging data-sharing initiatives.

Adagy Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Adagy Robotics specializes in remote intervention services for robots, primarily focusing on agricultural equipment. When a robot, such as a tractor, malfunctions or becomes lost, Adagy's trained operators take control remotely, guiding the robot back to safety and enabling it to resume autonomous operation.

Andromeda Surgical

Seed Round in 2023
Andromeda Surgical is a developer of autonomous robotic systems designed to enhance the consistency, accuracy, and efficiency of surgical procedures. The company focuses on creating an open platform that facilitates urologic surgeries, which have demonstrated superior outcomes but have faced challenges in widespread adoption due to technical complexities. By leveraging its technology, Andromeda Surgical aims to empower surgeons at all skill levels, allowing them to perform procedures with the precision typically associated with world experts. This innovative approach seeks to improve surgical outcomes and increase accessibility to advanced surgical techniques.

OpenShelf

Seed Round in 2023
OpenShelf is a company founded in 2023 that specializes in inventory automation for optometrists. It has developed a unique system that incorporates robotic technology to manage and distribute thousands of different contact lens boxes. This innovative "vending machine" style solution simplifies the inventory management process, allowing optometrists to efficiently handle, sort, and disperse contact lenses. Additionally, OpenShelf's software provides valuable data insights that help practitioners determine optimal reordering times for specific prescriptions and maintain appropriate stock levels.

Clone Robotics

Seed Round in 2022
Clone Robotics develops biomimetic androids and robotic components. Their products include anthropomorphic hands, biomimetic skeletons, custom hydraulic power supplies, valves, and artificial muscles. The company aims to advance intelligent machines and facilitate the replacement of humans with robots safely.

Airhart Aeronautics

Venture Round in 2022
Airhart Aeronautics, founded in 2022, specializes in the development of semi-autonomous airplanes designed to enhance the flying experience for pilots. By utilizing advanced fault-tolerant fly-by-wire control technology, Airhart streamlines all phases of flight, ensuring that operations are both safe and intuitive. The company's comprehensive testing processes are integrated into the design from the beginning, prioritizing flight safety. Airhart aims to personalize the flying experience, allowing pilots to focus on navigation while the aircraft manages the complexities of flight. Through its innovative approach, Airhart seeks to redefine the perception of small aircraft, making flying more accessible and enjoyable for a broader audience.

Cofactr

Seed Round in 2022
Cofactr, founded in 2021 by Matthew Haber and Phillip Gulley in New York, specializes in supply chain automation and procurement optimization for critical industries such as aerospace, defense, medtech, and robotics. The company offers an automated electronics purchasing assistant that aids hardware teams in sourcing necessary components by connecting them with global suppliers. Cofactr's platform features powerful supply chain intelligence, intuitive forecasting, transparent search capabilities, automated quoting, and instant purchasing. By streamlining these processes, Cofactr enables clients to proactively address sourcing challenges and reduce supply issues, ensuring the timely delivery of essential hardware.

Revolve Surgical

Seed Round in 2021
Revolve Surgical is a Toronto, Ontario-headquartered company developing a robotic surgery platform designed to enable robotic procedures across a broader range of operating rooms and to advance value-based care. The hybrid manual-robotic system eliminates teleoperation and seeks to reduce the size, cost, and training required by current robotic devices, expanding access to robotic surgery for patients. The technology targets abdominal surgeries performed outside traditional hospital settings, aiming to bring the benefits of surgical robotics to more care settings in the United States.

Somatic

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Somatic specializes in robotic cleaning services for commercial bathrooms. Its robots clean restrooms via virtual reality programming, reducing operational costs by up to 50% and improving hygiene.

Augmented Radar Imaging

Seed Round in 2018
Augmented Radar Imaging, Inc. specializes in the development of advanced radar systems that offer 4D imaging solutions designed for autonomous vehicles and warehouse robots. Founded in 2017 and located in Mountain View, California, the company focuses on enhancing safety and autonomy through next-generation radar technology. By integrating sophisticated radar systems with advanced machine learning algorithms, Augmented Radar Imaging aims to improve the operational efficiency and safety of autonomous systems in various applications.
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