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Pioneer Fund Portfolio Companies

Investor actively backing innovative startups and growth-stage companies across various industries and funding rounds.

Last updated: June 2026

Pioneer Fund Investment Overview

Portfolio Companies
607
Total Invested
$3.0B
Average Investment
$6.5M

Pioneer Fund's Most Recent Investments (2020+)

Company NameFoundedFunding StageAmountCity
Blacktop Hoops2023Seed$5.1MBerkeley
Alga Biosciences2023Seed$4.0MSan Francisco
Storyboarder2023Pre-Seed$500KSan Francisco
Paperplane2023Seed$3.0MNew York
Pomodyne2023SeedUndisclosedMountain View
KURUKURU2023SeedUndisclosedSan Francisco
NuMind2023Seed$3.0MCambridge
Birch Biosciences2023Grant$1.6MPortland
HireSure2023Seed$2.5MBengaluru
Positional2023Seed$2.6MCharleston

Complete List of Pioneer Fund Portfolio Companies (607)

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#CompanyStageAmountLocation
526Blacktop HoopsSeed$5.1MBerkeley, United States
527Alga BiosciencesSeed$4.0MSan Francisco, United States
528StoryboarderPre-Seed$500KSan Francisco, United States
529PaperplaneSeed$3.0MNew York, United States
530PomodyneSeedUndisclosedMountain View, United States
531KURUKURUSeedUndisclosedSan Francisco, United States
532NuMindSeed$3.0MCambridge, United States
533Birch BiosciencesGrant$1.6MPortland, United States
534HireSureSeed$2.5MBengaluru, India
535PositionalSeed$2.6MCharleston, United States
ComputerOnline GamesPC GamesVirtual Reality

Blacktop Hoops is a multiplayer virtual reality sports game inspired by the society of streetball.

Berkeley, United States
April 2023
$5.1M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyFarmingLife Science

Alga Biosciences is a startup that develops solutions to reduce methane emissions from cattle farming using algae-based feed additives.

San Francisco, United States
April 2023
$4.0M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

InternetMarketplace

Storyboarder is a tool and platform that enables one to create, buy, and sell webcomics.

San Francisco, United States
April 2023
$500K
Pre-Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

Big DataCreditCredit BureauFinTechNatural Language ProcessingRisk ManagementSoftware

Modern credit risk management software for builders', plumber, and timber merchants.

New York, United States
April 2023
$3.0M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

AgricultureAgTechBiotechnology

Pomodyne develops crop cultivation technology with the goal of revolutionizing fruit crop cultivation.

Mountain View, United States
April 2023
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

3D TechnologyArtificial Intelligence (AI)Information Technology

KURUKURU is a webcomic platform to create comics by posing scenes and generating characters.

San Francisco, United States
April 2023
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningSaaS

NuMind is a SAAS company that offers data scientists, analysts and software engineers AI tools to create custom NLP models.

Cambridge, United States
March 2023
$3.0M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyPlastics and Rubber ManufacturingProduct Research

Birch Biosciences is a biotechnology research firm that specializes in recycling plastic using enzymes.

Portland, United States
February 2023
$1.6M
Grant

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Human Resources

HireSure is a blockchain registry for job offers & employment history.

Bengaluru, India
February 2023
$2.5M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

AnalyticsContentProductivity ToolsSEO

Positional is a toolset for content teams to scale their content channels faster and drive more traffic from organic search.

Charleston, United States
February 2023
$2.6M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

Embedded SoftwareFinancial ServicesService IndustrySoftware

TrueBiz reduces manual review during business verification automating analysis of the business' web presence.

New York, United States
January 2023
$2.4M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

Information TechnologyProductivity ToolsSoftwareTask Management

LifeAt is a software company that offers one tool to supercharge the productivity and complete tasks.

Seattle, United States
January 2023
$3.0M
Pre-Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

CreditFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech

Grain provides a digital credit card that empowers users to manage their credit responsibly.

Oakland, United States
January 2023
$16.6M
Series Unknown

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

Health Care

Nest Genomics is a lab-agnostic, comprehensive software solution for implementing genomic programs at scale.

New York, United States
January 2023
$8.5M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

PropTechReal EstateSoftware

Pulppo is the first Proptech that created a transparent and seamless buying process by empowering agents with tech, tools and support.

Polanco, Mexico
January 2023
$5.0M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

AnalyticsE-CommerceFashionInternetMarketplaceMobile AppsRetailRetail TechnologyShoesTrading Platform

WANTD is a consumer marketplace for fashion and footwear brands to launch and sell products.

Los Angeles, United States
January 2023
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

Environmental Engineering

Make Sunsets is a Sunlight Reflection company that creates biodegradable, reflective clouds at high altitudes to cool the planet.

Box Elder, United States
December 2022
$750K
Pre-Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

ComplianceDocument ManagementFinTechLegal TechSaaS

Frictionless compliance.

Buenos Aires, Argentina
December 2022
$2.6M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech

Mora helps parents setup and manage ROTH IRA's for their kids.

Santa Ana, United States
December 2022
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

CreditFinancial ServicesWealth Management

Pivo is a financial hub that allows small & medium businesses across Africa access to all the financial services they need in one place.

Wuse, Nigeria
November 2022
$2.0M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsMachine Learning

Airtrain AI is an AI data platform that specializes in data curation, fine-tuning, and evaluation for LLMs.

San Francisco, United States
November 2022
$3.2M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

ComputerSoftware

The new home for your internet.

London, United Kingdom
November 2022
$4.0M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

CommunitiesHuman ResourcesTraining

Emerge Career platform offers vocational training for people released from prison to get immediate jobs.

New York, United States
November 2022
$3.2M
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

Health CareRecruiting

DirectShifts is a healthcare labor marketplace, connecting healthcare workers with organizations for contract/per-diem/full time work

New York, United States
November 2022
Series Unknown

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

B2BBankingFinancial ServicesFinTech

Bridgecard is a fintech company that offers cards for companies in Africa to issue to their customers or employees.

Lekki, Nigeria
November 2022
Seed

Founder Contacts

19,000+ verified contacts

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Frequently Asked Questions About Pioneer Fund

How many companies has Pioneer Fund invested in?

Pioneer Fund has invested in 607 companies tracked in our database. The portfolio spans multiple industries and funding stages, from seed-stage startups to late-stage companies.

What industries does Pioneer Fund invest in?

Pioneer Fund's top investment sectors include FinTech, Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Biotechnology. The firm invests across 57 different industry categories.

What is Pioneer Fund's largest investment?

Among tracked funding rounds, Grain received $16.6M in a Series Unknown round. Pioneer Fund's total known invested capital is $3.0B.

What is the average investment size for Pioneer Fund?

Pioneer Fund's average investment size is $6.5M across its portfolio of 607 companies.

What are Pioneer Fund's most recent investments?

Recent Pioneer Fund portfolio additions include Blacktop Hoops, Alga Biosciences, Storyboarder, Paperplane, Pomodyne. These companies were founded in 2020 or later.

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