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Pioneer Fund

VC
Boston, MAWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on supporting technical founders building in software infrastructure and enterprise software niches.

How Pioneer Fund invests

Pioneer Fund is a vc firm based in Boston, MA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Developer Tools, SaaS, Other. It does not invest in Consumer.

Pioneer Fund typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment.

Pioneer Fund has backed 1 company in our records, including CircleCI.

Meet the Team

TS

Tim Suzman

General Partner

consumer health
e-commerce
AI
bio-health
AP

Andrew Parker

GP

DevOps
B2B SaaS
AM

Alexander Mistakidis

Senior Venture Partner

gaming/eSports
games
IoT
data services
seed & Series A/B
KW

Kitch Wilson

Venture Partner

JG

Jason Gray

Founder & Managing General Partner

early stage
YC startups
venture capital
AC

Andrew Chen

General Partner

General Partner at a16z and Pioneer Fund LP.

LW

Liz Wessel

Partner

Partner at First Round Capital and Pioneer Fund LP.

KW

Kerry Wang

Partner

Partner at Accel and Pioneer Fund LP.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Developer Tools
SaaS
Other

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

CI

CircleCI

Developer Tools
How to pitch Pioneer Fund
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, SaaS, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Tim Suzman, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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