Pioneer Fund

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Pioneer Fund

A fund of 400+ Y Combinator alumni investing in and supporting top startups from Y Combinator, the world's top accelerator.

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What People Are Saying

"I love Pioneer Fund's approach to investing in YC startups. They do the work the right way: evaluating teams, products, and ideas and making up their own mind, and investing with conviction."

Garry Tan

President & CEO of Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund LP

Pioneer Fund

What People Are Saying

Garry Tan

A few of our investments since 2018

99minutos

Aspire

C16 Biosciences

Curebase

Dover

Eclipse Foods

OnDeck

Pelago

Prenda

REGENT

Shef

Shelf Engine

Shogun

Snackpass

Tajir

Torch

VCs investing in our portfolio

Our team of 360+ YC alumni

Jason Gray

Alexander Mistakidis

Alexander Singh

Austin Walker

Bede Jordan

Beth Kolko

Connor Hailey

Dave Messina

David Gobaud

Eric Norman

Francesco Mosconi

Greg Kress

Ian Cinnamon

Jonathan Tang

Justin Olshavsky

Kendall Ananyi

Leigh Honeywell

Luke Iseman

Matteo Cera

Neel Murthy

Neil Chudleigh

Patrick Deem

Rajiv Bhat

Rob Picard

Stacey Hronowski

Taro Fukuyama

Ti Zhao

Tiffany Kuo

Whitney Gaynor

Yana Welinder

Yash Kothari

Zach Waterfield

Zane Salim

Andii Davis

Daniel Baum

David Pervan

Julie Topp

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William Schlacks

CEO of MachineLINK

William Schlacks

CEO of MachineLINK

Greater Columbia, Missouri Area

Overview

Work Experience

MachineLINK

CEO

2016 - Current

EquipmentShare

Co Founder & President

2014

Schlacks

Co Owner

2011

Tiger Storage

Co Owner

2013

NASS

Co Owner

2013

Education

Shepherdsfield School

Investments

Albiware

Bolster

Soil Connect

CharlieMike

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