Join a network of
250+ founders
in
50+ countries
Pioneers receive $20,000, join a 3-month accelerator program, spend a month together in San Francisco, and much more.
Kickstart your company
Pioneer is designed to help founders on day 0 build their network, move faster, and
find product-market fit.
3-month remote accelerator
Regularly meet with an advisor and a small group of Pioneers
Trip to San Francisco
Build alongside other Pioneers for 1 month or longer
Amazon Web Services
$10,000 in AWS credits
Github
$1,000/mo in GitHub Enterprise credits for 2 years
Segment
$50,000 in Segment credits
Mixpanel
$50,000 in Mixpanel credits for 1 year
Plaid
Up to $3,500/mo in Plaid credits for 6 months
Mixmax
Free Mixmax Small Business for 1 year
Intercom
Free Intercom for 1 year, 20% off forever
Airtable
$2,000 in Airtable credits
Vercel
$1,200 in Vercel credits, 10% off forever
1% to become a Pioneer
1% of your company, structured as common stock, for the benefits above
+
An optional $20,000 investment
At your last round's valuation, or $2M—whichever is higher
Join the network
Meet the Pioneers
Pioneers have gone on to collectively raise nearly $200M from Sequoia, a16z, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, and many more.
“Pioneer is excellent. You’ll find the real builders there. The accelerator was my chance as a relative outsider to break in and build the highest leverage relationships I have ever had in my career.”
Erik Dunteman
“Pioneer has changed the trajectory of my startup and my life. Through incremental and subtly powerful means it forces you to develop precisely the primary quality of a good founder — relentless resourcefulness for executing on the things that matter. Highly recommend.”
Alex Gunnarson
“I can’t emphasize enough how crucial Pioneer was in our early days, even before we were a startup. We’d have probably died early on without Pioneer’s support and the amazing founder community.”
David Nandwa
“It’s been insanely helpful.”
Jake Cooper
“The Summit was a great way to get quickly networked in SF while having a cohort of founders and friends to meet with regularly. I met a lot of like-minded and incredibly talented founders.”
Rahul Tarak
“I did Pioneer with Clearcall and it was the best decision I made in 2019. Highly recommended.”
Justin Glibert
“You don't know how awesome the Pioneer community is before joining their Slack!”
Sam Abrika
“I literally started by myself in my living room in April and the only reason we are here is because of Pioneer. Jason saw the pitch and he invited us to LAUNCH [accelerator] because of it, so thank you.”
Karen Serfaty
“I've been dying for a community like this forever. This company is taking off and I attribute it 100% to Pioneer.”
Sacha Schermerhorn
“It's basically my favorite thing on the internet.”
Everett Berry
“This journey has been nothing less than amazing. Even though the past couple of weeks were rough, this group was essential for my survival (mentally and otherwise). Thank you for that!”
Sherif Ali
“Pioneer has given us the best peer group we've ever had.”
Esteban Vargas
“If you are plagued with the disease of needing to start a company, there is no better hospital than Pioneer. The community of mature builders is top notch and the most intentionally diverse collective you can find today.”
Leonard Bogdonoff
“Joining Pioneer was the best thing we've done as a company.”
Matthew Johnson
“Pioneer has been a fantastic experience. The Pioneer team as well as the other founders in the cohort are some of the smartest and kindest people I know, and working with them during camp and the summit has not only been fun, but has helped us move much faster. Highly recommend!”
Niels Andriesse
“Pioneer is one of the most high-leverage things I’ve done in my life. And my favorite community.”
Julia Wu
“Pioneer is definitely in the top 3 things to ever happen to my life so I’m a huge fan!”
Arsalan Bashir
“It all started with Pioneer. They were the first ones who believed in Peek. It opened up so many doors with future users, investors & partners and what's more - I've made life long friends with incredible people.”
Deborah Igunma
“Pioneer was one of the first supporters of what I was doing early on. Pioneer helped me go from a hacker to a company.”
Luke Barwikowski
“Pioneer is an amazing thing. It indeed takes the idea of an accelerator online, and makes it available for people all around the world. I love the regular feedback, love to see what other fellow Pioneers do, and learn from them. Highly recommend it for any early-stage startup!”
Andriy Bas
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Mentorship
Get practical advice
You’ll have support from our network of advisors & the Pioneer team.
Check out these clips from past sessions:
Jeff Weinstein (Stripe)
Articulating your problem
Daniel Gross (Pioneer)
Product feedback
Calvin French-Owen (Segment)
Focusing on distribution vs. product
Summit
Spend a month with other Pioneers IRL
Pioneers travel to San Francisco for 1 month together.
We plan a light schedule—dinners, talks with successful founders, etc.—designed to help you make real progress.
