Pioneer Raises $2.9M in Seed Funding

Pioneer

Pioneer, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI-powered service for climate tech companies, raised $2.9M in Seed funding.

The round was led by Blue Bear Capital. Participating investors include Collaborative Fund, Soma Capital, Cool Climate Collective, and Kayan Ventures.

The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its growth.

Founded in 2022, and led by CEO Mitko Simeonov and COO Kyle Treige, Pioneer combines large language models (LLMs) with process execution expertise to help climate tech companies win more non-dilutive funding more efficiently, from the ecosystem of government and non-governmental funding. Specifically, it enables companies to match their sector focus, business model, and capital needs with potential funding sources, and then apply across thousands of grants, contracts, and other incentives from sources at a federal, state, and local level.

FinSMEs

09/11/2023