Pioneer Investors International

Investing globally has always been our instinct. Since launching our Early Stage and Growth Funds in San Francisco, we’ve established Early Stage funds in Asia, Europe, and South America. We created these funds to lead rounds at every stage, in every geography. We are actively on the ground across continents, seeing local trends up close, searching for top founders, and bringing them our world of resources. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth – connecting entrepreneurs to each other, to customers, and to insights from distant markets – to help them become a global success.

CLiffs is a deep technology-focused investment fund. It chooses to operate in an international landscape to become the Italian bridge to the U.S. VC market and exploit the opportunities offered by the most powerful innovation hubs of the world. Finally, with a focus on early-stage opportunities, we leverage our expertise, network, and resources to support entrepreneurs in scaling their businesses and driving technological advancements.

Lair East Labs is a startup accelerator based in New York that empowers founders to expand internationally. Our Mission Founders face a relentless uphill battle. That’s why we at Lair East Labs are dedicated to supporting founders, wherever they are in the world. Lair East Labs is a springboard: we propel founders along their growth trajectory by leveraging acceleration, investment and an international community of like-minded entrepreneurs. We believe that without founders there is no innovation. And without innovation, we won’t be able to meet the challenges of tomorrow. We support founders in building successful and sustainable ventures that solve global problems. We are founders accelerating founders. What Is Special About Us?Cross-border Acceleration: Our extensive international connections make us a bridge between the US and Asia, giving founders access to large and rapidly developing markets. Long-term Partnership: We are devoted partners looking to build fruitful and supportive relationships with founders beyond the accelerator program period. Tailored Approach: We tailor our investors, mentors and guidance specifically for every portfolio company. What matters most to us is that we help you create a positive and valuable societal impact. What Do We Value?Diversity: Everyone deserves equal opportunity to achieve success. We foster an environment of inclusivity that prioritizes ideas over origins and brings together people from around the world. Innovation: Innovation is the engine that drives change. We look for founders who see the world’s imperfections as an opportunity to innovate and transform industries. Impact: Financial returns are no longer enough. We support founders who actively pursue positive change to create a cleaner, fairer and more sustainable future. Global Perspective: The world is more connected than ever. We back founders with a global vision and then leverage our international network and resources to pave the road to success.

Pioneer Fund combines capital, expertise, connections, and support from 300+ Y Combinator alumni. All of us have invested in Pioneer Fund. Quick decisions We are founders first and know how painful a drawn out process is for founders. We endeavor to make decisions within 48 hours after meeting with founders. All verticals Our team consists of founders from companies in every field. We are interested in the future. All geographies We invest in all regions and invest in strong founders no matter where they are located. Our own decisions We don't invest based on what other investors are doing. We make our own decisions. Power of the network With backing from 300+ YC alumni and limited partners throughout the world, we have connections to industries and regions that we can use to help our portfolio founders grow and expand. Founders first We are all founders and YC alumni.

We know it’s time for LATAM. Opportunities are vast and wide; experienced operators are building more startups than ever before. As founders, we don’t primarily back projects, we back founders: Who How what We understand deep regional problems, and look for operators obsessed with them. We love investing in people captivated by a specific, targeted problem; who are willing to try a million ways of solving it. If we invest in you, it’s because we believe in you. We let founders succeed following their ideas, convictions and objectives. We hate micromanaging and a big brother attitude. We’re here for the long-ride. We are looking for very long partnerships. We will work together from the start line to the finish line. We execute extremely targeted interventions. We will come in when you need us, execute, and help fix any issue. We support companies in between this framework: Soft landing: Entering a new country in Latam? We can support you expanding operations. Investment: We are very experienced raising capital, and our VC network expands throughout regions. Network: Whoever you need to contact, we most probably have access to them. You’re an email away from the most experienced operators in the region.

We leverage our network of over 15,000 contacts providing access to media, customers, and investors to help support and guide our portfolio companies toward quantifiable milestones. INVESTMENT SIZE Our check size ranges from $50K-$100K. We aim to invest as early as possible in pre-seed and seed rounds, and make follow-on investments to support our founders whenever possible. FUND FOCUS We are a generalist fund looking to support outstanding entrepreneurs in their journeys to massively scale their companies. GEOGRAPHY Our Headquarters are in New York City. While the bulk of our investments are in New York, our portfolio companies hail from California to Canada, from Africa to LatAm. CAPITAL DEPLOYMENT We invest in 10-12 companies per year. We reserve rights to follow on in subsequent funding rounds. FOUNDERS We are looking for founders/co-founders with a technical background and/or prior entrepreneurial experience who can self-sufficiently build a company from concept to enormous scale.