Investor profile
Tristan Tao
Accelerator, Syndicate / Angel group, Venture capital & Investor / LP at FirsthandVC, Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, Investor at Stealth
Tristan Tao is a Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, whose known portfolio counts 39 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI AgentsAI ApplicationsAnalyticsBiotechComputer VisionCybersecurityDAO toolingDataDeveloper ToolsDiagnosticsDigital HealthDrug DiscoveryEnterprise SaaSFood & BeverageGenomicsInnovation PlatformLogisticsMachine LearningMarketplacesMedTechPaymentsProductivity ToolsSalesVenture StudioVertical SaaSWeb3Workflow Automation
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Investor / LP at FirsthandVC, whose known portfolio counts 14 companies
- EVE
- Lumber
- 8Flow
- Agree.com
- Coheso
- Knox
- Eudia
- ai.work
- Olto
- 2nd Set AI
- Monto
- Medida AI
- and 2 more
Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, whose known portfolio counts 39 companies
- Milk Video
- Atmos
- Hubble
- Atlas
- Taiv
- Thoughtly
- Alien
- Fractile
- Depot
- Harper
- Bolna
- Ellipsis
- and 27 more
Investor at Stealth, whose known portfolio counts 6 companies
- Lingopal
- NVision Imaging Technologies
- GEMGEM
- Hilt
- Scarlet AI
- SimuPhish
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, Commerce, FinTech and Hardware, and focus areas AI Agents, AI Applications, Analytics and Biotech fall inside that listing.
Pioneer Fund appears in Late-Stage, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Tristan Tao matches their raise.
Colleagues
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Ali Sina
Founder and CEO
Irvine, United States
Vishal Lugani
Stealth │ Venture Capital Investor
San Francisco, United States
Simon Chan
Founder
New York, United States
Kerem Ozkan
Investor
New York, United States
James Isilay
Investor
Zürich, Switzerland
Josue Gio
Venture Partner
Mexico City
Nurzhas M.
Founder
San Francisco, United States
Christian Stiebner
Venture Partner
Germany
Dave Messina
General Partner
San Diego, United States
Wenyi Zhu
Angel Investor
San Francisco, United States
Ti Zhao
Senior Venture Partner
San Francisco, United States
Ian Burgess
Venture Partner
Toronto, Canada
Deepanshu M.
Venture Partner
New York, United States
Nicholas Goldner
Venture Partner
San Francisco, United States
Robin Daniels
Advisor & Limited Partner
United States
Baris Aksoy
Investor
San Francisco, United States
Sherwin Gandhi
Venture Partner
Austin, United States
Steve Johnston
Venture Partner
Austin, United States
Michael Heinrich
Venture Partner + Angel Investor
Singapore
Afraj Gill
Limited Partner
San Francisco, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Tristan Tao?
Tristan Tao is an accelerator partner and syndicate member based in Los Angeles, California, United States, listed as Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund. The known portfolio of that firm counts 39 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Tristan Tao personally.
What does Tristan Tao invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, FinTech and Hardware; listed focus areas include AI Agents, AI Applications, Analytics and Biotech. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Tristan Tao invest at?
Pioneer Fund appears in Late-Stage, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Tristan Tao is listed there as Venture Partner. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Tristan Tao listed at?
Tristan Tao is listed as Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund. 182 other people in the database share a firm with Tristan Tao.
How do I contact Tristan Tao?
A phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Tristan Tao. They are readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address for this profile.
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