RISHI NARANG 

CO-FOUNDER & CEO OF PIONEER 

Rishi Narang is the co-founder & CEO of Pioneer (https://pioneer.app). Pioneer is an accelerator dedicated to supporting founders on day 0. Anyone working on a project can join the Pioneer Tournament, track their progress, and get feedback from other founders. Top founders are selected to join the accelerator program, which has funded 140+ companies from 50+ countries who’ve collectively raised $100M+ from a16z, Sequoia, Khosla, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, and many others.

Before starting Pioneer in 2018 with co-founder Daniel Gross, Rishi worked on product & engineering at AngelList, and was a managing partner at Dorm Room Fund. He has a Bachelor’s in Science & Engineering from Princeton University, where he majored in computer science.