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YC W13 founder-turned-GP at Pioneer Fund, now Head of Growth at Rippling
Credibility
GTM / Distribution · 81th percentile
- rippling.com ranks #16,565 on the Majestic Million (global domain prominence).
Relationship Matrix
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Founder score
- 97%Probability of being accurate (97%)Y Combinator W13 alum via Swapbox.
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)rippling.com ranks #16,565 on the Majestic Million (global domain prominence).
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)Past founder of Swapbox (YC W13), which was acquired in 2017.
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Swapbox raised $800K in seed funding led by Tony Hsieh's Vegas Tech Fund.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Swapbox was acquired by Safe Deposit Box Insurance Coverage (SDBIC) in August 2017 at an undisclosed price.
- 80%Probability of being accurate (80%)Swapbox was co-founded with at least one other co-founder.
- 70%Probability of being accurate (70%)GitHub account identified for Neel Murthy (@neelmurthy).
- 70%Probability of being accurate (70%)GitHub account (@neelmurthy) has been active for approximately 8 years.
Investor score
- 92%Probability of being accurate (92%)Partner / Principal at Pioneer Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm with 300+ portfolio companies.
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Publicly identified as an angel investor and active YC-focused investor through Pioneer Fund.
- 88%Probability of being accurate (88%)Active GP / fund manager as Founding Senior Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund since 2017.
- 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Approximately 7 years of investing experience since founding Pioneer Fund in 2017.
- 80%Probability of being accurate (80%)Also a Venture Partner at Palm Drive Capital, an additional early-stage VC firm.
What you likely need
You'd get the most out of Festival events that put you in the room with early-stage YC founders who need a growth operator — your Goldbelly and Rippling credentials are rare and founders will seek you out the moment they hear your story. Roundtables and dinners focused on marketplace mechanics or growth-stage investing would let you road-test your operator playbook publicly and sharpen your positioning as a fund manager. Co-investment and syndicate-focused gatherings with other YC alumni investors would help you formalize your deal flow infrastructure and build the LP and co-investor relationships Pioneer Fund needs to scale.
Would you attend these IRL Festival events?
We will tune and customize your Founder Festival experience to make sure you get invited to the events that would be most valuable to you.
- positioningA YC alumni dinner for marketplace operators and investors where you can road-test your Goldbelly and Rippling scaling framework with founders actively building in the space
- introsA YC W13 alumni investor roundtable to swap deal flow, compare syndicate structures, and get warm introductions to current YC batch founders who need a growth operator advisor
- fundraisingA happy hour for early-stage angel syndicates and SPV managers to pressure-test Pioneer Fund's co-investment structure and find credible co-investors for YC marketplace deals
- tacticalA dinner for YC X25 batch founders and operator-advisors where you can formalize your Cactus advisory relationship and identify two or three additional structured advisory roles with equity terms
- positioningA small roundtable of marketplace founders and growth-focused investors where you workshop and publicly stress-test your marketplace scaling framework ahead of turning it into a blog or LinkedIn series
- fundraisingA dinner for YC operator-angels building dedicated fund vehicles to explore whether a focused YC marketplace SPV anchored by your Goldbelly and Rippling edge is the right next structure for Pioneer Fund
- positioningA tactical workshop for operator-investors turning their hands-on experience into a public brand, where you can get structured feedback on your landing page and growth operator newsletter concept from peers who have already done it