Investing Profile

Max Kolysh

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Senior Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund
alloyfund.comNew York, New York
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Networks Max is a member of
BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P. Network
437 CONNECTIONS
BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P. Network
437 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
397 CONNECTIONS
Sm4rt Predictive Systems Network
293 CONNECTIONS
Y Combinator Network
82 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Pioneer Fund Venture Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
5

Max Kolysh is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Max Kolysh's Investments On Record (5)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Silicon Data
SeedMar 2025$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Andrew Tan (Tower Research Capital), Leo De Luna (Tribeca Venture Partners)
Hamming AI
SeedDec 2024$4M
$4.5M
Co-investors: Gustaf Alströmer (Y Combinator), Lauren Farleigh (Mischief Venture Capital), Michael Stoppelman (Self-employed), Ran Makavy (Self-employed), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor)
dNovo Bio
SeedJan 2022$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Joey Krug (Founders Fund), Niki Pezeshki (Felicis Ventures), Nikhita Jaaswal (Soma Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Justin Mateen, Jean Pigozzi
OpenLattice
SeedApr 2018$2M
$7M
Co-investors: Eric Wiesen (Bullpen Capital), Mike Krieger (Anthropic)
Headstart
SeedSep 2017$1M
$1M
Co-investors: David Helgason (foobar.vc)

Max Kolysh's Experience

Senior Venture Partner Pioneer Fund2017 - Present
San Francisco Bay Area ZINCPresent
Technical Instructor BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Investor BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Board Member ZINCPresent
Board Member DoverPresent
Founder and COO ZINCPresent
Visiting Partner Y CombinatorPresent
Technical Instructor Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Technical Instructor MIT Africa Information Technology InitiativePresent
Software Engineer GrouponPresent
Management Consultant Oliver WymanPresent
Forward Deployed Engineer Palantir TechnologiesPresent
General Partner Alloy FundPresent
Founder and COO ZincPresent
Founder and CEO DoverPresent
Financial Services Consultant Oliver WymanPresent
Board Member ZincPresent

Max Kolysh's Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bachelor's degree Computer Science