Gaurav Maken

Gaurav Maken is currently serving as a Community Partner at Pioneer Fund since April 2025. Prior to this role, Gaurav co-founded and managed Full Future from March 2020 to May 2025, and held the position of Sr. Venture Partner at Orange DAO from November 2021 to November 2024. Gaurav founded Mylk Guys, a startup from Y Combinator's Summer 2018 cohort, and was the Head of Product at b8ta for a brief period in 2017. Earlier experience includes working as a Sr. Product Manager for Catalog at Instacart and a Technical Program Manager for Financial Systems at Amazon, following a role as a Software Engineer for Payment Products at the same company. Gaurav began a career in technology with internships at Qualcomm and Research In Motion. Academic qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto.