Pilot Growth Equity

About The Fund

Pilot Growth Equity is a venture capital firm specialized in technology growth equity, with a focus on nurturing technology entrepreneurs through a blend of expertise, strategic relationships, and business development support. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, California, they offer operating, company building, and advisory expertise, along with global access to private and public sector customers. They invest across a diverse range of technology sectors including Software, IT, Business Solutions, Hardware, Energy, Sales and Marketing, AI and Big Data, HealthTech, Developer tools, Material Science, Medical Devices, Healthcare, Online Social, and Consumer. Pilot Growth Equity's investment range is broad, with a minimum of $250,000 and a maximum of $100,000,000, though their sweet spot for investments is around $10,000,000. The firm provides growth equity and carves a niche for itself with specialties in Seed, Series A, and Series B funding stages, positioning itself as a valuable partner for companies in the growth stage of development. Their approach is unique due to their AI-driven deal sourcing and a keen emphasis on portfolio company value creation. Coupled with their model of supporting entrepreneurs, Pilot Growth Equity leverages their extensive network and practical experience to craft success narratives similar to those of their alumni companies such as Counsyl (acquired by Myriad Genetics) and Zenedge (acquired by Oracle). By merging their broad expertise in the tech sector with a partnership model, they aim to elevate companies like Bizzabo, CB Insights, Metabiota, r4, Tailwind, Velocidi, and Webgility, as evidenced in the testimonials from these companies' founders and CEOs. Pilot Growth Equity prides itself on being founder-friendly investors with a clear focus on growth stage private technology companies.