Outsourced accounting, tax, and CFO services for startups and SMBs powered by software + humans
Fintech📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2017
Current Valuation
$1.2B
as of 2021-Q3
UNICORN
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Pilot going public?
No. Pilot has no imminent IPO plans on record. It is still private.
What is Pilot's valuation in 2026?
Pilot is valued at $1.2B as of 2021-Q3, set by its Series C ($100M, Sep 2021). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Pilot filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Pilot.
Who are Pilot's investors?
Pilot's investors include Bezos Expeditions, Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Stripe, Whale Rock Capital.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Pilot offers tech-enabled bookkeeping and tax services to 5,000+ startups and SMBs, including notable Y Combinator alums. Founded by Ksplice/Zulip alumni Waseem Daher (Dropbox acquired both prior companies). Won against Bench (which collapsed in late 2024).
Company Profile
CEO
Waseem Daher
Founded
2017
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~400
Total Raised
$161M
Last Round
Series C — $100M (Sep 2021) · Lead: Bezos Expeditions
IPO Status
no imminent plans
Fundraising Status
Series C · $100M · 4y 11mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $161M
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$0.19
Last round price / share
$1.52
vs last round
-87.5%
Open interest
2
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series C
$100M
Sep 2021
Bezos Expeditions
—
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▲ Hiring uptrend
88% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
8
via greenhouse
Product-build share
25%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
balanced build + GTM — 25% builders vs 75% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Counted from Pilot's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Waseem DaherJeff ArnoldJessica McKellar
Investors
Bezos Expeditions · Sequoia Capital · Index Ventures · Stripe · Whale Rock Capital
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2021-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.