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Pilot

Outsourced accounting, tax, and CFO services for startups and SMBs powered by software + humans
Fintech 📍 San Francisco, CA Founded 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
Last round vs current secondary price per share$1.52Last round$0.19Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month0.0%6-month0.0%1-year0.0%All-time-83.0%
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

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series C$100MSep 2021Bezos 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.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month8Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionOps & People3Sales & GTM2Engineering2Finance & Strategy1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Sr. Software EngineerSr. Software Engineer, InfrastructureConsultant, Payroll Operations Founding Account ExecutiveFounding Account ExecutiveManager, Business Operations
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

Products

  • Pilot Bookkeeping
  • Pilot Tax
  • Pilot CFO Services
  • R&D Tax Credit

Competitors

Bench (defunct) · 1-800Accountant · Ramp Treasury · Decimal · Acuity
FintechAccountingSMBOutsourced Services
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.