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Pilot Growth Equity

Founders John DeLoche Neil Callahan Rob Walker William Lee

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Total investments 14
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$20M
Portfolio companies 10
Rounds per year 1.27
Lead investments 9
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.29
Exits 2
Key employees 3

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Software
  • Analytics
  • Big Data
  • SaaS
Summary

Pilot Growth Equity appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2011. The main office of represented VC is situated in the San Francisco. The company was established in North America in United States.

This organization was formed by John DeLoche, Neil Callahan, Rob Walker, William Lee. Besides them, we counted 3 critical employees of this fund in our database.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Bizzabo, Webgility, CB Insights. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Analytics, Cloud Data Services.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Pilot Growth Equity, startups are often financed by Undercurrent, Tao Capital Partners, SharesPost Investment Management. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Undercurrent, Tao Capital Partners, SharesPost Investment Management. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Felicis Ventures, SharesPost Investment Management, Industry Ventures.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The top activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Opposing the other organizations, this Pilot Growth Equity works on 14 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 65 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Tailwind

Advertising
Image Recognition
Internet
Social Bookmarking
Social Media
Social Media Marketing
$9M21 Dec 2018 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

r4 Technologies

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Cloud Data Services
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
$20M18 Jul 2018 Connecticut, United States

Bizzabo

Event Management
Marketing
Meeting Software
SaaS
Software
Ticketing
$15M13 Dec 2017 New York, United States

Webgility

Business Intelligence
E-Commerce
SaaS
Software
$6M20 Sep 2017 San Francisco, California, United States

Metabiota

Analytics
Big Data
Health Care
Risk Management
$7M25 Feb 2017 San Francisco, California, United States

Velocidi

Analytics
Business/Productivity Software
Cloud Data Services
Data Integration
Database Software
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Predictive Analytics
Software
$12M10 Nov 2016 New York, United States

Zenedge

Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Enterprise Software
Network Security
$6M08 Sep 2016 Florida, United States

Perthera

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Hospital
Medical
$8M28 Jun 2016 Virginia, United States

CB Insights

Analytics
Angel Investment
Database
Software
Venture Capital
$10M01 Sep 2015 New York, United States

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Total investments 14
Average round size 20M
Rounds per year 1.27
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 9
Follow on index 0.29
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.57

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Tailwind

Advertising
Image Recognition
Internet
Social Bookmarking
Social Media
Social Media Marketing
$9M21 Dec 2018 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

r4 Technologies

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Cloud Data Services
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
$20M18 Jul 2018 Connecticut, United States

Bizzabo

Event Management
Marketing
Meeting Software
SaaS
Software
Ticketing
$15M13 Dec 2017 New York, United States

Webgility

Business Intelligence
E-Commerce
SaaS
Software
$6M20 Sep 2017 San Francisco, California, United States

Metabiota

Analytics
Big Data
Health Care
Risk Management
$7M25 Feb 2017 San Francisco, California, United States

Velocidi

Analytics
Business/Productivity Software
Cloud Data Services
Data Integration
Database Software
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Predictive Analytics
Software
$12M10 Nov 2016 New York, United States

Zenedge

Cloud Computing
Cyber Security
Enterprise Software
Network Security
$6M08 Sep 2016 Florida, United States

Perthera

Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
Hospital
Medical
$8M28 Jun 2016 Virginia, United States

CB Insights

Analytics
Angel Investment
Database
Software
Venture Capital
$10M01 Sep 2015 New York, United States
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