Pilot Reaches Unicorn Status with $100M Series C Backed by Bezos Expeditions
March 27, 2021
Led by TJ Alumni:
Bezos Expeditions and Whale Rock Capital joined Pilot's Series C round, extending it from $60M to $100M and doubling the company's valuation to $1.2 billion — making Pilot a fintech unicorn. The company, founded by TJHSST alum Waseem Daher along with Jeff Arnold and Jessica McKellar, positions itself as an affordable, cloud-based alternative to traditional accounting for startups and SMBs.
Pilot had previously raised a $60M Series C led by Sequoia Capital in January 2021 and a $40M Series B led by Index Ventures with participation from Stripe in 2019. The company's total funding stands at approximately $222M across 6 rounds, making it the largest startup-focused accounting firm in the United States.