Pilot Mountain Ventures

Pilot Mountain Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City. The firm specializes in seed to Series A investments, primarily focusing on the technology and medical device sectors, where its team possesses significant expertise. Comprising experienced investors, corporate executives, consultants, and entrepreneurs, Pilot Mountain Ventures aims to provide not only financial backing but also strategic support to its portfolio companies. By leveraging a robust network for business development and recruiting, the firm enhances the growth potential of its investments on a global scale.

Steve Perricone

Founder and Managing Partner

15 past transactions

Alievio

Series A in 2018
Alievio is a North Carolina-based innovative glaucoma medical device company. The company has introduced the first glaucoma therapy that will not only circumvent the complications present with glaucoma surgery. It also provides ophthalmologists with the first tool that can stop the progression of glaucoma.

First

Seed Round in 2017
First is a software company that uses artificial and predictive intelligence on when and why people move to predict sales and marketing. It brings predictive marketing to real estate. Fundamentally changing how service providers find their next customer. They discover when and why people will buy or sell a house, so they can connect realtors with new clients at the perfect time. Thus, the company predicts who will sell by tracking 700+ signals across 214 million people nationwide.

InnAVasc

Seed Round in 2016
InnAVasc Medical, Inc. is a medical device company based in Durham, North Carolina, focused on developing innovative solutions for vascular access in hemodialysis. Founded by surgeons from Duke University, the company has created the Bullet Proof Vascular Access Graft, an advanced arteriovenous graft designed with two multilayer cannulation chambers. This technology features low bleed capabilities and is engineered to resist posterior and sidewall needle penetration, thereby minimizing the risk of needle cannulation injuries. By modifying existing synthetic vascular grafts, InnAVasc aims to enhance immediate hemodialysis access and improve graft access safety, ultimately reducing the likelihood of adverse events and device failures associated with repeated vascular access procedures.

PRSONAS, Inc.

Convertible Note in 2016
Prsonas, Inc. specializes in developing interactive self-service holograms that enhance customer engagement for brands. The company offers smart virtual presenters equipped with advanced motion and proximity sensors, artificial intelligence, and user-friendly touchscreen interfaces. These holograms can perform a variety of functions, including delivering marketing messages, facilitating commerce transactions, providing live video chat support, and gathering user analytics. Notable applications include virtual receptionists, product specialists, and concierges, each designed to assist customers with information and services while collecting data on engagement and conversion rates. Prsonas' technology supports multiple languages and allows brands to customize the appearance, voice, and overall experience of their virtual presenters through a cloud-based platform. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Prsonas aims to revolutionize customer interactions by creating immersive human-like experiences in various settings such as retail and trade shows.

Alievio

Seed Round in 2016
Alievio is a North Carolina-based innovative glaucoma medical device company. The company has introduced the first glaucoma therapy that will not only circumvent the complications present with glaucoma surgery. It also provides ophthalmologists with the first tool that can stop the progression of glaucoma.

BonTriage

Seed Round in 2016
BonTriage Inc. develops and operates healthcare software system that includes chronic disease-specific instruments, content, and a mobile application. The company is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Akros Medical

Seed Round in 2015
Akros Medical is a developer of innovative solutions for orthopedic surgeons. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Durham, NC

Imperative

Seed Round in 2015
Imperative Group, Inc. specializes in developing assessment and learning systems that help individuals discover and apply their intrinsic motivations and purpose in their work. The company offers a platform that connects employees as peer coaches, fostering new mindsets and behaviors within organizations. Key offerings include the Certified Purpose Leaders program, which equips employees with training, tools, and resources to integrate purpose into talent strategies, and the Individual Purpose Profile, designed to help employees identify their personal purpose. Additionally, the Team Purpose Profile assesses dominant drivers within teams, while the Purpose Hiring Coach provides insights into candidate motivations. The platform facilitates career development, team building, talent acquisition, and diversity initiatives, while making coaching more accessible and cost-effective for a larger number of employees. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, Imperative serves a varied clientele, including companies like Sony Music, MetLife, Zillow, and Airbnb.

Kinetic

Seed Round in 2015
Kinetic creates wearable devices and cloud-based software that reduces workplace injuries, for the industrial workforce. REFLEX, the company's product is a device that employs analytics to provide reminders and notifications to workers once the device detects a high-risk motion such as unsafe postures that could cause injuries in the construction, warehouses, and factories environment. It can also be used as a sensor that detects COVID-19 exposure. In 2014, Haytham Elhawary and Aditya Bansal established Kinetic in New York, New York.

Bond

Seed Round in 2015
Bond is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, established in January 2019 as a spinout from the Kleiner Perkins Digital Growth Fund. Founded by Mary Meeker, Mood Rowghani, Noah Knauf, and Juliet de Baubigny, Bond focuses on supporting visionary founders of high-growth Internet companies throughout their innovation and growth phases. The firm primarily targets the information technology sector, aiming to provide the necessary resources and guidance for entrepreneurs to thrive in a competitive landscape.

Kinetic

Seed Round in 2015
Kinetic creates wearable devices and cloud-based software that reduces workplace injuries, for the industrial workforce. REFLEX, the company's product is a device that employs analytics to provide reminders and notifications to workers once the device detects a high-risk motion such as unsafe postures that could cause injuries in the construction, warehouses, and factories environment. It can also be used as a sensor that detects COVID-19 exposure. In 2014, Haytham Elhawary and Aditya Bansal established Kinetic in New York, New York.

Kinetic

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Kinetic creates wearable devices and cloud-based software that reduces workplace injuries, for the industrial workforce. REFLEX, the company's product is a device that employs analytics to provide reminders and notifications to workers once the device detects a high-risk motion such as unsafe postures that could cause injuries in the construction, warehouses, and factories environment. It can also be used as a sensor that detects COVID-19 exposure. In 2014, Haytham Elhawary and Aditya Bansal established Kinetic in New York, New York.

Lassy Project

Convertible Note in 2014
Lassy Project is a free service that gives parents and guardians the ability to notify an entire local community about their missing child or at-risk adult in seconds. With the single push of a button that sends a text alert, parents and guardians can mobilize a trusted group of family, friends, and neighbors immediately to help with their search. This group of community members is called their “network” and they are the most important asset users have if a loved one goes missing. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Longmont, Colorado.

Bond

Seed Round in 2014
Bond is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, established in January 2019 as a spinout from the Kleiner Perkins Digital Growth Fund. Founded by Mary Meeker, Mood Rowghani, Noah Knauf, and Juliet de Baubigny, Bond focuses on supporting visionary founders of high-growth Internet companies throughout their innovation and growth phases. The firm primarily targets the information technology sector, aiming to provide the necessary resources and guidance for entrepreneurs to thrive in a competitive landscape.
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