ken pilot

Ken Pilot is the founder of Ken Pilot Ventures, a firm that invests in and advises technology companies that focus on retail and serves as an advisor to scaling retail brands. In addition, Ken hosts a podcast called The Retail Pilot: Leaders & Legends with guests that include Steve Madden, Jennifer Fisher, Tommy Hilfiger, Veronica Beard and Pete Nordstrom (The Retail Pilot: Our Latest Podcast Episode)

Ken Pilot has over 30 years of retail, C-level operating experience at Gap, J.Crew, Ralph Lauren, American Eagle, and ABC Carpet & Home.  Ken served as a board member of the Lenox Corp, Alternative Apparel, and currently sits on the board of Dormify. 

Ken actively invests in technology that supports retail and brand growth focusing on early-stage solutions that address online, stores, marketing, and operations. He takes on an active role with each investment supporting the founder/team as an operating partner. Ken’s advisory work and investments include PredictSpring, Lily.ai, FindMine, Raspberry.ai, Narvar, Ometria, Wunderkind, Taggstar, Toolio, 42 Technologies, Dropit, Firework, Fabric, Radar and Knot Standard.

Ken’s retail operating experience combined with his knowledge of technology provides strong guidance at the board level as well as with companies that he advises. Ken advises retail brands to provide a variety of services that support scaling businesses.

Ken is an adviser to The Lead, ReThink Retail, Alpaca VC, Provenance Digital, and Fernbrook Capital.