MARKT-PILOT
MARKT-PILOT sells pricing performance software for manufacturers, helping them optimize pricing strategies across product portfolios. The company serves over 200 machine manufacturers globally and raised $50M in Series A funding in April 2024.
The growth story
MARKT-PILOT grew from 56 to 145 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $50M along the way, most recently a Series A in April 2024.
About
MARKT-PILOT provides a pricing platform that combines market intelligence, decision support, and performance measurement for manufacturers. Its software enables pricing teams to create customizable workflows and apply new strategies across individual SKUs.
The company has grown to 145 employees since its 2020 founding. Its $50M Series A round in April 2024 was led by Capnamic and Insight Partners, signaling strong investor confidence in its market position.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at MARKT-PILOT, with 28 employees. The company operates from its Stuttgart headquarters, maintaining a lean structure with a median employee tenure of 2 years.
The MARKT-PILOT org chart
Martin Ruth (Co-CEO, Managing Director) leads 55 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 24 (-20% YoY), Sales 21 (-28% YoY), Customer Success and Support 12 (-14% YoY), Operations 11 (-8% YoY), Business Development 10 (0% YoY), Marketing 9 (-18% YoY).
Talent flow
MARKT-PILOT recruits heavily from Tacton, Bosch, and Mercedes-Benz, with 9 employees coming from Tacton alone. Alumni frequently move to Zalion, Reliance IQ, and Operations1, with Zalion attracting the most former employees.
Most common previous employers of MARKT-PILOT staff: Tacton (9), Bosch (4), Mercedes-Benz (4), Salesforce (3), FPX from Revalize (3), ILLIG packaging solutions (2). Former MARKT-PILOT employees most often moved to Zalion (5), Reliance IQ (4), Operations1 (3), Bosch (3), Celonis (2), Sunhat (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The MARKT-PILOT mafia
MARKT-PILOT alumni have founded 7 companies, including Zalion (14 staff) and Reliance IQ (14 staff). These startups suggest a strong entrepreneurial culture among former employees.
9Tim G., was Advisor until 2025Alex Morbe, was CEO until 2024Clemens Komorek, was VP Product & Growth until 2025Jaryd Keith Fisher, was Senior Account Executive until 2025Alihan Hasagulgov, was Business Development until 2024Kariko Kimathi, was AI Analyst until 2025
Anurag Garg, was Chief Product and Technology Officer until 2026
Stephan Boch, was Customer Success Executive until 2022
Dominik Kaunert, was Senior Customer Success Manager until 2025Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 51% direct, 39% search, 2% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at MARKT-PILOT: Leadership (42), Project Management (38), Microsoft Office (37), Communication (36), English (35), Management (31), Python (Programming Language) (30), Teamwork (30).
Where the team actually sits
MARKT-PILOT people are concentrated in Baden-Württemberg, Germany (43), Illinois, United States (9), Germany (9), Bavaria, Germany (6).
Search footprint
MARKT-PILOT attracts about 669 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $11K a month if bought through ads. It gained 402 ranking keywords and lost 173 in the last period.
Frequently asked
MARKT-PILOT has 145 employees as of September 2026.
MARKT-PILOT has raised $50M in total, most recently a Series A round in April 2024.
MARKT-PILOT was founded in 2020 by Gregor Gatermann, Amin Oumhamdi.
Martin Ruth (Co-CEO, Managing Director) sits at the top of MARKT-PILOT's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current MARKT-PILOT staff are Tacton (9 people), Bosch (4 people), Mercedes-Benz (4 people).
Former MARKT-PILOT employees most often move to Zalion (5), Reliance IQ (4), Operations1 (3).
At least 7 companies have a founder who previously worked at MARKT-PILOT, including Zalion, Reliance IQ, TRUPARTS.
MARKT-PILOT attracts about 669 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $11K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among MARKT-PILOT staff are Leadership, Project Management, Microsoft Office, Communication, English.
MARKT-PILOT staff are concentrated in Baden-Württemberg, Germany (43), Illinois, United States (9), Germany (9).
MARKT-PILOT has about 24 people in Engineering, down 20% over the past year, as of September 2026.
MARKT-PILOT has about 21 people in Sales, down 28% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 118 current and 180 former MARKT-PILOT profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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