PilotGate

PilotGate is a web app (with optional Slack/Teams integration) for corporate venture and innovation teams to run pilots with startups without getting crushed by legal, security, and procurement. It provides a standardized “pilot packet” workflow: intake, scoped success metrics, data access requirements, security questionnaire routing, contract templates, budget approval, and a timeline that shows exactly who is blocking progress. Startups get a lightweight portal to submit required docs once and reuse them across pilots. Internal stakeholders get clear accountability, automated reminders, and audit-ready records. This is not a generic project tool—it’s built around the messy reality of corporate pilots: NDAs, DPAs, SOC2 questions, vendor onboarding, and unclear success criteria. The goal is simple: reduce pilot cycle time from months to weeks and increase the percentage of pilots that convert into paid deployments.