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Future Unicorn🦄 #171: Fidel

Transaction APIs

Author

Kenn So
12 Aug

The Quild Future Unicorn highlights one future of work early-stage startup with statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

Fidel is a global financial infrastructure platform that enables developers to build programmable experiences when a transaction occurs on any payment card. Its tools transform how merchants and users interact by powering real-time, event-driven engagements, best-in-class rewards programs, and processes from reimbursements to expense management.

Founders: Dev (CEO), Andrew (CTO)

Signals:

  1. Repeat founder

    1. Dev founded Pointr, a colleague (not college) networking app

  2. Venture-backed experience

    1. Dev was a business manager at Badoo for a few years

  3. Fast team growth

    1. Grew 1.8x YoY to 139 employees

    2. And looking for more talent

  4. Top university alumni

    1. Dev graduated from Queen Mary University of London

  5. Midas list investors

    1. Bain Capital Ventures led series B

    2. QED Ventures co-led series A