Future Unicorn🦄 #175: Seso

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

Seso is a vertical software company for agriculture. They are addressing the labor shortage in US agriculture by providing farms with reliable workforce by (1) recruiting, qualifying and training workers via H-2A visa automation, and (2) workforce management software to help employers stay compliant with complex local and federal laws.

Founders: Michael, Jordan

Signals:

1. Venture-backed experience

   1. Michael led operations for Yup.com

2. Top company alumni

   1. Michael worked at McKinsey for a few years

   2. Jordan worked at RBC and Dropbox for a few years

3. Top university alumni

   1. Michael graduated from Stanford University

   2. Jordan graduated from University of Pennsylvannia

4. Fast team growth

   1. Grew 1.5x YoY to 100 employees

   2. And hiring more

5. Midas list investors

   1. Index Ventures led series A

   2. Founders Fund co-led seed and joined series A