Future Unicorn🦄 #184: Arkestro

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

Arkestro is a predictive procurement software for businesses to boost savings and supply chain performance by pre-embedding preferred outcomes in any system or process. With Arkestro, businesses can orchestrate their activities across systems using instant forecasts and real-time collaboration. Predict and win 2-5x faster savings and never get stuck waiting for a KPI report again.

Active founders: Edmund, Rob

Signals:

1. Repeat founder

   1. Rob founded SAP Ariba and Dibbs, a bidding platform for construction services and materials

2. Top university alumni

   1. Edmund graduated from University of Michigan

3. Fast team growth

   1. Grew 2.9x YoY to 67 employees

   2. And hiring more

4. Midas list investor

   1. NEA co-led series A