Future Unicorn🦄 #189: Ashby

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

Ashby helps scaling companies achieve their ambitious growth targets with an all-in-one recruiting platform. With Ashby, teams of all sizes can run a fast and efficient hiring process. Trusted by companies including Opendoor, Figma, Notion, Deel and Modern Treasury.

Founders: Benjamin, Abhik

Signals:

1. Repeat founder

   1. Abhik built Choir, a wellness iOS app

2. Venture-backed experience

   1. Benjamin was an engineer at Plangrid (~3 yrs) and Make School (2+ yrs)

   2. Abhik was a product manager at Lob (~1 yr) and Plangrid (3 yrs)

3. Top university alumni

   1. Abhik graduated from UC Berkeley

4. Fast team growth

   1. Grew 2.6x YoY to ~60 employees

   2. And hiring 18 more today