Future Unicorn🦄 #208: Crosschq

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

Crosschq gathers people-driven insights from job seekers and those who know them best and converts those insights into predictive data (i.e. references). The data can be used to ensure people and businesses are well-matched, creating long-term, successful employees, and winning workplace cultures.

Founders: Pete, Michael

Signals:

1. Repeat exited founders

   1. Pete founded Table8, a reservation app backed by SAP

   2. Michael founded adtech companies Connekt and Delivery, which was funded by Intel and Samsung and eventually acquired by a PE shop

2. Top university alumni

   1. Michael graduated from University of Michigan (BS, MS) and UC Berkeley (MBA)

3. Top investors

   1. Tiger Global led series A and co-led seed

   2. GGV co-led seed

   3. Bessemer participated in series A

4. Accelerated financing

   1. Raised 2nd seed round in 2020, series A in 2021

Favorite restaurant at the moment: Ilcha, a modern Korean restaurant. The cured shrimp and fried chicken are divine. The hotpots are amazing too.