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Quild #28: Puzzle

Make startup finances make complete sense

23 Feb

This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

Puzzle is a whole new way for founders and finance teams to work. They are the new center of a modern financial stack, creating a scalable, API-based financial data platform so the next generation of leaders can build their company using the best financial software on the market.

Founders: Sasha Orloff 

Signals:

  1. Repeat venture-backed founder

    1. Sasha co-founded Mission Lane (Goldman Sachs, Oaktree) and LendUp (Google Ventures, DCVC, Initialized, Susa, Kleiner)

  2. Top company alumni

    1. Sasha worked as a banker/investor at Citi for 5 years

  3. Top university alumni

    1. Sasha graduated with an MBA from Georgetown University and a BS in Applied Math & Economics from UC San Diego

  4. Decent team growth

    1. Grew 50% YoY to 34 employees

  5. Midas list investors

    1. A16z

    2. Felicis Ventures

    3. General Catalyst

    4. Craft Ventures

Till tomorrow, Kenn