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Quild #33: Cerby

Secure any app

01 Mar

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

Cerby is a cybersecurity company focused on helping enterprises harness Shadow IT by enabling end-users to onboard and securely use applications of their own choosing.

Founders: Belsasar (CEO), Vidal (CTO), Jyri (Chief Architect)

Signals:

  1. Repeat founders

    1. Belsasar co-founded Ooyala (funded by Ron Conway and Sierra Ventures), which Dalet acquired

    2. Vidal co-founded Wizline (funded by Sierra Ventures, Bowery) and Inviko

    3. Jyri works as a security consultant via Cupey Solutions

  2. Top company alumni

    1. Belsasar built products at Google and Impira for over 3 years

    2. Jyri was a senior engineer at Palo Alto Networks, Seagate, Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Proofpoint for over 20 years

  3. Top university alumni

    1. Belsasar graduated from Stanford University

    2. Jyri graduated from Carnegie Mellon University (MS)

  4. Fast team growth

    1. Grew 1.9x YoY to 34 employees

    2. And hiring more

  5. Midas list investors

    1. Founders Fund participated in seed

Till tomorrow, Kenn