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Quild #38: BrightHire

Win at hiring

06 Mar

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

BrightHire is the first interview intelligence platform, transforming how the world's fastest-growing companies scale by making the hiring process better, faster, more equitable, and above all human.

Founders: Benjamin (CEO), Theodore (CRO)

Signals:

  1. Venture-backed experience

    1. Benjamin led business operations at Enigma Technologies (funded by NEA) and Sailthru (funded by Benchmark and Scale Venture)

  2. Top company alumni

    1. Theodore sold products at LinkedIn for over 6 years

  3. Top university alumni

    1. Benjamin graduated from Cornell University (BS) and New York University (MBA)

    2. Theodore graduated from Harvard University (AB, MBA)

  4. Fast team growth

    1. Grew 1.8x YoY to 61 employees

    2. And hiring a bunch more

  5. Accelerated financing

    1. Announced seed in 2020, series A and series B in 2021

  6. Midas list investors

    1. Index led series A

Till tomorrow, Kenn