Quild #39: Prefect

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

Prefect makes it easy to build, test, and run dataflows right from your Python code. With an intuitive API and 50+ integrations, Prefect quickly turns even the most complex data pipelines into managed workflows.

Founders: Jeremiah (CEO)

Signals:

1. Top company alumni

   1. Jeremiah was a data scientist for Kingstreet Capital ($20B AUM) for 4 years

2. Top university alumni

   1. Jeremiah graduated from Harvard University (AB, AM)

3. Fast team growth

   1. Grew 1.8x YoY to 78 employees

   2. And hiring a bunch more

4. Accelerated financing

   1. Announced series A in Dec 2020, series B in June 2021

5. Midas list investors

   1. Tiger Global led series B

   2. Bessemer participated in series B

Till tomorrow, Kenn